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Ripleys Believe-it-or-not - Anato Hayes - Odditorium
Ripleys Believe-it-or-not - Human Automobile Tyre - Wilber H. Roden ( Edema ) is inflated with an ordinary air pump to three times his normal size! Odditorium at The New York Worlds Fair of 1940. Date: 1940
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Automobile Bizarre Disturbing Freak Freaks Huge Human Increase Inflated Inflation Massive Physical Pump Pumped Quirky Ripley Roden Sideshow Sideshows Size Stomach Tube Tyre Uncomfortable Weird Edema Girth Quirk Wilber
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This photograph, taken at the Odditorium during the New York World's Fair of 1940, showcases Anato Hayes, also known as Wilber Roden or Edema Boy, an extraordinary human being who could inflate his stomach to an enormous size using an ordinary air pump. The image, with its stark contrast between the mundane air pump and the massive, distended human form, is both weirdly fascinating and disturbingly uncomfortable to behold. The Odditorium, a popular sideshow attraction, was a place where the quirks and oddities of human physicality were displayed for the entertainment and wonderment of the public. In this photograph, we see Wilber Roden, or Edama Boy, as he was inflated to three times his normal girth, a spectacle that would have left many visitors to the fair in awe. The historical significance of this photograph lies not only in the bizarre nature of the performance but also in the physicality of the human body and the way it continues to fascinate us with its strange and unusual abilities. The image, with its eerie and unsettling presence, invites us to question the boundaries of the human form and the lengths to which people will go to be considered a freak or a marvel.
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