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ashling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 01:15 AM
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Man sets record for bathing with snakes
If'n he gits bit they jest pore sum DR. Pepper own it


DUBLIN, Texas, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- A man has set a world record in Dublin, Texas, by spending 45 minutes in a bathtub filled with 87 rattlesnakes.

Jackie Bibby, dubbed "The Texas Snake Man," shattered the record he previously set of 12 snakes, and a Guinness World Records official certified the feat as a world record, KWTX-TV, Waco, reported Tuesday.

Bibby said the snakes spent their time slithering under his arms, between his legs and anywhere else they could fit themselves, but none of them decided he was worth biting.

The snake fan said he also plans to break his previous Guinness-certified record of holding 10 rattlesnakes by their tails in his mouth at one time by adding an 11th Tuesday.

"I do it for the attention," Bibby said of his motivations for performing the dangerous stunts. "I like being on television
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ashling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 01:42 AM
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1. Oh now, come on !
how can you not respond to a post like this one?
:rofl:
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From The Ashes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 01:46 AM
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2. ...
:eyes: Reality TV overload?
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ashling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 01:53 AM
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3. Man with a death wish
or maybe he's religiously inclined.
:shrug:
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