A man found the world's longest Hula Hoop and plans to keep hold of the crisp.

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Sam Lightfoot was tucking into a bag of salt and vinegar flavoured Hula Hoops when he found the four-inch-long potato snack which only just fitted inside the packet.

The mammoth crisp is eight times the usual length and Lightfoot knew that something remarkable was happening as he felt the bag before opening it.

He told Metro.co.uk: "When I opened it I was like, 'Whaaaaaat,' then I realised it was an extra-long Hula Hoop.

"I went and showed everyone. They were very impressed. Then I measured it."

Lightfoot described the record-breaking crisp, which he discovered while on holiday with family in Surrey, as one of his biggest achievements.

He said: "It’s up there in the top 10, along with buying a house and a car.

"We’ve seen online that someone got £10,000 for a puffed-up Dorito they found, but we’re not planning to sell this – it’s too sentimental.

"I’ll probably keep it forever and hand it down through the family."