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Decatur Boy's Very Lucky Day

Ansel Lewis found a seven-leaf clover.

Alisa and Andrew Lewis sent Patch these photos of a rarity their son discovered.

They write,

Ansel Lewis, a nine-year-old Decatur boy, spends lots of time locating four leaf clovers.  

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In the past several weeks, Ansel has found nearly 20 of them.  On Sunday, he found a clover far more rare: a seven-leaf clover.

Patch checked and discovered Guiness World Records says Shigeo Obara of Hanamaki City, Iwate, Japan, set the record when he found a 56-leaf clover in 2009. He had set the previous record of 21 clovers.

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But that's Japan. Seven leaves is a lot for Decatur. Congratulations, Ansel!

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