Giant Cheeto finds a new home in Iowa
(DES MOINES, Iowa) A radio disc-jockey has lured the world's largest Cheeto from Hawaii to rural Iowa to become a tourist attraction.
Bryce Wilson, a disc jockey at KLGA-FM, is bringing the giant lump of orange snack food to Algona, a town of just 5,700 residents whose current claim to fame is the annual display of a wooden nativity scene carved by German prisoners of war during World War II.
Wilson first learned about the big Cheeto on a Web site while he was trying to find silly news stories for his afternoon radio show. Evans was trying to auction the Cheeto to the highest bidder on e-Bay.
Wilson began soliciting contributions from listeners to buy it and collected about $180 before talking to Evans by phone.
"I thought it would be really great if we could get it as a tourist attraction for Algona. I thought we could change the face of northern Iowa," Wilson said.
Evans took pity on the town and shipped the Cheeto for free.
Wilson said he plans to contact the Guinness Book of World Records to see if its bulk is a record.
Lynn Markley, a spokeswoman for Cheetos maker Frito-Lay, said the giant Cheeto was the most talked about item this week, noting newspaper columnist Dave Barry has also written about it.
(DES MOINES, Iowa) A radio disc-jockey has lured the world's largest Cheeto from Hawaii to rural Iowa to become a tourist attraction.
Bryce Wilson, a disc jockey at KLGA-FM, is bringing the giant lump of orange snack food to Algona, a town of just 5,700 residents whose current claim to fame is the annual display of a wooden nativity scene carved by German prisoners of war during World War II.
Wilson first learned about the big Cheeto on a Web site while he was trying to find silly news stories for his afternoon radio show. Evans was trying to auction the Cheeto to the highest bidder on e-Bay.
Wilson began soliciting contributions from listeners to buy it and collected about $180 before talking to Evans by phone.
"I thought it would be really great if we could get it as a tourist attraction for Algona. I thought we could change the face of northern Iowa," Wilson said.
Evans took pity on the town and shipped the Cheeto for free.
Wilson said he plans to contact the Guinness Book of World Records to see if its bulk is a record.
Lynn Markley, a spokeswoman for Cheetos maker Frito-Lay, said the giant Cheeto was the most talked about item this week, noting newspaper columnist Dave Barry has also written about it.