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Ripleys Believe It or Not...
Considered by Robert Ripley to be one of his most unbelievable
items in his entire collection, what you are looking at is a
photograph of a genuine skeleton of a two-headed baby currently on
display at our Hollywood, California, museum! |
 Ripley
was intrigued
with animal oddities. This two-headed pig
is one of the thousands of odd animals in Ripley's collection |
Ripley was intrigued
with animal oddities,
poor creatures dealt
strange fates by
"Mother Nature"
like this full-size
12 year old
5-legged cow |
 This
replica of Da Vinci’s "Mona Lisa", was created in a toaster from 66
pieces of ordinary white bread! Completed in 1992 the "Mona Lisa" is
one of over 40 depictions of famous paintings created by Tadahiko
Ogawa of Kyoto, Japan. Others include Michelangelo’s "The Creation",
and Botticelli’s "Birth of Venus". |
Originally from South
America, there are
currently over 100
shrunken heads in
the Ripley collection
including two female
torsos, one of which
was once owned by
writer Ernest
Hemingway! |
Considered extremely rare today, cannibal trophy skulls were once
worn as amulets by head hunting warriors. The people of New Guinea
are both headhunters and ancestor worshippers. Skulls are decorated
and kept as a sign of reverence to the deceased. |
 A
typical vampire kit
contains, a mirror,
garlic, an ivory cross,
a pistol, silver or
lead bullets, a Bible,
a mallet and the
proverbial wooden
stake to be driven
through the heart of
the demonic creature! |
RIPLEY STRIPS!!! |
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