A 7-year-old Michigan boy has apparently surpassed a Canadian on his way into the Guiness Book or World Records with a giant ball of plastic wrap.
Jake Lonsway of Bay County's Bangor Township had the ball weighed Thursday at a honey farm in St. Charles at nearly 281.5lbs - 31 more than the current world record set by Andy Martell of Toronto in 2005.
Martell's ball measured 10 inches less than Jake's.
Jake got the idea to get into Guinness after reading about Saginaw Valley State University students who were trying to break the world record for most people wearing Groucho Marx glasses. He begged his mother to let him participate, but the attempt eventually failed.
Rather than allow his dream to die, Jake and mother Julie Grames poured through the Guinness book to find a suitable feat. They found Martell's record. Family, friends and neighbours helped supply him with plastic wrap.
Jake must now submit to Guinness an eight-page application complete with newspaper stories chronicling the feat and letters from the St. Charles police chief and his wife, who witnessed the weigh-in.
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