IRR Question: 1000 investment spread over the first three years

Hey guys looking for some help here,

I am trying to calculate the IRR of a series of year end cash flows. The CF's are as follows...

-296, -251, -199, 161, 199, 606, 216, 255, 302, 3384

Essentially it is a 1,000 investment spread over the first three years (also recieving some revenue in those three years) and then a revenue stream, and a sale in the final year which is why the last CF is so large. I am coming up with 35% as my IRR which seems high but I think it has something to do with the inconsistent distribution of the incoming cash, and the large one time sum in the final year. Could someone enlighten me as to why that would make your IRR so high?

Thanks in advance.

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