Sunday, June 24, 2007

Welcome to the Odditorium.

A couple days ago Ripley's Believe It Or Not! opened its Odditorium in Times Square, New York City.
So what is this Odditorium you ask? Check out this article, quotes and pictures below to find out!

Ripley's Believe It or Not! Odditorium Opens in Times Square
Quote:
" ... will house the ultimate in the odd and bizarre including 24 shrunken heads, a section of the Berlin Wall and a 3,197 lb. meteorite, as well as items that are genuine New York including Babe Ruth's "Believe It or Not's" New York team baseball uniform."


"The Odditorium will feature the world's
largest display of shrunken heads -- 24!
Personally collected and brought back to
New York City
by Ripley, the heads were
the spoils of war
for the Jivaro Indians
of
Ecuador.

Believe it or not, Ripley's Times Square
will
boast more shrunken heads on
display than the
American Museum of
Natural History."



"Found in Guangxi, Nantan County, China in 1958, ... a giant 3,197-lb. meteorite that fell to earth during the Ming Dynasty on June 11, 1529. Composed of 92% iron, the meteorite will be the third largest Nantan meteorite on display anywhere in the world."


Pictures from the opening ceremony:

Dennis Avner, also known as the Cat Man.


Jalisa 'The Eyepopper' Thompson.


Lee Redmond shows her nails.
* holds the record for the woman
with the longest fingernails*


'Wolfboy' Ramos Gomez, of Mexico.


Unbelievable? Believe It...


Newscaster Wen Ching, 2007.

2 comments:

MeiyeN said...

ewwwwwwww...gross! :p

hey boy, sorry that we didn't manage to make it last sunday :( when ya flying to manchester?

Obi-Kwan Kenobi said...

In Sept, hopefully all goes smooth.

The BBQ went well, guestlist not in full attendance but we did what we could. :p