Posted on 09/17/2006 7:14:44 AM PDT by martin_fierro
Man sets sights on eye-popping record
Sun Sep 17, 7:08 AM ET
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Claudio Paulo Pinto is looking to break an eye-popping record. Literally. Pinto can pop his eyeballs out of their sockets at least 7 millimeters (0.3 inches), a national record for eye-popping according to RankBrasil, an organization modeled after the Guinness Book of World Records that lists Brazilian records.
A former driver, Pinto got a job scaring visitors in a commercial haunted house in Belo Horizonte, 210 miles north of Rio de Janeiro. But he recently was laid off, and now he seeks international recognition for his ability.
"I was measured by an opthamologist on television in January. I could pop my eyes out 7 millimeters," Pinto said by telephone Saturday. "Since then, my capacities have improved over 50 percent."
That could put Pinto close to the record. The title of "furthest eyeball popper" in the Guinness Book of World Records currently belongs to Kim Goodman of Chicago, who can pop her eyeballs 11 milimeters (0.43 inches) out of her sockets.
Pinto's ability is called "globe luxation." Doctors say it can strain blood vessels and nerves between the eyes and the head and feels unpleasant but usually doesn't cause lasting damage.
Pinto says he's been luxating his globes since he was 9 years old and "it doesn't hurt a bit."
This is what S&A looks like after spending his whole night Freepin'.
That's just plain creepy. He could have been used in the bar sceen in the first "Star Wars".
I found a copy in my dvd collection I didn't know was there. I played it and it was like 60% stock footage. It was as if they copied Ed Wood's style. It probably cost me 35 - 50 cents to see it when it came out at the theater back around 53'. Too bad its too late to get my money back. Peter Graves must have needed money pretty bad to make Killers From Space.
that can't be real
Well, that was early in Peter Graves' career. Steve McQueen did "The Blob" and went on from there. All part of paying your dues.
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