Showing posts with label side show. Show all posts
Showing posts with label side show. Show all posts

Monday, June 8, 2009

One-Legged Jack


The boy who would be known as One-Legged Jack was born with a strange birth defect. Both legs are fused together below the torso, but unlike other suffers of Mermaid Syndrome there is only one foot at the end. Jack as the ability to rapidly hop with his one leg, attaining speeds faster than a normal running man. Through the years he's also developed an extremely keen sense of balance.

Jack suffered constant harassment as a child, and eventually ran away to join the circus. Along with his friend Serpenzo the Serpent boy he travels the country as a one-legged tightrope walker.

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Serpenzo, the serpent boy


Serpenzo the serpent boy was born with an extremely rare condition, so incredibly rare that science had not yet cataloged it. His entire body below the shoulders took the form of a long, snake-like structure, with mid-ridge spines and a "rattler" at the end. His unique birth defect eventually became known as "Lamia syndrome."

Shunned from normal human society, Serpenzo eventually made a name for himself traveling the world and exibiting himself in a circus side show. Upon the death of his fourth wife under dubious circumstances Serpenzo disappeared, and has become somewhat of an urban legend.