Summer Comes To A Close With 99 Days of Strange!
Aug 22, 2018 | 7:00 AM
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Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not!
Summer at Ripley’s comes to an end on September 21st, but there is still time to have some strange fun in the sun by sharing YOUR strange!
From weird pets to outrageously cool facial hair, everyone has a little strange in them. This summer, we’ve asked you to share it with us (and there is still time!). We want you to celebrate your individuality by tweeting, posting to Instagram, or directly uploading your strangest photo HERE!
This is your chance to win some cool prizes—even $5,000! The sun is about to set on the season, so what are you waiting for? Celebrate 99 Strange Days of Summer with Ripley’s today!
Twitter entries must include #Ripleys99 and @Ripleys. Instagram entries must include #Ripleys99.
Take a look at some of our strange submissions below!
Join the Strange Ripley’s Family
John “Hammerhead” Ferraro
John Ferraro is the Hammerhead! His skull is more than two times thicker than the average human’s and he uses it to hammer nails into wood, snap baseball bats in half, and bend steel bars! John shocks scientists and amazes audiences with his ability to withstand incredible amounts of force to his head, with apparently no negative side effects.
Believe it or not, the average human skull is 7 mm thick, but an MRI scan revealed that John’s is 16 mm!
Robert Wadlow
Only 18 people in history are known to have reached a height of 8 feet or more. Measuring in at 8 feet 11.1 inches from head to toe, Robert Wadlow was the tallest man to have ever lived. Even today’s contenders for the title of world’s tallest person don’t come anywhere near his great height. Sultan Kosen, the tallest living man today, would stand 8 inches shorter than Wadlow.
Featured in Robert Ripley’s cartoon in 1926 and 1929, Wadlow became known as the “Alton Giant” for his hometown of Alton, Illinois.
The Dragon Lady
Eva Tiamat Baphomet Medusa, otherwise known as the Dragon Lady, has undergone extreme body modifications in order to transform into a dragon. A former banker now living in Texas, Tiamat has had her nose and ears removed, her tongue bifurcated (split), her eyes stained green, almost all her teeth extracted, and horns implanted on her head.
