Ripleys Believe It Or Not! - Ripleys Unbelievable Stories For Guys

unbelievable

stories for guys

From fast cars to Mars to Hollywood stars, this eye-opening collection of bizarre tales and bombshell facts and stats will make your jaw drop! Guaranteed to dumbfound the guy who thinks he knows everything.

Publisher Anne Marshall

Editorial Director Rebecca Miles

Senior Researcher & Picture Manager James Proud

Text James Proud, Geoff Tibballs

Proofreader Sally McFall

Factchecker Justin Audibert

Art Director Sam South

Design Michelle Foster

Reprographics Juice Creative

Executive VP Norm Deska

VP, Exhibits & Archives Edward Meyer

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Published by Ripley Publishing 2012

Ripley Publishing, Suite 188,

7576 Kingspointe Parkway,

Orlando, Florida 32819, USA

Copyright 2012 by Ripley Entertainment, Inc.

All rights reserved. Ripleys, Believe It or Not!, and Ripleys Believe It or Not! are registered trademarks of Ripley Entertainment Inc.

ISBN: 978-1-60991-013-6

ISBN: 978-1-60991-046-4 (ebook)

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Proud, James.
Ripleys believe it or not! : unbelievable stories for guys / [text, James Proud, Geoff Tibballs].
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-60991-013-6
1. Curiosities and wonders. I. Tibballs, Geoff. II.
Title.
AG243.P76 2012
031.02--dc23

2012000228

in January/2012 by Leo Paper

1st printing

First published in Great Britain in 2012 by Random House Books, Random House, 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1V 2SA

www.randomhouse.co.uk

Addresses for companies within The Random House Group Limited can be found at www.randomhouse.co.uk/offices/htm

The Random House Group Limited Reg. No. 954009

A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

ISBN 9781847946928 (UK)

PUBLISHERS NOTE

While every effort has been made to verify the accuracy of the entries in this book, the Publishers cannot be held responsible for any errors contained in the work. They would be glad to receive any information from readers.

WARNING

Some of the stunts and activities in this book are undertaken by experts and should not be attempted by anyone without adequate training and supervision.

I have made a
living out of the
fact that truth
is stranger
than fiction

World War II fighter plane buried beneath 300 ft (100 m) of ice and snow, the man who survived chopper blades, and more
... Transport

A man who had a hole in his stomach, a woman who was dead for three hours, and more
... Science

Sauna sportsmen who cooked themselves, the soccer goal celebration that cost a player his finger, and more
... Sports & Games

The man who sold the Eiffel Tower for scraptwice, the woman who lost a billion dollars, and more
... Business

A tattoo that placed a murderer at the crime scene and landed him in jail, the man who sued himself, and more
... Crime & Laws

The Japanese soldier who didnt surrender for 29 years, a man who swallowed molten lead and survived, and more
... History

Attack of the killer cactus, a human-chimp hybrid, and more
... Natural World

A man who survived a firing squad, instructions on how to make a shrunken head, and more
... Body

The pilots revelations about the famous Area 51 mysteries, a malignant meteorite that made a village sick, and more
... Mysteries

Robots that can learn to lie to each other, a woman who accidentally cut off Armenias Internet, and more
... Digital & Technical

A convicted murderer who helped write the first dictionary, the $10 million book, and more
... The Arts

The donkey elected to office, Beijings underground city designed to hold six million people, and more
... Politics

The people who dont need to eat, a Korean delicacy of live octopus that can kill you by asphyxiation, and more
... Food

The great Robert Ripley said that hed been called a liar more often than probably anybody else on Earth and that he would never have it any other way! More than brushing off the insult, he thrived on it, turning it into a compliment. Being called a liar, he judged, meant that hed found a fact, stumbled on a story, taken a photograph of something that was scarcely believable. The possibility of finding a gem of a story that was wildly strange but true was the very motivation for his tireless journeys around the globe.