World's Largest Cheeto

I am filled with Cheeto Remorse.
The World’s Largest Cheeto was in Algona, one of the RAGBRAI overnight towns, and I rode right past it (the Cheeto, not the town).
So I put out a call on the RAGBRAI Message Board, asking whether anyone actually saw this mutant snack food, or if it was just a cruel hoax?
I'll let the photographic evidence speak for itself.
I also ran across a truly strange competition to do things, unspeakable things, to the Cheeto in Photoshop.