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Article: Snake Handler Holds Rattlers and Records
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ALISON STEWART
NPR The Bryant Park Project
07-25-2008
Snake Handler Holds Rattlers and Records
Host: ALISON STEWART
Time 7:00-8:00 AM
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ALISON STEWART, host:
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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Article: Henry Bibby shows signs of thawing.(The Orange County Register)
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......Welcome to the private world of Henry Bibby. Where smiles were rare and handshakes...had to settle for one of his assistants. Bibby didn't think the Trojans' head basketball...Johnson described him. That was the old Bibby. The pre-2002 Bibby. As cold as a slab...
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