Ripley's Believe It Or Not

Episode 301

FOOT ARCHER

Believe it or not, Claudia Gomez uses her feet to shoot a bullseye with a bow and arrow while doing a handstand.

WORLD'S BIGGEST SKATEBOARD

Tod Swank rides the skateboard he's created through city streets and pops a wheelie. His skateboard is the size of a car!

PRAIRIE DOG VACUUM

Gay Balfour relocates prairie dogs without harming them — with a giant vacuum cleaner.

HELIUM BALLOON FLIGHT

Mike Howard and Steve Davis attach hundreds of standard balloons to their bodies and float thousands of feet into the sky.

NECK RING REMOVAL

Padaung women's neck rings stretch their necks up to eight inches. For the first time in front of a camera they take them off! The photographer's website: ayeyarwady.com (Japanese), or ayeyarwady.com/e (translated into English). The interview was later shown on National Geographic.

KARATE CHIMP

Charlie expertly practices the ancient martial art of karate and-- believe it or not-- he's a chimpanzee!

FINGER TRANSPLANT

When this man lost his penis to cancer, doctors replaced it with one of his fingers: photo of hand, missing finger

SNAKE REGURGITATOR

Lal Bahadur Jadugar will put a live snake in his mouth and swallow it. After several minutes, he will bring the snake out of his mouth and, believe it or not, it will still be alive!

SOLAR WING

This is the "Helios," a solar wing that set a world record for highest altitude achieved by a non-rocket-powered aircraft, at 96,863 feet.

CAT MAN UNBELIEVABLE UPDATE

Believe it or not, a 43-year-old California man is transforming himself into a wild cat, and now he's getting whiskers implanted into his upper lip!

BALLOON BIKINIS

Jean-Charles Briand, a French designer, makes bikinis out of balloons.

SHRUNKEN TORSO

This shrunken torso from the Jivaro Indians in Ecuador is rare due to its great condition and size.

This week's "Spot The Not" link:

www.anyfun.net (note: you must be 18 for the adult jokes section)

Episode 302

HE'LL EAT ANYTHING

Matthew Biancaniello eats an entire dinner of the most disgusting food ever assembled.

JET BELLY DRAG

Reno Jaton is dragged behind a jet dragster going up to 200 mph...on his belly!

COW PORTHOLE

In a minor and painless surgical procedure, scientists install a 4-inch circular, removable transparent "porthole" right into a cow's side so they can see into one of the animal's stomachs.

DESIGNER CAR

This car was the newest in designer fashions from Paris in 1953.

BIG WHEEL UPDATE

Kerry Mclean built a new monocycle and recently crashed. Ripley's is there with him when he gets back on for the first time for another run.

(unedited footage of crash, lost control at stop sign)

EYE LICKER

Veronika Veres is known throughout her village for her amazing ability to help people who have gotten particles in their eyes...she licks them out with her tongue.

SKATEBOARD DOG

Nugget, a bull terrier, can ride a skateboard just as good as any kid.

OUTSIDE HEART

Believe it or not, Christopher Wall was born with his heart outside of his body and today lives a normal life.

LUGGAGE CONTORTIONIST

Daniel Browning Smith packs himself inside a 20" x 16" x 14" duffel bag and then proceeds through an airport x-ray machine, onto a plane and into an overhead luggage compartment.

BASKETBALL SPINNER

Michael Kettman spins 25 basketballs simultaneously.

METAL BEAUTY

Elaine Davidson has more than 700 piercings on her face and body.

THUNDERWEAR

Alan Clark invented a weapon holder to be worn under any type of outfit, even bathing suits.

HUMAN SKIN MASK

This funeral mask is made from the deceased's face.

Episode 303

CANNONBALL CATCH

Ken Richmond takes a cannonball shot onto his stomach.

HELICOPTER INLINE SKATER

Inline skater Dirk Auer is pulled by a helicopter at more than 75 mph!

THE TWO LAURAS

Laura Buxton tied a message to the end of a balloon. It landed 140 miles away in the garden of another girl named Laura Buxton. And the similarities don't stop there!

SOFT TIRE TRUCK

This 1952 invention allows a 10-ton truck to climb vertical walls, cross debris-filled fields, and even run over a person without harm.
Penn & Teller use the tires for a trick

COW BATH

Hindus in Northern India consider the urine of cows to be sacred, so every morning before leaving for work, they wait for the cow to urinate and apply it to their heads and faces!

STUNT MAN

Stuntman Dave Smith gets paid to have his arm blown off; fortunately, it's prosthetic. Website: DieTryingStuntProductions.com

PET GOOSE

When Dan Steffen drives his boat across the lake, his pet goose Daisy follows him at speeds up to 50 miles per hour.

MERMAID GIRL

Tiffany Yorks, born with her legs fused together in a rare and deadly condition called "Mermaid Syndrome," is the first person to not only survive the surgical separation but is now a healthy 13-year-old living a normal life.

PIERCING WEDDING

Carlos and Shannon will get married while suspended in the air by hooks pierced through their skin.

MOOD CAR

This car turns yellow when its owner approaches, red if the driver swerves or brakes too quickly, and blue if you run out of gas or get a flat tire.

BEE BIKINI

Norm Gary is trying a new fashion in woman's clothing...bee bikinis!

STRIP AEROBICS

Jeff Costa leads an aerobics course where each of the participants strips to her underwear as they exercise.

SAW FISH

Can you identify this? What at a glance looks like a chainsaw blade is actually the snout of a fish.

Episode 304

MISS ELECTRA

Danielle Stampe lets 2,000,000 volts of electricity pass through her body, enabling her to light dozens of florescent tubes held by the audience.

LEECH MAN

Mark Biancaniello submerges himself in a tub with 20,000 leeches.

HICCUP HORROR

Seth Dowell has had the hiccups for 10 months straight.

BOUNCING BIKES

These were thought to be the future of bikes in 1933.

CHEESE WHIZ HOUSE

We all remember the cheese artist, Cosimo Cavallaro, who covered a hotel room with dripping cheese. Well, Cosimo tops this by covering an entire house!

SHEEP LEGS

When this lamb's back hooves fell off he was fitted with prosthetic legs and now he is running around like any other healthy sheep!

FLESH-EATING BACTERIA SURVIVOR

Flesh eating bacteria caused a gaping wound in Cassi Moore's left side, took almost all of her fingers, part of her right leg and part of her left foot but, believe it or not, she survived!

NAIL TEETH PULLER

Terry Cole will pull 12 nails out of a wooden plank in 90 seconds — with his teeth!

WORLD'S BIGGEST KITE

Believe it or not, Peter Lynn built a kite that needs to be tied to two automobiles just to keep it from blowing away. It's 210 feet long and 72 feet wide, and Peter will unhitch and attempt to fly it by himself!

CRICKET GIRL

Juana Rafaela Rosario was born with such a severe deformity that doctors said she would never walk. But she does!

BICYCLE TIRE CLOTHING

Designers Christa and Krijnie De Leeuw Van Weenen are making haute couture fashions out of old rubber bicycle tires! Their website: www.zuss.com (Zuss email listed here previously has been replaced by this email form to prevent spamming)

COCONUT ARMOR

This chest plate can repel a thrown spear, and it's made of coconut fibers woven with a secret ingredient: human hair!

Episode 305

DOUBLE HARLEY PULL

Two very powerful Harley-Davidson motorcycles attempt to drive off in two different directions, while Dennis Rogers tries to hold them back... with his biceps.

SHARK RIDERS

Manny Puig can free-dive into the Atlantic Ocean and ride the backs of hammerhead sharks.

HIGH-SPEED WHEELIE

Bobby Root pedals his bike up to 86mph, then pulls up the front end and rides a wheelie for more than 300 feet! The vehicle ahead is only acting as a windbreak in this photo.

POCKET SKI LIFT

This invention gives any skier the ability to tackle any slope by converting a car's rear tires into a ski-lift!

FIERY SERPENT

These people hosted three-foot-long parasites for a year without knowing it. Only when the worms break through the skin can they be pulled out, one agonizing centimeter at a time. Website: www.cartercenter.com

MATCHSTICK NAVY

Roy Cork of London, England, carves wooden matchsticks into microscopic statues.

BEAK JOB

When Sampson the swan had his beak knocked off he was going to be put to sleep but, believe it or not, a dentist was able to make him a new one and now Sampson is living a normal life

METAL PLATE MODEL

After a near-fatal car accident, model Louise Ashby was sure her career was over. But 238 metal plates now hold her face and head together, enabling this beautiful woman to return to work. Website: Louiseashby.com (no longer exists, link archived 2005)

HUMAN BOTTLE OPENER

Dara Young opens 51 factory-sealed root beer bottles with her teeth — in one minute!

BULL PUTTER

This golf putter is a bull's "putter." The reproductive organ is cleaned, cured and twisted. Website: Purebull.com (no longer exists, link archived 12/2001)

UNDERWATER HAIRDRESSER

Hairdresser Sven Corbeel will cut seven models' hair while he and the models are underwater.

CRICKET INVASION

This Nevada town is being invaded by crickets... millions of them.
(there were so many, they crossed this road for 4 days)

GARTER BELT CAMERA

This was the world's smallest camera when it was patented back in 1948. It was designed in Japan as an essential accessory for those in the spy business.

Episode 306

SUPER SKIN

Jess Caigoy's skin is so strong that he can use it to pull a 3,800-pound SUV more than 50 yards.

SCORPION EATER

Believe it or not, Rene Avarenga has eaten live scorpions for every meal for the past 43 years!

CAR TREE HOUSE

Mark Madson has a tree house 30 feet above the ground. It's a 2,500-pound, 1959 Chevy truck!

HAIR DRESS

Anca Ioana has been collecting her own hair since 1954, and she has made an entire wardrobe out of it.

BIONIC GIRL

After contracting a rare form of meningitis and losing her arms and her legs, Helen Smith leads a normal life using one of the first pair of life-like electronic hands.

SCUBA-DIVING CAT

Hawkeye the cat not only swims, this feline is the world's only SCUBA-diving cat.

EYE IMPALEMENT

Duane Reynolds fell from a ladder and was impaled on a steel rod through his eye, but he still has his eyesight.

CHAINSAW COUPLE

Jim Rose will take a running chainsaw to his wife's face! Their website: CircusOfTheScars.com

HOMEMADE SUB

Believe it or not, Dale Heinzig built his own working one-man submarine!

LEOPARD MAN

Tom Leppard has spent thousands of dollars to honor the animal that shares his name: He has had his entire body tattooed in a leopard pattern.

BEETLE JEWELRY

These people wear large and beautiful rhinestone brooches that are actually made out of living insects. That's why her bust is moving!

MARTYR HEAD

This is an actual mummified head, found more than 1,500 years ago in Turkey. Hollywood makeup artist Rick Baker previously owned it.

Sewage Snow

Believe it or Not, Ripley's will be in Carrabassett Valley, Maine to see skiers on snow made from sewage.

Episode 307

REBAR MAN

Donald Hamby has such control over his body and mind that he can bend a steel rod used to reinforce concrete — with his neck.

SELF-LIPOSUCTION

Dimitrije Panfilov performs liposuction on himself to remove a double chin.

SEEING EYE HORSE UPDATE

Visually impaired Dan Shaw uses an animal companion to help him get around: a seeing-eye horse.

SMALLEST SKATEBOARDER

Believe it or not, 2½ year old Evan Wasser (who still wears diapers) rides a skateboard that is almost as tall as he is, can jump off a three-foot ledge and land on the board, and can execute a double-jump.

BONE ARTIST

Sarah Perry is building sculptures made from thousands of tiny animal bones.

LONG-TONGUED DOG

Believe it or not, Brandy the boxer has a tongue that's 17 inches long, as this photo proves.

AMPUTEE SWIMMER

At 15, Ashley Cowan was the youngest woman to swim across Lake Erie — despite having no legs and only partial arms!

NEEDLE EYES

K. Suresh claims his eyesight is better than anyone else's in the world; to prove it, he focuses one eye on the head of a needle and uses his other eyelid to pick it up.

POLE-SITTING COMPETITION

More than 53 years ago, Ripley's reported a pole-sitter who sat on a pole for 167 days and nights. Today, three people are trying to break this Ripley's record and set a new one!

TREETOP LUMBERJACKS

These lumberjacks climb trees more than 200 feet tall in order to give them a trim!

MAGNET-POWERED FLASHLIGHT

A bulbless, batteryless flashlight that also functions as a compass for the ultimate outdoorsman. Website: www.hammacher.com/unexp/ (archived 2001, no longer available)

BELLY ART

Laurie Steinfeld is painting the bellies of pregnant women to look like everything from soccer balls to basketballs; most folks can't tell the difference between their bellies and the real thing. Hint: she's the basketball with a belly-button!

CLEAVAGE JEANS

Lee Cooper has designed a pair of jeans called "Butt Couture." They're such hot sellers, stores can't keep these rear-end-cleavage-revealing pants on the shelves.

CANNIBAL FORK

This unusually ornate wooden utensil was used by the cannibals of the Fiji Islands back in the 1800s, who considered it taboo to eat a corpse with one's hands.

Episode 308

POWER SKIP-JUMPING SHOES

This device attaches to your shoes and enables you to jump more than six feet in the air. Website: Stiltwerks-inc.com, which includes fantasy movie creations. Their old website is gone (link archived in 2001)

SNAP-ON FACE

Yevgeny Severin was working as a forest ranger in Siberia when a bear attacked him and ripped off his face...literally! Now he has a snap-on face.

CAR COFFIN

Roger Fox's only mode of transportation is his hand-built car, made out of a casket!

LIVING WITH SPIDERS

Chuck Kristensen shares his home and office with 50,000 spiders and "milks" them for their venom! Website: SpiderPharm.com

DERVISH RITUAL

In order to prove the spirit can overcome the body, these Dervish men dance themselves into a trance then hammer sharp implements into the tops of their heads while inserting pins through their faces and bodies.

PURPLE MARTIN CAPITAL

To encourage the yearly invasion of Purple Martin birds, this town has erected hundreds of birdhouses, including a giant 600-bird high-rise apartment!

TEXAS PIPE IMPALEMENT

A pipe as thick as a soda can pierced Ron Koerth's stomach and left a six-foot-long section sticking out his back. He survived and has returned to work as an oil field operator.

EYE BUTTON LIFTER

Ashok Verma lifts 13 pounds of weight with strings attached to buttons that are placed in his eyes like contact lenses!

WHALE BONE

This fossilized bone discovered in Illinois is nearly 50,000 years old. Testing revealed it to be a whale's vertebrae, reminding us that much of North America was submerged not so long ago.

TRICKSHOT BOWLER

This guy can do many tricks with a bowling ball, including bowling with his feet!

EXTREME BODY PAINTING

Master body-painter Loes Mehlbaum shows how skillful she is by creating for Ripley's a lizard-woman who will looks so amazing that she will be mistaken for a lizard at the local zoo's reptile house!

DIME GUY

Monte Pierce can throw a dime more than 10 feet with his ear lobes and is so accurate that he can hit a target the size of a frying pan!

JESSE JAMES GUN

This authenticated firearm is more than 100 years old and belonged to the legendary outlaw Jesse James.

Episode 309

FLESH MOBILE

For the first time ever, Joey Strange and his two friends are suspended from a metal bar by hooks; at the same time they will suspend three other people from their own bodies.

BLIND BASEBALL

Almost blind, Ben Hsu always wanted to play baseball. He now plays in a league where everyone is blindfolded.

HAIR TEMPLE OF INDIA

Every day thousands of people enter into the Tirupati Temple in India and, as a profession of their faith and devotion to the gods, shave their heads and walk out completely bald.

GUMBALL MURALS

A life-long obsession with candy has inspired Franz Spohn to make huge, amazingly life-like portraits of people out of gumballs.

FIRE ESCAPE

Believe it or not, this life-saving device rappels anyone safely off a burning building.

BOA SWALLOW

Teardrop, an 8-foot-long boa constrictor, swallowed a heating pad and is still alive.

LEFT HAND, RIGHT ARM

John Evans suffered severe injuries when he was struck by a train and woke up to find his left hand had been attached to his right arm.

G-FORCE RECORD

Pilot blackout is common at around 6 G-force. Greg Poe will attempt to maneuver his plane at 11 G's!

BURIAL IN SPACE

An ordinary citizen can have his or her remains launched into outer space for less than the cost of a funeral.

SMALLEST COMPUTER CHIP

Today the world's smallest computer chip is the size of a grain of sand — too small for you to even see — and it has more memory than its predecessors.

BODY SUSHI

Believe it or not, respected chef Chris Leahy has a catering company that serves his elaborately designed sushi displays on the bodies of nude models!

PET WASHING MACHINE

Eduardo Segura and Andrιs Diaz invented an industrial-strength washing machine that safely soaps, rinses and dries dogs and cats in less than half an hour.

PETRIFIED RAM

From the Ripley's Vault: This tree was discovered in the 1930s; what looks like the horns of a ram are just that. Apparently, one unfortunate animal rammed this tree, got stuck, and died while permanently attached.

Episode 310

CONCRETE SHOULDER BREAKER

Paul Pumphrey sets a world record by breaking a stack of 20-25 concrete slabs using only his shoulder.

LONGEST SANDBOARDING BACK-FLIP

Josh Tenge tries to break his world record for the longest sandboarding back-flip by jumping almost 50 feet and landing upright on sand. Website: www.sandboard.com

RAT-TAT-TUI

These villagers have found a unique way to control their rat problem: They eat them.

CORNFIELD MONA LISA

Artist Will Sillin and farmer Mike Wissemann created a six-acre Mona Lisa — in a field of corn.

BOAT-MOBILE

Bob Sokol couldn't part with his old, rotting boat, so he transformed the watercraft
into a completely street-legal car.

TREE BRANCH IMPALEMENT

Johnnie Lee gets impaled through the chest with a tree branch that is 2.5 inches in diameter and survives.

Eye Popper

Believe it or, Joe Jones has such control over his eyes that he can extend them out almost 1/2 an inch and hold them out for as long as he wants!

RUBBERBAND GUN

The Devastator is a Gatling-gun-style rubber-band gun that shoots 144 rubber bands in six seconds. Website: rubberbandguns.com

WHEELIE KING

Kurt Osburn did a 2800-mile wheelie across America...on his bicycle.

BLACK AND WHITE WORLD

Almost everything Stephen Cotten and Molly DeVoss own, wear and live with — from the black Explorer and white Navigator in their driveway, to their black cat and white cat, to their furniture, and even to the black and white koi that swim in their aquarium — is black and white!

SMALLEST BUFFALO

Steve and Jana are the proud parents of the world's smallest buffalo. At 350 pounds, Jasmine lives in the house, watches TV and even swims with them!

REMOTE CONTROL SURGERY

Dr. Jacques Marescaux performed gall bladder surgery in New York on a woman who was in a hospital in France.

SOCCER TECHNICIAN

This machine is capable of making these soccer players play even better.

BUM READING

Samantha Amos was able to predict that a woman would win $60,000 in a national newspaper, just by looking at her buttocks!

EYE SPIKE

This torture device was first used during the Spanish Inquisition. These tips were heated over a fire and then shoved in the eyes of the accused heretic.

"Spot The Not"

www.ShowRabbits.co.uk

Episode 311

BMX DOUBLE BACK-FLIP

When Cory Nastazio tried to break a record with a double back-flip on a BMX bike, he was successful — until his landing. He fell off his bike and got a concussion. See Cory "Nasty" Nastazio again attempt to complete a double back flip--2 full rotations--on a dirt track, on a BMX bike.

7-YEAR-OLD POOL SHARK

Landon Shuffett can perform incredible pool trick-shots, and has defeated more than 30 adults in competition. This pool shark is only seven years old! Despite his age, he is the only player in the world who can execute the "stack of two" shot.

AMERICAN LIP PLATE

In his late twenties, Dr. Ol Baaba started making transformations to his body to help preserve rare and unusual cultures. He wears a lip plate like that of the Keyapo tribe in Brazil, has facial tattoos like those worn by the Maori tribes of New Zealand, has neck rings like the Padung of Thailand, has a nose piercing like the Highlanders of New Guinea, and has his earlobes stretched like those of the Masai tribesman.

TWO-LEGGED CAT

Miss Kitty, was found abandoned, five months old, with two broken paws that had to be amputated. Her veterinarian believed that the cat would not be able to walk on her own. However, Miss Kitty is able to get around just fine with only two legs. Miss Kitty on 2 legs, Believe It Or Not

GRAVEL TEETH

David Krudoff hates going to the dentist so much that he crafted his own false teeth. He even drilled into his jaw so his dentures could securely fit.

BONE CHURCH

This entire Czech church is decorated with the skeletons of more than 40,000 people. A mass of bones create the altar and pews, and there is a chandelier that is made from every human bone possible. It all started in the 13th century with victims of the Black Death and a blind monk with a handful of soil from Christ's grave. The Sedlec Ossuary's crypt in Kutna Hora was too full, so a woodcarver created the current look in 1870 using all the bones.

Bee Grabbing

While hundreds of bees buzz wildly, Sripad Hegde pulls out fresh honey from their hive, with his bare hands!

CRUSHED-CAR SURVIVOR

As Joe Spring was driving to visit some friends, he swerved off the road and plunged 75 feet over a cliff. He was pinned in the wreck and unable to move. After eight days without food or water, a search party found the teenager. He survived and spent five weeks in the hospital.

HUMAN HOT DOG BUN

Jim "Mouth" Purol shows how wide his mouth is by sticking 18 hot dogs in it.

SUPER STATION WAGON

In 1958 this super station wagon had all the conveniences of home. Among its features, it boasted a stove for cooking and is shown transforming into a tent!

BABY WITH A TAIL

In India it is believed that the Hindu God, Lord Hanuman, will be reincarnated into a monkey. Recently, a baby named Babaji was born. He has a 4-inch tail and nine spots on his body like Lord Hanuman. This mutation is causing people to pay tribute to him!

ICE BODY FOUNTAIN

Scott Rella and Peter Slavin have been sculpting ice in competitions all over the world. Watch Scott and Peter carve a bikini model's every feature out of a block of ice, with her belly-button as a drink fountain! Website: FearNoIce.com

PORCUPINE FISH

The natives who live in Tahiti take porcupine fish that are inflated and dry them. They are used as lampshades and, in times of war, they double as helmets.

"Spot The Not"

www.nla.gov.au A camel caravan in Australia!

Episode 312

FOUR-FLIP SKIER

Matt Chojnacki is the only skier in the world who can complete a four-flip, quadruple-twist ski jump. If his timing is even slightly off, he risks serious injury or death. Website: WarrenMiller.com

BLINDFOLD PORTRAITS

Not only is Gero Hilliger the fastest character artist in the world, beating a Polaroid camera, he can also do portraits blindfolded--by touch!

SURFING DOG

Ollie, a 10-year-old yellow lab, loves to ride his surfboard off Maui. Once he is on the surfboard he can solo while his owners wait for him near shore.

TWO-HEADED MAN

Chang Tzu Ping was born with two heads and lived with both for 40 years. He underwent surgery to have the extra head removed and now leads a normal life.

KNIFE MASSAGE

Hundreds of people claim that George Pan's amazing massage has not only taken away their pain but helped cure them of disease. He does it by tapping their skin with the razor-sharp edge of his meat cleaver at vital points which help the body heal itself.

FOUR-LIMB WRITER

Tapan Dey can write with all four limbs at the same time--in four different languages!

HEAD BOLTED TO BODY

David Linley was in a head-on collision that left him with numerous fractures and injuries. He suffered from a "hangman's fracture" of the neck, which is when the head separates from the spine. David survived and has two 8" rods that hold his head in place.

ARROW CATCH

Using only his bare hands, Terry Bryan catches an arrow that travels at 100 mph. Because he uses sound to determine when to grab the arrow, he will also attempt this feat while blindfolded.
Website: Americanblackbeltacademy.com

MAN WITHOUT A FACE UPDATE

Mark Tatum, the man whose face was removed due to a deadly bacteria, is getting a new prosthetic face that stays in place using magnets implanted in his head. Doctors used a bone from Mark's leg as the foundation for his face, as well as skin and tissue to reconstruct the roof of his mouth.

BIKINI SLALOM

Surf the Rockies, an annual springtime celebration, is the one day a year skiers prove they can tackle double black diamond runs without falling by wearing a bikini, and nothing else, to protect them from a fall during competition! Website: TellurideSkiResort.com

EIGHT-FOOT RIFLE

See an English Punt Gun, which has been banned for hunting in the United States. The barrel is eight feet long, with a 2-inch bore and it requires one pound of gunpowder per shot. This gun was historically used for duck hunting, and one shot from this gun could kill 500 birds at once.

Flying Icicle

Believe it or not, this man takes a plane ride while encased in a 500-lb block of ice!

SPOT THE NOT:

Digitalfog.com

Episode 313

WOLF BOY WEDDING

Larry Gomez, who is covered from head to toe with thick dark fur, recently married and now has a new baby. Ripley's will reveal what the baby looks like. Will the baby suffer from the same condition as Larry? Mr. & Mrs. Gomez

TWELVE FINGERS

Godfrey Hill of Nottingham, England has twelve completely functional fingers, six on each hand. His hands look completely normal, and his condition isn't noticeable at first glance.

BALLOON BOY

In 1932, 4-year-old Billy Crawford created his own flying machine, attached to a big helium balloon. Once he got it aloft, he managed to fly it for more than four hours.

REGURGITATOR

Stevie Starr is going to swallow seven medical-grade prosthetic eyeballs, and then regurgitate them back up. The eyeballs each have one letter from the word "Ripleys" on the inside of them. Stevie brings them back up in the correct order to spell "Ripley's."

Viper vs. Viper

Believe it or not, this 2003 Dodge Viper will drag race an U.S. Air Force F-16 jet fighter, also known as the Viper. Website: www.dodge.com/viper

ELVIS' BLUE SUEDE SHOES

These are the authenticated blue suede shoes owned and worn by Elvis Presley. The circular marks worn on the soles are believed to have been made during the King's hip swiveling performance on the Steve Allen show, July 1st 1956, and it's believed that he complained that they weren't very comfortable. Website: Elvisarama.com (link archived from 2003)

CAT EATS WITH FORK

Faye Murrell taught her cat Tessa to eat with a fork at the table during meals. Tessa scoops up the food just like a person would.

GATOR GIRL

Mehgan Heaney-Grier is able to swim up to alligators, and can pick them up above her head. She is able to go nose to nose with these 'gators without being attacked because of her amazing ability to send them into a trance!

SPOT THE NOT:

collectspace.com

Episode 314

PLAYMATE WATER CHALLENGE

The Playboy Extreme Team will attempt to set a Ripley's record by racing a Hydro Bronc across dangerous water from Alcatraz to San Francisco. A Hydro Bronc is a geodesic dome with seven inflatable pontoons (floating ball) that allows people to walk on water.
Websites: Kokatat.com water sportswear, PeterBaratti.com Playboy photographer, DanPeterson.com photographer, Sportogo.com Hydro Bronc

HEAD TURNER

Believe it or not, Aleksander Anohin will keep his body facing forward while he turns his head backwards a full 180 degrees!

HOMEMADE ROLLER COASTER

John Ivers built his own roller coaster in his backyard. It's called "Blue Flash" and has a long drop and even a loop!

ROTTEN MEAT EATER

Aajonus Vonderplanitz eats rotten meat because he believes it keeps him healthy. While traveling in Alaska, he heard that eating rotten meat could be used to attack illnesses and heal the body. Aajonous studied this practice and has experimented for years. His refrigerator is filled with different kinds of rotten meat, some more than a year old!

HEAD IN THE SAND

Believe it or not, Bam Bam Baaba can bury his head in a headstand for 12 hours!

MOTORCYCLE DISASTER

"High Flyin" Mike Brown, an accomplished motocross racer and daredevil, survived a disastrous 70 mile-per-hour crash into a tractor trailer in 1999. He survived, but every bone in his left leg was broken and the leg had to be amputated. He was also in a coma for four months, and will now attempt to ride a motorcycle once again for Ripley's.

SCOOTER NUNS

In 1966, the Sisters of Divine providence use scooters to get through the halls of their expanding hospital!

GRAND POPSICLE

Trygve Bauge had his grandfather's dead body frozen and stored in a backyard shed near Denver, Colorado. Trygve lives oversees, and hired someone in Colorado to take care of his grandfather. The body is stored at 196 degrees below zero and is kept packed in dry ice.

PAW STAND BEAGLE

Daisy the beagle will do a "handstand" and walk on her front paws, both her back legs in the air, on level ground and even down stairs!

The Arm

This is the actual decomposed arm of Claude de Lorraine. Website: CIAbnormalArts.com

"Spot The Not"

www.met.police.uk

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Episode 315

AIRPLANE WATER-SKI

Believe it or not, Mike Seipel will waterski barefoot behind an airplane, attempt to flip into a handstand, grab the tow rope with his feet and continue skiing. If he slips and hits the water at this speed, the impact at more than 40-miles per hour could seriously injure his face. Website: www.mcski.com

MONKEY SIBLINGS

Despite the fact these three brothers were born into a normal family, believe it or not, they are worshiped by hundreds because they take on the characteristics and body language of real monkeys. All three were born with a defect that makes their brains smaller than the average person's. They have five siblings who do not have the defect.

YO-YO KID

Evan Nagao is only 5 years old and already he can do more than 50 tricks with his yo-yo and just won a national competition. His father traveled with yo-yos around the world, and Evan got hooked at an early age. Evan won his first competition when he was only 3 years old!

Mini Luxury Ship

Believe It or Not, this pair of brothers have built a fully functional luxury ship that's the size of a small row boat!

Wheelman

This is the latest in personal motorization, the only two-wheeled motorboard in the world. Its hubless, no axle, the wheel floats in position. Australian website: wheelman.com.au (link archived 2006)

TEMPLE CRAWLER

Worshipers crawl for 60 miles on their stomachs to visit the temple in Mount Abu, India. These worshipers feel that it is disrespectful to look at their god directly in the eyes, so they must make the trip by crawling!

ALLERGIC TO INSECTS

Joe Tornatore is so deathly allergic to stinging insects that he can't leave his house without wearing a beekeeper's outfit. Joe risks death by taking off his suit for his outdoor wedding and honeymoon.

DIVING DOG

There's a Pit bull/bull terrier mix in Hawaii who fetches rocks. Believe it or not, "Girl" will dive to the bottom of the deep end and can hold her breath up to 45 seconds to retrieve her favorite rock!

ARMLESS IN MIAMI

Born without arms, Diamond Excell's feet enabled her to do almost everything from school work to her chores around the house. Now, this eleven year-old girl is able to fulfill her long-time goal of riding a bike -- with a new pair of bionic arms that allow her to hug her mom and ride the bike.

ANVIL LAUNCHING

Neal Collier and David Blackwell launch anvils 567.39 feet straight up into the air. Anvil shooting dates back to the Pioneer era, and Neal and Dave bring the tradition back to modern-day audiences!

ELECTRIC CLOTHING

Janet Hanson has created clothing that lights up. Her company, Enlightened Designs, uses electroluminescent wire and fiber optics to make the light-up clothing. Believe it or not, Janet has created a flexible hat that displays changing messages and designs with the hundreds of lights embedded in it's fabric!
Website: Enlighted.com

Mummified Falcon

This mummified Falcon's eyes were believed to hold the power of the sun and the moon and would help guide the pharaoh in the afterlife.

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Episode 316

TEETH HANGER

Believe it or not, 70 years after Tiny Kline slid across a wire high above Times Square hanging by her teeth from a pulley, Tavana Luvas will perform this same "slide for life" but this time it will be across downtown Las Vegas while also hanging from her teeth! Tavana slides across a wire 90 feet above Freemont Street in Las Vegas. This stunt was performed in 1934 for Robert Ripley, but this time no one will be arrested by a New York policeman!

RAT LADY

Believe it or not, Debbie Ducommun loves rats so much that she not only dresses and photographs them but shares her home with them and sometimes lets them sleep in bed with her! Debbie enjoys putting her rats in costumes and having them do tricks. She even takes them out for walks!

SWIMMING WITH SHARKS

Adult sand tiger sharks are known to be very gentle, but when they are in the womb these sharks feed off each other. The older embryonic sharks eat their siblings in the womb.

TWO PLANE CRASH SURVIVOR

Justin Kirkbride survived two plane crashes in one day, and walked away from both without any injuries. Justin was was the pilot of a single-engine plane when it went out of control and crashed. Justin went to get help and found a search team. He got into one of the helicopters, which then plunged to the ground.

THAI STILT VILLAGE

The remote northern Thai border village of Kroke-Kraak is renowned for the fact that its main form of transport is not the bicycle, motorcycle, car or bus but a pair of stilts. During the rainy season the stilts become essential for getting around the muddy town.

SKATEBOARDING CHIMP

What makes Louie unbelievable is not that he can skateboard on a half-inch pipe or skate up and off ramps without falling that much, go though tunnels, leap off ramps and stick the landing, but that he is a chimpanzee!

EIGHT SEVERED FINGERS

Harry Fishwick lost eight fingers in a severe accident with a guillotine at a paper mill. Doctors re-attached all eight digits, and he can use his hands again. He shaves, ties his shoelaces and cooks.

ROPE BINDING

In Borneo, some young girls are fitted with a tightly wrapped coil corset which they wear until they are adults. Believe it or not, Desiree Gonzalez, an American woman, also practices this ancient art of rope binding that will make it more difficult for her to breathe.

REMOTE SKI BOAT

See a remote-control boat that allowed people to tow themselves while waterskiing. It was even strong enough to tow two skiers at the same time.

GLASS TRUCK SUSPENSION

Jason Price and Richard Nunez are suspended from hooks through their flesh attached to the ceiling of a truck and then driven across Las Vegas to visit a friend.

BUTTER SCULPTURE

Jim Victor will sculpt a life-sized female model out of 800 sticks (200 lbs) of butter. Jim is a sculptor with more than 30 years' experience as an artist and teacher. After each exhibit, the butter is turned into bio-fuel. Jim also makes chocolate sculptures.
900 lb. sculpture, posted by Jim Victor on 1-7-08

AFRICAN COFFINS

These sculptures are actually coffins, they are made by craftsmen in Ghana. Each carved wood box costs about $5000, which is about two year's salary in Africa, and represents a trait or quirk of the deceased person it was made to hold.
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Flag Lenses

These are actually contact lenses with the American flag on them.

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Episode 317

RECORD CARD THROWER

Rick Smith Jr. can throw an ordinary playing card further than anyone else in the world, more than 200 feet. Watch him cut a banana in half with a thrown playing card. Website: www.ricksmithjr.com

ARMLESS CELLO PLAYER

Tad Lietz is a 14-year-old accomplished cellist, but what makes him different than other cellists is that he is missing his left arm and wields the bow with his left foot.

COMPUTER BOX FURNITURE

Andy Dusing furnished his entire apartment with computer boxes. Andrew worked as a computer technician and came up with an idea to use computer boxes as furniture. He has a dining room table, chairs and even a sofa.

AEROCAR

Believe It or Not, this haulable box unfolds to become a set of wings and tail, transforming a car into an airplane! In 1952, it was introduced to help avoid traffic. Wings were attached to the car and it could fly up to an airspeed of 60 mph. The idea didn't catch on; in addition to a driver's license, a pilot's license was needed.

HAIR PULLING

Jain monks are not allowed to cut their hair, so they have it ripped out by other monks several times a year. These monks follow strict rules of personal conduct. Haircuts are considered "fashionable" and would require them to pay a barber.

GIRL WITH HALF A BRAIN

Christina Santhouse suffered from more than 100 seizures a day because of a rare disorder called Rasmussen's Encephalitis. In 1995 she went to a specialist who performed a radical procedure that actually sliced her brain in two to take out one complete half. She was back at school eight weeks after the surgery and is getting perfect grades.

PIG STY

John Vincent and his wife, Lynne, share their home with nine adult pigs. One of them, a 600 pound farm hog named Porkchop, jumps through hoops, dunks basketballs and plays musical instruments and even impersonates Elvis!

GIANT HAND

Tomas Gomez's right hand has grown to five times its natural size and weighs 20 lbs. Tomas lives in a remote village in Nicaragua and is completely self-sufficient, not letting his unusual hand hinder him in any way.

SWEET TOOTH STATUE

A woman has an exact miniature replica of her body made from chocolate. Ripley's follows the process of this latest craze.

FROM THE VAULT: Houdini Handcuffs

These handcuffs belonged to world's greatest escape artist Harry Houdini.

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Episode 318

STOMACH VACUUM

Jess Caigoy eats various foods and then suctions them out of his stomach. For Ripley's, he uses a specially designed vacuum cleaner with a transparent chamber so we can see what he has vacuumed up.

ICE HOTEL UPDATE

This hotel is made of 10,000 tons of ice and 30,000 tons of snow, and they are now adding the world's largest ice TV, which is 18 feet wide and 12 feet tall.

PENNY OBSESSION

Steve Baker is so obsessed with pennies that he wears a jumpsuit made from pennies, has made several penny bikinis, makes penny jewelry and even drives a van covered with over 90,000 pennies!

SPEAR-BEARING RITUAL

At this annual Indian festival in honor of the Lord Murugan, participants put on large frames holding hundred of spears to their body. As they dance, the spears pierce their skin.

MICROCHIP FAMILY

The Jacobs family is the first family to be implanted with microchips that contain their personal information. Derek Jacobs came up with the idea because his father, a cancer survivor, takes so many different types of medication that it's hard to keep them straight. With the microchip, doctors can access that information quickly and easily.

Cow Magnet

This is an actual cow magnet. This magnet attracts any piece of metal that is ingested and keeps scraps, barbed wire, etc. from moving through the cow's digestive system and doing serious damage. Website: Teachersource.com

FISH DENTIST

Believe it or not, Witek Mojsiewecs brushes the razor-sharp teeth of wolf fish, and they don't bite him!

MAN OF MANY LEGS

After Dana Bowman lost both his legs in a near-fatal sky-diving accident, he re-enlisted in the Army to become the first double amputee to be put on active duty. With the help of his doctors, he designed numerous pairs of legs out of high-tech materials that allow him to SCUBA dive, bicycle, water ski, run, snow ski and skydive!
Dana says, "Just do it!"

DRIVING ON WATER

Gunnar Petursson is going to attempt to drive his 1942 military Jeep 80 mph on the surface of an ice-cold 27-foot-deep lake. Gunnar lives in Iceland and has modified his Jeep so that it can drive on water without sinking!

YANKEE DOODLE

Believe it or not, this man can play "Yankee Doodle" with his hands! This footage from 1932 shows Cecil Dill, putting his hands together and making music with them.

PETRIFIED WIFE

Sarel Pretorius and his wife have spent every day together for 24 years, but his wife has been dead for the last 13 of them. Sarel's wife died of pneumonia, and he couldn't be without her. He built a room behind his house where she rests, and he put a bed in there so he could sleep next to her.

B.E.D.

Believe it or not, there is a restaurant in Miami, Florida where you don't eat at the table. Meals are served to guests sitting in beds.

Asian Cockfight Spurs

This ornately carved wooden box holds a set of four actual cockfight spurs used on fighting roosters.

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Episode 319

HANDHELD BUNGEE JUMP

Stephen Miller holds the end of the bungee cord that his partner is attached to, as she jumps from a tower that is 171 feet high. The bungee cord is not secured with anything but Stephen's hands.

CHIP WALKER UPDATE

Marc Merger, a paraplegic, is able to walk by giving commands to a computer that controls chips and electrodes implanted in his body. Ripley's first met Mark when he took his first steps after having the chip implanted. The new technology that's been added since then allows Mark to move out of the laboratory.

WORLD'S FASTEST WHEELCHAIR

Unable to walk because of a childhood case of polio, 29 year old Roberto Trigueros built his own ultimate riding machine...a wheelchair that handles speeds of up to 60 mph. It enables him to cling to the back of buses for a ride to work!

RON THE GNOME

Believe it or not, Ron Broomfield is so obsessed with gnomes he not only dresses as one but lives in a cottage packed with nearly more than 1,000 of them. Every room in his house is packed with hundreds of garden gnomes!

SKULL DRINKERS

The Kapalikas believe that the skull contains the soul spirit, which is a sacred guardian. After a member of their tribe dies, they take the deceased's skull and drink from it in order to gain power from the deceased!

DOUBLE ARM RE-ATTACHMENT

Believe it or not, John Thompson had both his arms torn off in a farming accident. He managed to call for help and, after undergoing a pioneering surgery to reattach his arms, he defied doctors' predictions and regained the use of his hands and arms.

MARSH AMPHIBIAN

In 1964 the Marsh Amphibian was designed to carry 1000 lbs through the toughest conditions. It could go anywhere — on land, water and swamps, requiring both car and marine licenses. It even drove sideways.

FROM THE VAULT: Iron Witch Staff

This iron staff was purchased from the estate of Dr. Gerald Gardner, the founding father of Wicca, the religion of witchcraft.

JACUZZI RABBIT

Hobie, the rabbit, is the only one of his kind who not only likes water but relaxes by floating on his back in his own tub!

ACID TEARS

Michelle Jessett of Wales has been suffering from a mysterious skin condition since she witnessed a chemical spill. Now, she cries tears of acid. The acid reacts with the salty tears and causes painful blisters and sores on her face.

SIX-SECOND TAN

At Hollywood Tans, customers can get a safe, even tan all over their bodies using a process that takes only six seconds. Website: Hollywoodtan.com

FROM THE VAULT: Eye Massager

This is the Natural Eye Normalizer a contraption supposedly for vision correction.

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Episode 320

BICYCLE BALANCE BEAM

Jeff Lenosky rides his mountain bike over anything that gets in his way including stairs, garbage dumpsters, benches and cars. He can even ride along the top of a two inch hand rail. For Ripley's, Jeff will attempt to ride over the worlds most dangerous obstacle course in downtown Las Vegas over 16 hurdles and set a new record with a 48-inch bunny hop!

GRENADE SURGERY

A Russian soldier has a live grenade shot by a grenade launcher lodged in his leg, and surgeons are scrambling to pull it out, in the field, before it explodes! Once removed, the grenade has to be disposed of and detonated.

CHEWING GUM ARTIST

Karoly Kiss is able to sculpt figures out of ordinary chewing gum using only his tongue and teeth. He starts by chewing an ordinary piece of gum and shaping it into a tiny ball. He then shapes the chewed ball of gum into a complete figure -- a tiger, an airplane, an elephant, a spaceship -- in just 30 seconds!

RECONSTRUCTED DOG

Bud the dog was shot in the head with 150 shotgun pellets. He was found by police on the streets of Bristol, England, and underwent seven surgeries. The Policeman who investigated the attack adopted him.

CENTIPEDE WINE

Villagers in Thailand catch giant and poisonous centipedes so they can put them into wine. They drink the wine, which they believe is good for their health.

LEGLESS SWORDSMAN

Henry Smalls is a sixth-degree black belt in karate, and a fourth-degree black belt in kendo — even though he doesn't have any legs. When Henry was 12, he lost his legs in a train accident. That didn't stop him from training in the martial arts, and today he is one of the most recognized Kendo practitioners in the world.

SCALPING SURVIVOR

Catherine Bird's hair became caught in a farm machine. She couldn't free herself and was dragged into the machine, which consumed her scalp and part of her face. After the initial, 16-hour surgery, her scalp was reattached successfully.

FROM THE VAULT: Travel Surfboard

It was back in 1964 during the height of long board surfing that Karl Pope invented and then made this, the worlds only patented two piece surfboard. Website: www.bisect.com

BOAT JOUSTING

In 1949 France, two teams on boats tried to knock each other over in a Boat Jousting competition. Along the Canal du Midi, boat jousting battles have been fought since 1666!

ROCKET SKIER

C.J. Turner will be the first to put rockets on his mono-ski. He uses five eight-millimeter rocket engines and can attain speeds in excess of 50 mph!

TOM & JERRY

Huan, a female cat, has adopted a mouse (named Jerry) and cares for him like a mother would, even grooming him as she would a kitten!

BACKWARDS FEET

Terry Hatter has the ability to twist his right foot 180 degrees. After an accident that broke his leg in 8th grade, Terry was able to twist his foot like never before. It works to his advantage when this 25-year old plays football.

FACTORY RUNOFF JACUZZI

A power plant in Iceland spews factory runoff water that people actually bathe in for its healing properties. The power plant uses steam for power; when the steam cools, it condenses into a gooey material that spills into pools next to the factory. The liquid contains many minerals and can even treat many forms of skin disease.

Human Scrimshaw Skeleton

This is the world's only Human Scrimshaw Skeleton. If you look closely you will see that there are drawings and designs carved right into the bones.

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Episode 321

DR. FREETHROW

Witness Tom Amberry's amazing ability to shoot more free throws in a row than anyone else in the world. In 1993, at the age of 72, he set a world record by sinking 2,750 consecutive free-throw shots in 12 hours. His website: www.freethrow.com

WHEELCHAIR CAR PULL

Luan Degennar was born with no biceps or deltoids and without the use of his legs. But that isn't going to stop him from pulling a 3,400-lb car 100 feet in less than one minute.

GEOGRAPHY PRODIGY

Srisanvitha Sridhar can identify 80 countries on a globe, and she's only 3 years old. She can identify all 50 states and flags from 25 different countries. Her geography skills are better than those of many college students!

PARIS CATACOMBS

Beneath the streets of Paris, there are catacombs containing more than six million bodies. It's the largest burial ground in the world. Believe It or Not, these catacombs deep underneath the "City of Lights" make a "City of the Dark"

FROM THE VAULT: Ant Drink

There is no mistaking what gives this soda its pop once you see the label...ANTS, red and black ants to be more specific.

TARANTULA EATING

Every day, dozens of women set up at the roadside in this small village to sell a very rare delicacy...roasted tarantulas! The legs and fangs are removed and the body is fried or roasted and sprinkled with salt and pepper.

BIRD OBSESSION

John and Mary Bradford live among more than 350 exotic birds — all of which are free to come and go as they please. Believe it or not, they eat right off their plates and out of the refrigerator!

DOUBLE HAND TRANSPLANT

Seven years after losing his hands in a bomb explosion, Theo Kelz, a former police bomb disposal expert, had a successful double hand transplant and is planning to return to work on the police force--with someone else's hands!

MOTORCYCLE PYRAMID

201 members of the Dare Devils, a group that is a part of the Indian Army, will ride on 10 motorcycles without anyone touching the ground.

FROM THE VAULT: Camel Nose Plugs

This is a pair of arabian camel nose plugs. Used to prevent sand from entering the animals nostrils druring windstorms in the desert.

KANGAROO SURVIVES ARROW

An Australian kangaroo was shot through the neck with a three-foot arrow and lived with it for two weeks until he was located and the arrow was surgically removed. He survived and is returned to the wild!

MOTORIZED TACKLE DUMMY

In 1948, a football coach tested the "Tikker Blocking Dummy," a motorized tackle bag. It was designed to reduce injuries during practice, but it ended up having a mind of its own and runs all over the field.

POLAROID STATUE

From a photograph, this company can make a lifelike statue of your body. It takes three hours to complete the process. Once a three-dimensional image is taken, a mold is made. From this replica a completely lifelike statue of her body can be created! The detailed features are hand-sculpted and a final finish is applied.

FROM THE VAULT: Annie Oakley's Gun

This pistol belonged to Annie Oakley, the famous trick shot artist back at the turn of the 20th century.

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Episode 322

LA TOMATINA FESTIVAL

Kelly Packard will travel to Spain for the World's Largest Food Fight, where one million tomatoes are thrown annually until everyone is covered in red tomato juice.

HEAD HUNTER

William Jamieson collects shrunken heads and has more than 60. Believe it or not, he will demonstrate how a human head can be shrunk to 1/8 of its size.

FROM THE VAULT: Hot Water Heater Helmet

This homemade diving helmet is crafted from a cast iron hot water heater and works up to a maximum depth of 20 feet.

WORLD'S LARGEST PORTRAIT

Peter Anderson made a portrait that covers an area of more than 43 million square feet. It's a portrait of the head and shoulders of a man wearing a cowboy's hat, and it was made with a tractor. If the Empire State Building was placed on its side, it would only reach as far across as his smile. It's fully visible only from the air! His website: www.andoart.com

Hat Law

Believe It or Not, if you break a law in this town you will be forced to perform community service wearing a pink hat!

SKATE CLIMBER

Eddy Matzger rarely takes off his in-line skates. In fact, he once climbed to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro 19,344 feet high, wearing them. Now he uses them to race a cable car up San Francisco's Hyde Street, one of the steepest in the city.

BUNNIES, BUNNIES, BUNNIES

Believe It or not, Steve and Candace have been giving each other a bunny-related gift every day for the past 10 years, filling their entire house from floor to ceiling with over 12,000 bunny items including 6 live rabbits roaming the house! They have bunny toothbrushes, towels, bunny toilet seat and even bunny-themed silverware and plates.

STALACPIPE ORGAN

Believe it or not, the organ music played by David Breneman in the Luray Caverns is coming from the largest musical instrument in the world--the stalactites hanging from the cave's ceiling! This natural organ is located deep underground and is a quarter-acre in size. The sound comes from the stalactites, which produce different tones when they are struck. Websites: Luraycaverns.com (official website), www.stalacpipe.net (full-screen photo of organ cavern) and wikipedia.org/The_Great_Stalacpipe_Organ (info and additional links)

DENTURE SWALLOWER

Believe it or not, Rajendran Damodaran had a set of dentures removed from his stomach, two years after he swallowed them in his sleep!

FROM THE VAULT: World's Largest Cigar

This is the world's largest cigar. At 6' 11" long, this hand rolled stogie weighs 55 pounds.

World's Smallest Woman

Believe it or not, Madge Bester is the world's smallest woman, at just over two feet tall.

CAT SHOT BY ARROW

Milton and Mary Dolan's cat, Chad is expected to make a full recovery after vets removed a 30-inch hunting arrow from his back, which pierced him between his shoulder blades. The arrow was removed and Chad is expected to make a full recovery. Cat's X-ray

11-MONTH-OLD SWIMMER

In 1948, this 11-month-old, Sherry Lynn Whitford, was able to swim and hold her breath underwater for almost 30 seconds, a natural in the pool. Believe it or not!

ULTIMATE AIR

Believe it or Not, there is an airline that offers the unbelievable. This airline offers a flight experience complete with manicures, pedicures, facials and massages given by beautiful flight attendants. Website: www.ecstasky.com (out of business, link archived in 2003)

FROM THE VAULT: Geep Head

This is the head of a geep: half goat, half sheep. Robert Ripley himself acquired this four-horned specimen in 1932.

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