Article: Snake Handler Holds Rattlers and Records

ALISON STEWART
NPR The Bryant Park Project
07-25-2008
Snake Handler Holds Rattlers and Records

Host: ALISON STEWART
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Here's a sampling of world records held by the Texas snake man, Jackie Bibby. Most rattlesnakes suspended by tails from his mouth? Eleven. Sitting in a bathtub with the most rattlesnakes? Eighty-seven. Sharing a sleeping bag with the most rattlesnakes? One hundred and 12. Sharing a sleeping bag - head first - with the most rattlesnakes, that's a different record. It's 30.

He holds - he also holds the world record in the sport of rattlesnake sacking. It's a two-man sport that is pretty much what it sounds like. He and his ...

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