More than 125 Feet of Sharp, Solid Steel Swords Will be Swallowed at Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Odditoriums Worldwide Saturday
Sword Swallowers Association and Ripley’s Believe It or Not! bring the art of sword swallowing to the forefront on World Sword Swallowers Day
ORLANDO, Fla. (Feb. 22, 2010) – More than 25 sword swallowers performed shows at more than a dozen Ripley Believe It or Not! Odditoriums worldwide in four countries at 2:27 p.m. on February 27 (2/27), in celebration of the Fourth Annual World Sword Swallowers Day.
World Sword Swallowers Day was founded by the Sword Swallowers Association International (SSAI) and is co-sponsored by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! locations around the world, including the original Ripley’s museum in St. Augustine, Florida, where Will Rotten and the famous Rotten Brothers will perform beginning at 1:45 p.m. with fire-eating and knife-throwing stunts in addition to the sword swallow finale.
Will and Wally Rotten will appear earlier in the day on First Coast News “Good Morning Jacksonville” program on the NBC-TV affiliate in Jacksonville. Many media outlets are expected to attend the event, which begins at roughly 1:45 p.m. Saturday in the Castle Warden’s courtyard at the Ripley’s museum in St. Augustine.
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Highlights at other Believe It or Not! locations during the day will include:
• Red Stewart will attempt to swallow a world record 52 swords at one time in Atlantic City.
• Travis Fessler will swallow a sword with his mouth full of live cockroaches in Gatlinburg.
• George the Giant, the world’s tallest sword swallower, will attempt to swallow a giant 33-inch long sword in Hollywood.
About Sword Swallowing:
The art of sword swallowing began more than 4,000 years ago in India, and requires the practitioner to use mind-over-matter techniques to control the body and repress natural reflexes to insert solid steel blades from 15 to 25 inches down the esophagus and into the stomach. With the demise of the traveling circus sideshow over the past several decades, there are currently less than a few dozen full-time professional sword swallowers actively performing the deadly art around the world today.
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