Man all wound up in search of rubber band ball record

Four-and-a-half years after 27-year-old Joel Waul started chaining and wrapping the multi-colored bands, the ball he calls Nugget, or Megaton, is an estimated 8,200 pounds and growing. It is a marvel of more than 300,000 bands of various sizes wound into a ball towering over six feet.

Later this month, a truck is scheduled to unload another 2,000 pounds of rubber bands. The mound of 25-pound bags will occupy a parking space in front of Waul's home.



The process of growing the ball has been painful at times.

When it was a mere 400 pounds, it rolled over Waul's hand, spraining his wrist. Once a rubber band recoiled, ripping through his pants and leaving a spectacular bruise.