Omar Yusuf- the defect is not congenital, but acquired. In the 19th century in France, there was a criminal group that deliberately mutilated children and sold them to the circus. Since childhood, Yusuf had a box placed on his head. Therefore his head became square. Because of this, intelligence was lost.
Gustav von Schwarz- another victim of the Comprachicos. Bird Man. Lived under King Louis
Rhinoceros Man, who lived in the 19th century. A congenital defect in which a horn grows from a person’s nose. He was a juggler in a circus in Italy. I went under the plastic surgeon's knife seven times. On the seventh time his heart stopped.
Andersen- lived in the 19th century. His head could rotate 180 degrees. This greatly delighted the audience. He was known as a big ladies' man.
The man with fish eyes- genetic disease. Due to the unusual structure of the skull, the eyeballs do not fit into the eye sockets. At the same time, a person’s viewing angle is very good - up to 200 degrees. But there are a lot of inconveniences. For example, in order to fall asleep, you had to put a black robe over your eyes. He simply could not close them on his own. Nowadays such a skill - rolling your eyes out of their sockets and moving them - is in demand. In Liverpool there lives a man who can roll his eyes out and wants to become a record holder. But no measuring instruments there is currently no record to record.
Edward Mardaki- when we look at him, it seems to us that he is a completely ordinary, unremarkable person. But on the back of his head he has a second face. Two-faced Janus. Talented composer and musician. But the second person really bothered him. It squealed and screamed at the most inopportune moments and had no intelligence. He tried to hide it somehow: he wore high collars, hats, wigs, but little helped. Most of he spent time alone. But since he needed to earn money, he gave concerts where an audience of his fans gathered. One day this face got so wild that it started screaming during a concert. The audience heard extraneous sounds, began to be indignant. Edward left mid-performance and locked himself in the dressing room. Some time later he was found dead there. Thus, at the age of 33, his life ended.
Fish people(they urgently made a bunch of references to Lovecraft) - a collective image. There is a disease - ichthyosis - in which the skin can become covered with scales, an abnormal structure of the skeleton and gills appear. Incurable. At the present stage, with the help of medications, one can only slow down development and temporarily ease the fate of a person (and then he will simply be forced to return to the sea to his “father” Dagon). The most striking case occurred in Australia. Little Tom was born there, whose arms and legs were flat and flipper-shaped. The auricles were completely absent; there were gills. It was not possible to save him - he lived only a month.
Bill Dax- three-eyed man. The third eye is atrophied. It looks with its own two eyes, so - in theory - it’s not difficult to simply remove it. In the future, such a person will be distinguished from the crowd only by the wide set of his eyes. But when Bill Dax was born, medicine had not yet worked miracles. He was a talented public person. He had his own circus show. He hid his appearance with a mask. During one of the performances, the mask fell, the audience made a noise, believing that it was some kind of trick, and the assistant fainted.
Bill Dax committed suicide by shooting himself in the third eye.
Raduan- now alive, born in 1971, a man 247 meters tall. I came to Russia five years ago in order to find a bride. He returned to America and married his compatriot, 170 cm tall. They are still there to this day - working in the restaurant. She's in the kitchen, he's the bouncer. For breakfast he eats 1-3 kg of sausages, and drinks liquids from his small coffee mug, similar to our 3-liter jar. It continues to grow. 2 years ago he underwent brain surgery - the first attempt to stop human growth.
And on the shoulder, in contrast, is a Chinese woman Liao Xiao Xiao. When she was born, her weight was 1.5 kg, height 33 cm. Now her height is 54 cm, she weighs 3 kg. She will remain like this forever.
Michelle Olivier- Big Foot man. He became famous for his very large hands and feet. Lived in France, was sociable person, everyone knew him. He made money by begging. There was a legend throughout Paris that if you give him a coin, there will definitely be success.
Resident of the Pano tribe in Thailand- owner of the longest neck - 40 cm. All representatives of her tribe have long necks - from 20 to 30 cm. At the age of 5, during a special ceremony, brass rings are placed around the neck. They symbolize the wealth and influence of a woman. The more rings, the more revered she is by the tribe. If in mature age If you take these rings off - they can all weigh up to 10 kg - your neck will simply break. There was also such an execution as punishment for treason.
Foma Ignatiev- Cancer man. A contemporary of Peter I. He discovered him in one of the St. Petersburg courtyards, fell in love with him for his extraordinary appearance, and took him as a living exhibit to the kuntz chamber. Thomas had elongated limbs fused together; their shape resembled the claws of a cancer. He worked as a living exhibit for 34 years. He earned a huge salary - 100 rubles a year. By those standards, this was fabulous money, while a horse, for example, cost 2 rubles. Now such a family of crayfish lives in Ukraine; after a generation, children are born to them with such a defect.
Siamese twins Coloredo brothers- the second brother grows from the belly of the first. They have one esophagus, and each breathes with his own lungs. At the same time, the brother growing from his stomach spoke little and grew old much faster. He was a court jester under King Louis. Lived 40 years
John Malcolm- four-eyed man. Sees with all four eyes, with each pair looking separately. The brain controls this process. He used his appearance for no good. He put on his hat and met girls, and when he was alone with them, he took off his hat. The girls fainted and he robbed them. For a long time it was not possible to catch him due to the fact that the police did not believe the stories of the victims. But one day John came across a girl who was not timid. The thief was found with a bullet in his forehead, and his head was put on public display.
Lumi Guardin- the case of failed twins - four-legged. She had two female systems. I learned to dance with my feet. She had five children. According to some reports, she gave birth to three children with one female system, and two with another, since it is believed that she had two of them. She lived for 60 years.
Gray McDanel- female mule. She has a pile of meat instead of a face. I managed to get married 4 times. The photo shows her son, whom she gave birth to in one of her marriages. She takes part in the "most disgusting woman in the world" competition and wins, receiving the title. The son, seeing the persistent character of his mother, creates a show in which she shone and took the main part.
She wore a mask throughout the show, and when it came to an end, the host said: “And now you will feel like the most beautiful person on earth.” And Gray took off her mask.
Gray was happy. By her example, she showed that some pimple or wart on the face is not a tragedy.
Admiralla- pig man. The first and only case in nature of a child being born with a pig's heel. Representative of an ancient family. Her family, under pain of death. forbade anyone who knew this secret to leave the castle. The girl led a secluded life, but received an excellent education, knew several languages, played musical instruments, and studied philosophy. When everyone in her family died, she decided to go out into the world as she is. The money received as an inheritance is spent on charity, the construction of schools and the sick. The world accepts her, because she led a very worthy life. She married a young man whom she had known since birth. She lived to be 92 years old. To this day, scientists monitor their lineage in anticipation that something similar will appear again.
Velvet- the thickest model in the world. Many women strive for 90-60-90 standards, but she was able to prove the opposite, becoming the most complete model in the world. At 39 years old, she took part in a fashion show, weighing 155 kg. She starred in the film and became a movie star. Leads healthy image life and claims that she is much healthier than other actresses and models who suffer from excessive thinness. She has many fans among men, but her heart is already taken. Recently her boyfriend, a handsome athlete, proposed to her. Velvet says that the main thing in a person to achieve success is charm and self-confidence.
- An unconventional person who does not know customs or everyday decency; rude, undesirable; unusualness This property is ignorance. An unusual person cannot live with people
BERLIN
- a city in one half of which the population increased by one person every minute, and in the other half it decreased by one person
BE HUMAN
- to become human, to become hypostasis, to become human, to take on the form, image of a person, his nature, to incarnate, to inhabit a human body, to clothe himself in it. Incarnation cf. action is
DOLPHIN
- according to the scale of mental development of animals and humans proposed by the Swiss zoologist A. Portman, first place is occupied by man, third by elephant, and second
- marine "intellectual" - man's friend
DODON
- m. dodonikha w. Vlad. awkward, awkward person. fairy tales commemorate King Dodon. Dodor, dodorik m. dodorka? and. Sib. a hunchback or a dwarf, a short and unprepossessing person, as in dialect. blister, bladder, pimple
- A clumsy, awkward person
FRIEND
- the first hypostasis of man to man
- how is a dog related to a person?
- trans. That which contributes to normal human activity
- dog in relation to man
- dog - ... human
- one who is closely related to someone by friendship; loved one; lover or sweetheart
- a person to whom we forgive his virtues because he forgives our shortcomings
- a person who knows everything about you - and yet loves you
- a person who knows when he needs help
- a person who has a close relationship with someone based on trust, affection, common interests
- the person with whom you ate a ton of salt
- "Dog - ... human"
SOUL
- the substance that makes a person human
- immortal part of man
- divine nature of man
- in religious ideas: a supernatural, immaterial immortal principle in a person that continues to live after his death
- the inner world of man
- the inner mental world of man
- the inner, mental world of a person, his consciousness
- many scientists prove this by the fact that a person immediately after death loses several grams of weight
- immaterial essence of man
- intangible part of a person
- a concept expressing historically changing views on the mental life of humans and animals
- psychological world of man
- that the Russian man has his hands wide open
Goodbye to the faint of heart and impressionable. And for the rest, my exclusive report about the most amazing people in the world. All of them actually lived in society, were recorded by science and included in the Guinness Book of Records. The majority, despite the mistakes of nature, lived long and happy lives, were respected, loved and talented. And some are still alive. Mind blowing, of course, but very interesting! All exhibits are made in exact size and in accordance with their “originals” made of wax using modern super-realistic materials. Among them are giants, midgets, wolf people, rhinoceros people, cyclops people, a vase woman and a pig-faced woman, two-headed people and even a lady with the title “the most disgusting woman in the world.” It’s not enough to look at these photos, you need to read stories about them... So save yourself a cup of tea and half an hour of time and... amazing discoveries to you!
Two-headed archer, Türkiye. At the end of the 14th century, he lived in perfect health, served in the Turkish army, and was the best and most accurate shooter in the entire country. All internal organs had one copy, but both heads had full independent brain activity. Mentally stable. He died at the age of 37 when he was captured. The enemy could not make a decision on execution for a long time, since both heads insisted on different versions of the testimony. And they could not determine which one to believe. Unfortunately, his name has not been preserved.
Chang and Eng Bunker, Thailand (Kingdom of Siam). Born in 1811. The King of Siam issued an order to kill the twins, but the mother did everything possible to prevent the order from being carried out. The babies had one legs and a common pelvic area, but two spines with completely healthy nervous system and organs. Both brains functioned independently. However, one brain was responsible for only one (its) leg. Therefore, it was extremely difficult for them to walk normally. All their lives they moved with the help of special crutches or simply crawled. The Bunker brothers grew up and began to earn money by performing in the circus. They traveled a lot, traveling through Asia, England and America. In 1839 they bought a farm in North Carolina (USA) and married two sisters. From this marriage they gave birth to twenty-one (!) children. They died in 1874, three hours apart at the age of 63.
Vase woman Jane Weeks, USA. She was born without limbs, legs and arms were missing. The pelvic area is normal. Otherwise completely healthy. She was a gifted talented singer and artist. I painted pictures holding the brush with my teeth. She was a beauty and married successfully, the marriage was happy. However, she never decided to have children, although doctors did not see any contraindications for a healthy pregnancy. She was very famous, respected and quite rich. Thanks to her unusual appearance and desire to live a full life, Jackie has achieved great success in her career. She died by an absurd accident - she tried to get out of bed on her own when no one was nearby, fell and broke her spine.
Var Borset, South America. Born without arms into a family of South American Indians. He was not married, he devoted his whole life to his mother, whom he idolized. He painted pictures and shot a bow very accurately. Reclining, he held a bow in his right leg and shot at birds with his left. He performed on tours of his skills in other countries. In particular, the chronicles of London indicate that he hit 12 pigeons with arrows in 1 minute and once pierced several birds released from a cage with one arrow. It is also stated that in his entire life he never missed. He died alone after the death of his mother.
Claude Abroise Seurat, France. The thinnest man on the planet. Born in 1798 in the province of Champagne. With a height of 1.60 meters, he weighed only 16 (!) kilograms. His torso was only 8 cm thick, and his skin was so thin that his internal organs were visible in the light and even his heartbeat could be seen. He was healthy, received a good education, married happily and left healthy offspring. He died in 1861 at the age of 63. 
Celeste (Celeste) Geyer, USA. Stage name Dolly Dimplex. Born in 1905 in Cincinnati, Florida. By 1925 she weighed 280 kg. She performed in the circus. After 3 years I seriously fell in love. The groom proposed to her on the condition that she could officially marry him only if she seriously lost weight. In 14 months, the woman lost more than 200(!) kilograms. She was happily married for 40 years. She became an example and founder of the motivating movement “Diet or Death” for very obese people. She published the book “Diet or Die: The Dolly Dimples Weight Reducing Plan.” Until her death she wore a size 38 dress and weighed 50 kg. She died in 1967 from a heart attack.
Cover of Celeste Geyer's book. Real photo of Celeste Geyer after losing weight.
John Eckert (John Eckhardt, Jr.), USA. Born without legs in Baltimore in 1910 at the same time as his healthy twin brother. As a teenager, he dropped out of school for the circus. He made everyone around him laugh, even random passers-by. A talented circus performer, conductor, movie star (played in 4 feature films), illusionist, virtuoso musician and successful businessman. He moved independently - on his hands. Without any equipment, I walked a marathon distance of 45 km on my hands! He was happily married and raised two healthy sons. He died in 1984 at the age of 74 in his sleep from a heart attack. His friends affectionately called him Ek-half-guy. After Johnny Eck's death, he bequeathed his entire fortune to people with disabilities.
Rhinoceros Andries, Italy. Born in 1868. He became a circus juggler and worked in the circus all his life. He died in 1898 at the age of 30. Quite a lot of cases were recorded in the 19th century, but medicine could not help these people with growths on the bridge of their nose. The more they tried to cut it out, the faster it grew and people died. Even modern medicine finds it difficult to cope with this phenomenon - when the growth is completely removed, it begins to grow inside the nasal bone, which also leads to serious problems. I don’t know why he is depicted here at such an advanced age, although who knows what physical changes such a defect leads to.
Birdman Gustow von Schwartz, France. In the 17th and 18th centuries, there was a sect of Comprachicos, which kidnapped children and turned them into monsters for further sale to nobles. It was probably they who subjected little Schwartz to severe mutilation. The child’s hands were mutilated (making them 4 fingers), face (the shape of the ears and nose was changed), and they also removed vocal cords. From now on he could only make bird sounds. He served at the court of King Louis of France as a rooster and woke people up in the morning by crowing. The sectarians considered themselves quite humane, since they also removed parts of the brain responsible for memory and pain from their experimental subjects. Became the prototype for the fairy tale "Dwarf Nose". He died at a fairly old age.
Cyclops Man Bill Dax, Germany. He was found in one of the church shelters as an infant in 1756. The third eye was completely atrophied. He was healthy and very smart. He played cards masterfully. He earned decent money performing card tricks in circuses around the country. All his life he wore a triangular mask and no one knew about his “peculiarity”. I spent all my money searching for my parents, but I never found them. In one of the circuses, he fell passionately in love with a girl gymnast, but was very afraid to open up to her. One day during a performance, the mask fell off his face. The audience accepted this as part of the show and greeted him with thunderous applause. However, his “true” face was also seen by his beloved. He was so embarrassed that he ran home from the arena. Deciding that his career was over and his love was lost forever, he shot himself in the third eye that same evening and died on the spot in 1802.
Wolfman Joyo, USA. When he was born, completely covered with dark fur to his fingertips, the church declared him the spawn of the devil, and his parents - sorcerers and ordered the baby to be immediately killed. However, his parents decided to take him to the forest, in the hope that by some miracle he could survive. And so it happened. After some time, the unusual furry animal was picked up by a wealthy American family. They put him in a warm cage, fed him and observed his behavior. And they found out that the creature has intelligence. They taught him everything that people can do and began to transport him around cities as a curiosity, earning money at freak shows (at that time such freak parks were very popular). Having improved the moment, Joyo escaped from the circus cage and settled in a remote place in the forest. There he meets a girl whom he later marries, starts a secluded farm, where his wife gives birth to healthy children. He dies at the age of 33 for an unknown reason.
Mirana Portland, Iceland. The only recorded case in the world of a child being born with a pig's snout. Born into a rich and influential family in 1789, she received an excellent education at home, led a secluded life and was extremely lucky. She was a success with men. She married her childhood friend and gave birth to two completely healthy children. She became the prototype for works of literature and cinema about Penelope. Many people truly loved her. “Her family is rich. Her destiny is wonderful and great. And even though she is a little pig-headed, she is loved by many here,” poets of that time wrote about her. With such an abnormal appearance, Mirana lived until the end of her days, surrounded by the love of her family and friends.
Cuckolds- people who have bone formations growing through the skull. There are quite a few cases of such autavisms in different times. In 1951, near the Chinese city of Ziyang (Sichuan Province), archaeologists discovered a skull dating back to the 5th millennium BC, with sharply protruding parietal tubercles. A horned skull was also found in the Gobi Desert. On ancient Chinese vases you can find images of people with large growths, very reminiscent of horns. True, experts agreed that the vases were made 7-8 thousand years BC. It is known for certain that in ancient China many famous people had “decoration” on their heads.
* On September 18, 1598, a peasant was tried in France for refusing to take off his hat in front of an aristocrat he met (at that time this was an unforgivable act). The judge nevertheless forced him to take off his hat and was amazed to see a horn growing on his head, similar to a ram, which he had worn since he was 5 years old. The judge ordered the growth to be forcibly sawed off and, after polishing, sent as a gift to the king. The peasant was tied up and violated. The man died a few months later.
* In the 17th century, in the English county of Leicestershire, there lived a horned lady named Maine Davis. Despite its disadvantage in the form of two sharp and growing horns, it enjoyed considerable success among fans.
* In the same century, Madame Dimanche became famous in France. Her single horn hung from her forehead down to her chin. In her old age, she decided to get rid of it, because she did not want to go to the next world with the “devilish decoration.” The old woman tried to cut off the horn with her own hands and died from blood poisoning...
* There is a known case when, at the end of the century before last, a person came to one of the churches in Nizhny Novgorod from time to time, and the abbot, as a special exception, allowed him to remain with his head covered. He, not yet old, but a balding man, had the most classic horns, which are found in paintings depicting devils: short and slightly curved. In order not to embarrass the Orthodox with his indecent appearance for God's temple, the parishioner wore a spacious headdress, masking the natural anomaly.
Nowadays, surgeons operate on “cuckolds” by removing areas of skin from which bone mounds grow. This mannequin is not a real person. But the horned ladies from the mountainous province of China (on the left) and in the same advanced years from Buryatia (on the right) in the photo are alive and well. Both cases are observed today. Strangely, the vast majority of all recorded cases are female.
* In India, in 2001, doctors in the city of Jodhpur removed 7-centimeter horns from the head of a 14-year-old girl. On her father's side, all members of her family had small growths on their heads, and only in the fourth generation did they grow to indecent sizes, just when the girl had to be prepared for marriage.
* Interfax reported that a young man named Andrey lives in Ulan-Ude with two five-centimeter growths on his head that look like fir cones. He regularly removes them in the hospital, but the “horns” grow back.
* 95-year-old Zhao from Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province. In appearance, the horn looks like a dried pumpkin cutting. It grows almost in the center of the forehead and curls downwards. “At first it was just a small mole, then it began to grow and turn into a horn. It became like that in just 3 years,” says Zhao. Apart from the fact that the horn slightly interferes with her vision, it does not bother her in any way or cause discomfort.
Mule woman Grace McDanel, USA. Born in large family ordinary farmers in Iowa in 1888. Everyone in her family was absolutely normal. Grace had a large mole on her face, which subsequently began to grow and disfigured her face beyond recognition. However, this did not stop Grace from becoming a show business star. Gradually, the tumor grew so much that it deformed the face, which became like a shapeless piece of crimson meat. Grace could no longer move her jaw or speak normally, since her huge chin did not allow her to open and close her mouth. A swollen nose hung over swollen lips, and the eyes on a disfigured face were lost in the folds of protruding blisters. American doctors discovered a rare disease in Grace - Sturge-Weber syndrome, which manifests itself as a spontaneous disorder of vascular development due to disruption of the normal development of the embryo at 6-9 weeks, but this disease is not hereditary. It occurs quite rarely - one case per 50 thousand people. Most often, people experience mental disabilities, but facial skin lesions are rare.
Despite her discomfort, Grace was healthy and very intelligent. She was also known for her boundless kindness to people. In 1935, she took part and won a freak competition, becoming the owner of the title “The most disgusting and ugliest woman in the world.” She also performed in the freak show F.A. Miller. Grace preferred to be called "mule woman." They say that before going out in public, she covered her ears so as not to hear the entertainer’s humiliating speech about her person. “She will show you her face, and you will thank God that he did not make you like her.” After the performance, she carefully preened herself, carefully powdering the bumps and bumps of her cheeks. Despite the terrible appearance, according to rumors, she had many men. She got married three times (!). From her last marriage, Grace gave birth to a normal son. Son Elmer loved Grace madly, and she was a wonderful mother to him - she loved to do housework, cook food and sew clothes.
Elmer became his mother's manager and cared for her until her death in September 1958. Grace lived a long life and died at the age of 70 surrounded by her family.
Mule woman Grace McDanel, USA. Real photos with my son.
John Malcolm, England. Born at the end of the 19th century with two pairs of eyes on the face. Otherwise he was completely healthy. Both pairs of eyes functioned normally and independently of each other. John could simultaneously look at opposite sides, and his brain collected and processed information. He used his skills for no good, becoming one of the most famous criminals in Great Britain. John pulled his hat down over one pair of eyes, becoming a completely ordinary person, waiting for late lonely ladies on the streets of London and gallantly offering to walk them home. On the threshold, John, as if saying goodbye, raised his hat and all the ladies fainted from such a spectacular and unexpected sight. And John robbed the unlucky women, taking away everything he could. For a long time he was elusive, because no one believed impressionable ladies. One day he came across a woman of no timid nature, who at first gave him a hard time, causing him to flee. And then she contacted the police, who tracked him down and shot him. In 1921, Malcolm's severed head was hung in the main square of the city for a whole month so that all the women in the city could make sure that he was dead and their safety was no longer in danger. Not an isolated case.
John Stalker - Four-Eyed Sharp. Z He earned his living by playing cards. The organs of vision were also located in pairs above each other. Could look in several directions at once. There have been other similar cases in history. The photo is not mine, from the Internet.
Four-pupil person lived in China. I could not focus my vision and blinked very often because my pupils were constantly moving. The photo is not mine, but (from) intmedical.ru
Cyclops his I saw perfectly with my only eye(1918-1961), worked in a restaurant in California, USA. The photo is not mine, but (from) intmedical.ru
Peter the Great It was no coincidence that he was the founder of the Kuntskamera Museum. He himself is also its exhibit. Few people know that with his height of more than 2 meters (namely 2 meters and 4 cm), he had a very small 36 (!) foot size! Over-the-knee boots for men are his know-how, since he always had to wear two pairs of shoes at once - one on top of the other, to make walking more comfortable.He also suffered from dystrophy - he had a thin, long body and very narrow shoulders. To hide his painful thinness, Peter introduced the fashion for multi-layered clothes, frills and ruffles, which visually increased the volume of the body. With such a height, he had small feminine hands - all his life he “shared” them with carpentry and joinery, where he became a respected professional. And he developed such strength in his fingers that he could easily bend nickels and horseshoes with them in different directions. He lived a good life and became an iconic figure in history.
Radouane Charbib, Tunisia. One of the tallest people on the planet. The height recorded at the time of the record in the KRG was 2 meters 36 cm. Now his height is 2 meters 52 cm. He continues to grow. Born in 1968 in the seaside town of Ras El Zhbel. As a child, he did not stand out in any way among his nine (!) brothers and was an ordinary sociable child. At the age of 12, abnormal growth began. The guy became shy, withdrew into himself and dropped out of school. Then he became interested in basketball and until the age of 22, his team invariably won the Tunisian championship. “Now I can’t play: I’ve become heavy, I move with great difficulty. And I smoke two packs a day. What kind of sport is that?” However, he retained his love for basketball and believes that leaving the sport is main mistake in life. Never misses a single broadcast of the NBC championship.
If it weren’t for his friend Rashid, the world most likely would have known about him. Rashid persuaded the giant to send the photo to the editors of the Guinness Book of Records. After some time, he was awarded a diploma certifying that he is the tallest man on Earth. The diploma was accompanied by a check for $800 (rumors about the fabulous fees of record holders are greatly exaggerated). Raduan played a small role in the second film of the epic " Star wars", which was filmed in the Tunisian part of the Sahara. But the acting career did not work out. There was for a long time married to an ordinary woman, one meter seventy tall, but did not have children. I worked with my wife at the Andalusia cafe in my hometown to make it easier to feed myself - the giant’s daily breakfast is 2 kilos of sausages and sausages and a 3-liter cup of coffee! He recently divorced his wife. He blames himself for this, or rather, his difficult character.
Raduan has size 50 feet. He sews shoes to order from his friend in Tunisia. A tall person is not very strong, he gets tired quickly, he develops a stoop and his vision deteriorates. With his own hands he built himself a several-story house outside the city on a family plot. Usually performs work that does not involve significant physical exertion, for example, carrying loads on a tractor. He is completely satisfied with life and asks Allah for only one thing: to send him a good wife and children.
The tallest man of all time was the American Robert Wedlow with a height of 2 m 72 cm. But he died at 22 years old. Raduan is now 49 years old and there is information that he has moved to live in America. Raduan Charbib with one of nine siblings and at the time of the record in the KRG, height 2 meters 36 cm. Award.
Victor Adenauer or Vitka the schoolboy, Russia. The exact years of birth and death are unknown. With a height of only 54 centimeters, he weighed 4 kg and was completely healthy and functional. He became famous as a member of a third of his height and criminal activity - he was the criminal authority of gangster Petersburg, his specialty was a window maker. Originally from Odessa, he appeared in St. Petersburg in 1910, in the post-revolutionary and pre-war times he was successfully engaged in robbing rich apartments. During the war he disappeared to quieter places. Returning to Leningrad, he got a job at the State Leningrad Theater of Lilliputians. During the theater's tour to Hungary, he fled in an unknown direction abroad and his further fate is unknown.
In thieves' times I clung to long dresses rich ladies in order to sneak into the apartment unnoticed under them, and at night take out all the valuables from there. For the same purpose, he entered stores in milk cans before closing. He was famous as a humorous bawdy. He loved to throw parties for his pickpocket accomplices: they would take him in a baby stroller to a crowded place and throw him there. A crowd instantly gathered around the “lost baby.” They calmed the crying “child” and looked for his parents. At some point, Vitka would spit out the pacifier, take out a cigarette, light a cigarette, and begin to communicate in a deep voice with the citizens. He made jokes, used obscene language, and drank vodka from a bottle he had stored. He flirted with girls and even managed to cut off ladies’ skirts, leaving them in an obscene appearance. Naturally, during such performances, people thought least of all about their wallets.
“Nature, having deprived Vitka of his height, did not offend him at all as a man. And from the outside there was a complete impression that a child was sitting in a stroller and playing with a doll. The doll was dressed up as exactly what nature did not offend Vitka. And the doll was a third of the baby’s height When quite a lot of people gathered, the doll’s cap was taken off, the scarf was unwound, then people were in real shock. Some women even fainted...” - thanks to the size of his immodest dignity, Vitka the Naughty was extremely popular among the ladies. Unfortunately, no real photos of our hero have survived.
Visual aid for smokers and pregnant alcoholics- prenatal victims of alcohol and tobacco smoking during pregnancy. Died before birth. Exhibits of the Kuntskamera, St. Petersburg. Brrrrr!!!
Two-headed man Pascual Pinon (Pinon), Mexico. And this story struck me more than all the others! Born in 1889 with a small copy of the head on the top of his head in one of the Indian tribes. Since childhood, the man lived in a Mexican mine, where he was discovered by a freak show impresario from San Diego named John Scheidler. He wrote that Pinon was kept in the mine not as a worker, but as a talisman against Satan. Superstitious miners considered the ugly Mexican the product of black forces and believed that if the child of Satan was in their power, the devil would not allow one of his children to die and would not collapse the mine. Pinon lived in small room in a mine drift. He was given water and food, but kept on a leash. In the drift there were bunks covered with straw and pieces of leather, on which the unfortunate man spent days and nights, like a prisoner, without seeing the world. Scheider contacted the mine bosses, and they became seriously nervous, because if the public learned that they were keeping a living person locked up, they would be in trouble. John managed by hook or by crook to persuade and buy out Pinon, who began working as the star of his freak show, which became incredibly popular.
So, he first appeared before the public in 1927. From the hole in the cylinder on the man’s head, a second face looked at the audience: it made grimaces and moved its lips. The eyes looked quite consciously, and it was truly creepy to see such a sight. The most interesting thing is that Pascual himself was a very handsome and healthy man, but the second head was female. He called her Maria, perceived her as his own sister and loved her very much. She had no vocal cords, so her head could not talk or make sounds, but only moved her lips. Maria had her own character. She knew how to smile, showing a row of small snow-white teeth. She could make funny faces, grimace and be offended. One circulatory system for two allowed her to instantly get drunk from a small dose (glass) of alcohol drunk by Pascual, then in a good mood she laughed and blew bubbles, and in a bad mood she began to spit, hiccup and drool. In both cases the audience was delighted.
There is no data, but it is mentioned that the “sister” had the rudiments of intelligence. Sometimes Maria the head was angry - her lips moved, as if in despair, that no one could understand her, and sometimes she became despondent. Pascal, when asked about what she was trying to say, became unapproachable and completely refused to answer. Then he refused to participate in the performances, walked away with his face distorted with anger and did not speak to anyone. Subsequently, the Mexican completely abandoned the fabulous fees and stopped showing off his second head. He began to act as a simple fakir, hiding his pathology under a big hat. One day the hat fell, cruel spectators booed Pascual and he decided to leave the circus forever.
Under the influence of stress, Pinon developed psychic abilities, and he began to draw good pictures, heal people, and even make wishes come true. But he never got married. Near his mansion, he placed a wide-brimmed hat into which passersby threw money, making a wish. They say that these wishes certainly came true, but you just need to formulate them correctly. Unfortunately, Pinon did not live long - Maria developed conjunctevitis. At that time they did not know how to treat him and suggested that he get rid of the second head in order to save himself. He flatly refused and soon his entire body was infected with purulent inflammation. He died in 1929 at the age of 40.
The exhibition "Anomalies and Catastrophes of the Body" about the most unusual people on the planet with the assistance of the Guinness Book of Records and the Kunstkamera Museum (St. Petersburg) is now taking place in the city of Voronezh - City Park GRAD, main entrance, 2nd floor. Every day from 10.00 to 22.00. Open until April 30, 2017. Wonderful girls will tell you many more interesting things;)
The freak began performing in the circus and was a good juggler, an acrobat and a magician. He was a master of gambling, and an outstanding card sharper. Since Bill had a third eye in the middle of his forehead, his opponents thought that he could see right through the cards.
Oddly enough, he had many fans. One day, one such lady decided to meet her idol and came to his dressing room. As soon as she looked at him up close, she immediately fainted. Bill was very upset about this incident, although he had always worried about his appearance. At the age of 46, he shot his hated third eye with a gun.
In the city of Kemerovo in 1994, a child with four eyes was born - Pavlik Korchagin. Or rather, above the usual pair of eyes he had additional eyelids and palpebral slits. Unfortunately, the boy was deprived of the ability to see with at least one eye. Neighbors spread rumors that his dad was an alien.
But doctors got to the bottom of the truth - the boy has a twin brother. The fact is that Pavlik has two pairs of veins, the hair on his head is of two colors: white and red. When he speaks, he can change the tone of his voice and the timbre of his speech. The study showed that Pavlik’s other organs were also doubled.
His mother, 34-year-old Nadezhda Korchagina, says that she went through her entire pregnancy with a huge belly. The woman was sure that she would give birth to twins or triplets, since this was not uncommon in her family. Doctors also believed that there would be twins, but they could not do an ultrasound, since there was no trace of such a device in the clinic.
When Korchagina woke up after a caesarean section and was handed a strange baby, she was not upset. The woman accepted her son as he was and loved him with all her heart. For her, her Pavlusha became the most beautiful. It’s just a pity that he was blind, and she promised herself that she would do everything to make him see. Unfortunately, his father left the family as soon as he learned about the trouble. So the woman had to fight for her son alone.
When the baby was only 2 months old, Kemerovo ophthalmological surgeons removed underdeveloped blue eyes with red eyelashes. After this operation, scars remained. After this, Nadezhda tried for many years to protect her son from cruel people who called him a freak and an alien. When walking with Pavlik, she put him on a baseball cap with a large visor and sunglasses. She recalls that sometimes she even had to fight to save her beloved son from bullying.
For many years the boy was treated by Moscow doctors. They performed plastic surgery of the upper gray eyelids from skin flaps taken from the ear, since these eyes, although located in their usual place, were devoid of eyelids and eyelashes. Unfortunately, they could not make Pasha sighted. The desperate woman even offered her own eyes for transplantation, but the surgeons explained to her that no one in the whole world had performed such operations.
When Pavel was 12 years old, he asked his mother to write a letter to Putin. The President of Russia responded, and soon the boy ended up at the All-Russian Center for Eye and Plastic Surgery, with Professor Muldashev.
This famous physician helped Pavel. After several operations, the boy began to see the contours of people, their faces. Finally, I was able to see the letters in the primer. Pasha has already had to endure 20 anesthesia. During the last four operations, Professor Muldashev injected a special drug through the eyeball. A miracle happened - the boy gained visual acuity.
True, after the last anesthesia, the child’s recovery was very difficult and Nadezhda sat by his bed all night. When he woke up, he said: “I will endure everything, Mom, so that I can see.”
The Three-Eyed Man Bill Derks understandably had a difficult childhood. He was born in Jesper, Alabama, on April 13, 1913, with what is now known as frontonasal dysplasia. Even in the embryonic state, the 2 halves of Bill's face did not fully come together and did not form a single whole, as a result he was born with a deeply cut lip, an open palate and a flattened nose. According to some reports, Bill also had problems with his eyes - they were covered with “hoods” of skin, and only surgical intervention allowed Bill to see the world. Because of his appearance, Bill was denied an education. The schoolchildren simply would not accept him, and his family was too poor to afford a private teacher. Moreover, it is natural that the family itself was ashamed of their son and in any case did not want him to attend school. As a result, Bill grew up complex, awkward and shy, had no communication skills, in a word - an introvert. Complicating the situation even more was his split lip - it prevented him from speaking, and, accordingly, few people understood him... Once, as a teenager, Bill visited a fair - as a spectator - but the showman in charge of all the action immediately invited him to tour with them , and Bill traded his dull, worthless life for chance and luck and soon became the “Three-Eyed Man.” In his show, Bill drew a third eye between his noses with special paint; fortunately, throughout his career, the deception was never noticeable, because few people managed to look him straight in the face. Ironically, Bill, billed on the posters as "The Man with 3 Eyes", was actually one-eyed, as he was blind in his right eye. Bill was a fairly successful Phenomenon and worked on numerous shows including Kelly-Sutton, James E. Straits, Hall-Christ, Goodings Million Dollar Midway and the Hubert Museum, earning a good living. He was also used and exploited without pity - due to his soft nature and illiteracy, due to which he could not read the contracts he signed. After some time, many of his friends participating in the show with him fell in love with him and began to monitor his profits and not give offense. Most notable was his friendship with Melvin "Anatomical Marvel" Burkhart. He took Bill under his wing and taught him how to communicate with the public, boosted his self-confidence and even taught him how to read! And Bill loved the show and the audience. He cherished the idea that he had once been afraid of people, but now they had to pay for the right to see him. Bill quickly became a star and spent the rest of his career on the Slim Kelly and Whitney Sutton shows. He always expressed gratitude to his friends, colleagues and, of course, his patron Burkhart. One day, Burkhart introduced Bill to Mildred, a woman with alligator skin. Mildred was born in 1901 and was a little older than Bill, but this did not stop their friendship from growing into love and, despite their repulsive appearance, they got married. They spent several happy years together as the World's Strangest Married Couple, and in June 1968 Mildred died. Bill's heart was completely broken, he resigned, settled in Gibston, Florida, where in May 1975 he quietly and peacefully joined his beloved wife. Bill Derks was a man who began his life hidden from the world by parents who were ashamed of him. He started participating in the show and found the love and friendship that he had been missing his entire life. It was the love and friendship he deserved as a Human Phenomenon, a testament to the perseverance of man.
