Table of contents:
- 1. Three-legged artist
- 2. Two in one
- 3. Girl-"camel"
- 4. Girl with huge legs from Ohio
- 5. A man with a huge face
Video: Not like everyone else: circus "curiosities" with terrible body defects
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Unfortunately, when people do not look or think like everyone else, then they are considered abnormal or ugly. The audience is ready to make fun of them and point the finger. This is exactly what they did at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, when circuses showing amazing people were insanely popular. This review presents individuals who have become popular due to their unusual physiology.
1. Three-legged artist
For the public Francesco Lentini (Francesco Lentini) was known as the three-legged sideshow master. In fact, Francesco was born with an underdeveloped Siamese twin. Doctors removed all unnecessary things from a living baby, and left the third leg. At first, the boy grew up depressed, considering himself flawed. But, after staying in a private boarding house with deaf and blind children, Francesco realized that he was not so bad. The third leg was fully functional. Lentini entertained the audience by jumping rope or playing football with three feet at once. A sense of humor always came to Lentini's aid.
2. Two in one
The uniqueness of Jean Libber (Jean Libbera) made it extremely popular at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. The man lived with an ingrown twin. Outside there were arms and legs, and the head had grown into Jean's chest (this became clear after the X-rays).
3. Girl-"camel"
This girl was unlucky enough to be born with her knees bent in the opposite direction. Ella Harper (Ella Harper) was born in 1870. She, like many other people with bodily defects, was shown in the circus. Ella could only move on all fours, for which she received the nickname "camel girl". Based on circus records, Ella Harper left the circus at 16 to go to school. After that, nothing is known about her.
4. Girl with huge legs from Ohio
Another "circus freak" was Fanny Mills (Fannie mills). She was called the "Big Legged Girl from Ohio." The fact is that due to "Millroy's disease", Fanny had unusually swollen legs of incredible size.
5. A man with a huge face
In the first half of the 20th century, Maurice Tillet (Maurice tillet) was a popular professional wrestling champion. As a child, he was an ordinary boy, but in adolescence he was diagnosed with acromegaly - a benign tumor on the pituitary gland, due to which thickening and enlargement of bones occurs. At the age of 19, Maurice dropped out of law school, and, after a while, began to engage in wrestling. Despite his eerie appearance, he was a very educated person and spoke 14 languages. The old circuses showed many strange people. Among them one could see and female giraffes.
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