So I got obsessed with giant jars last Tuesday after binge-watching those odd YouTube restoration channels. Decided to hunt down the planet’s biggest glass jar myself. Sounds wild? Yeah, totally felt that way climbing over some rusty chain-link fence later.
The Wild Goose Chase Begins
Started simple: hammered “worlds biggest glass jar” into Google. Got buried under pickle jar listings and DIY terrarium crap. Changed tactics—searched “giant glass container records.” Found some dead-end forum chatter about a rumored jar in California.
The “aha!” moment came accidentally. Spilled coffee on my keyboard while scrolling through an old factory photo album online. Saw this absolute beast of a jar in the background of a 1970s distillery pic. No labels, no nothing—just this massive thing. Time for some bootleg investigation.
Tracking the Beast
- Drove 3 hours to an abandoned industrial park Thursday morning
- Dodged security (retired dude napping in a lawn chair)
- Shoved aside moldy tarp covering what looked like stacked shipping containers
- Saw it. My god.
Wasn’t a “jar” like mom’s cookie jar—more like a creepy sci-fi fuel tank. Stood there gaping at this cloudy monster taller than my truck. Three rusty metal bands wrapped around it like a corset. Bottom had cracks filled with dirty silicone.
Measuring the Unmeasurable
Pulled out my sketchy methods:
- Used my shadow against the jar to ballpark height (13-ish feet?)
- Chucked a tape measure tied to a bolt—heard it clink at the bottom. Took 8 full seconds.
- Circumference? Hugged that grimy glass like an idiot trying to reach my own fingers.
Best estimate: taller than two Shaquille O’Neals stacked and wider than three hot tubs. Found old weld marks—clearly welded from smaller pieces. Nobody makes these anymore.
The Aftermath
Took dirt samples for weird flex. Got chased by wild dogs on the way back to my car. Worth it? Absolutely. Proof? Taped a banana to it for scale in photos. Now my camera roll is just sad banana pics against dirty glass.
Truth bomb? This ain’t in Guinness World Records. Probably an abandoned acid tank pretending to be a jar. Still counts in my book.
