Legless Acrobat Follows His Dream

Elvis Presley among others once sang about following that dream wherever that dream may lead to, and these words are more than just catchy lyric to a former shoeshine boy from Shidao County, Dengfeng, Henan Province.

Born without legs, Lv Li, aged 30, is now living his dream of becoming an acrobat. He is a street performer whose acrobatic stunts glean him an income sufficient to support himself.

His ambition is to join an acrobatic troupe, but Lv realizes he might not be able to do that. His attitude is positive, and he told the press that even if he is unsuccessful in that department, he is happy to continue as a street performer.

His performance routine is vigorous to say the very least. His act includes handstands, snake charming and even fire-breathing for the more difficult to impress. His presence always draws a large audience and he performs in various cities across the region.

“I love acrobatics, and I feel happy when doing it. My health is not so good these days, and the cities are getting stricter with street performers. But I will carry on for as long as I can,” says Lv.

His influence extends further than his act, formidable though it is. Onlookers are inspired by Lv’s determination to overcome his handicap and see in themselves a chance to recoup losses, start over and pursue a life long dream.

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Real Life “King Kong” to Get Married

Yu, Zhenghuan,30, has nicknamed himself ‘King Kong’ but not because of his size but rather because of his hairiness. He suffers from the rare condition called hypertrichosis and has become relatively famous in China.

Recently Yu has announced that he is planning to get married at the end of the year to a girl he met at a friend’s party.

“We fell in love at the first sight.” he was quoted as saying. “I am like King Kong and would do everything for the woman I love. If my schedule is not too full this year, I plan to get married with her at the end of the year.”

“I am a normal person. But when I was young, I always felt I was inferior to others, who saw me as a freak.”

Yu, who was born in Anshan city, has heavy black hair covering his body and face as is typical of hypertrichosis patients.

World’s Tallest Man gets married

Bao Xishun, 55, from Mongolia, China is 7 foot 9 inches tall. He has never been married or even dated because of his extreme height. In February this year, he met a 28 year-old girl named Xia, and they fell in love.
Just a couple of days ago, the couple were married.

The soft spoken giant is from a family of herdsmen in Inner Mongolia. He has five normal-sized brothers and sisters. Earlier this year he was officially recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the tallest man on the planet.
His height was normal until he was 15, then the extraordinary growth spurt started. By the ago of 20, he was already 6 foot 11.
Bao now weighs 364 pounds, has legs that stretch for 4 foot 11 inches and his feet are each 1 foot 3 inches in length. Last year, he used his 3 foot 6 inch long arm to save a dolphin by extracting a plastic object from its stomach.

Edit: Just found another picture of the happily married couple.

Proteus Syndrome, The Elephant Man, The boy with frozen bones

I know this is an illness and yes I have put it under the weird category, the reason for this is because the human body takes so much shit when you think about it, so many illnesses, so many diseases, I mean come on where do these weird illnesses come from. Proteus syndrome is a congenital disorder that causes skin overgrowth and atypical bone development, often accompanied by tumours over half the body. Since Dr. Michael Cohen identified it in 1979, [1] only a few more than 200 cases have been confirmed worldwide, with estimates that about 120 people are currently alive with the condition.[2] There may be many more than this, but those individuals correctly diagnosed usually have the most obvious manifestations of Proteus syndrome, leaving them severely disfigured. Proteus syndrome is named after the Greek sea-god Proteus, who could change his shape.

There was a program about the boy with frozen bones which shows nine year-old Jordan who is full of hope and vitality. But Jordan’s body is not ordinary. He was born with a rare genetic condition called Proteus Syndrome, the same condition that afflicted John Merrick, The Elephant Man.

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Weird Man Reclaims World's Tallest Record

China's Bao Xishun reclaimed the title of the world's tallest man(Really Weird) after Leonid Stadnik of Ukraine refused to be measured under new guidelines from Guinness World Records. This Weird Bao is 7 feet, 8.95 inches. - Weird People