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See World's Heaviest Ball of Twine, Lake Nebagamon, Wisconsin
In Lake Nebagamon, Wisconsin, James Frank Kotera created the heaviest ball of twine ever built. Kotera, known by his initials "JFK," started working on the ball in 1979 and continued until his death in January 2023.
The weight of the ball, 24,160 pounds (10,960 kg), was estimated by measuring the weight of each bag of twine. During Kotera’s life, the ball was housed in an open-air enclosure in his yard; after his death, a former neighbor organized a fundraiser to relocate it, and in 2024 it was moved to a concrete slab near the Highland Town Hall, where volunteers constructed a shelter to protect it. Kotera also created a smaller companion to the ball, which he nicknamed "Junior", that was made of string.
Also known as "JFK's World Famous Twine Ball".
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