OUR BENEFACTORS
THE BALLYHOO
CONGRESS OF THE ODD
HORNED HUMANS REVISITED
This 88 year-old horned man from Zheng Zhou, China shows a great example of cortex hyperplasia. The condition results in ‘horn-like’ growths. If should be noted that such horns are technically not really horns at all. Still, what else could one possibly call it?
The horn began to grow about 4 months ago when the gentleman picked at a little bump on his head. The horn has continued to grow however a doctor has arranged to remove the unusual growth.
I’ve covered ‘Horned Humans’ in the past. Specifically in regards to Wang the ‘Human Unicorn’ and his time with Ripley.
That article can be found in the archives here.
image: from 东方今报
via BoingBoing
© 2006 – 2008, J Tithonus Pednaud. All rights reserved.
RECOMMENDED READING
American Sideshow: An Encyclopedia
Freak Show: Presenting Human Oddities for Amusement and Profit
Sideshow U.S.A.: Freaks and the American Cultural Imagination
Freaks, Geeks, and Strange Girls
Pickled Punks & Girlie Shows: A Life Spent on the Midways of America
The Lives and Loves of Daisy and Violet Hilton: A True Story of Conjoined Twins
The Circus Age: Culture and Society under the American Big Top
Freakery: Cultural Spectacles of the Extraordinary Body
James Taylor's Shocked and Amazed: On & Off the Midway
THE AUTHOR
J Tithonus Pednaud has dedicated this site to highlighting the remarkable lives of those born exceedingly different. These so-called freaks and human oddities stand as uplifting testaments to human spirit and serve as inspiring examples of human tenacity.
7 Responses to “HORNED HUMANS REVISITED”
Leave a Comment
what was it, anyway? some kind of bone growing outside his head? :/
Was there one on both sides? -I bet some junk rockers would love to have that! :-o
OMG horned man peculiar!! I wonder why it happens mostly in China??
why anyone find the man.why anyone want both sides.how do china growing bone outsid there head.
It’s totally keratin (like your nails) growing out of his head! So, it is a horn, but not technically a horn because the keratin is surrounded by a bone on animals
Andrea: China has such a huge population, so many cases happen there.
i think it’s not really a horn, he needs to see a doctor.