Another day, another bizarre world record for Jackie Bibby, the "Texas Snake Man." Bibby spent about 45 minutes in a see-through bathtub with 87 rattlesnakes last week, fully clothed, shattering his own record by 12 snakes. A Guinness official certified the record.
The snakes crawled under his arms, between his legs and anywhere else they could slither, Bibby said. None bit him.
"They can go wherever they want as long as they don't start biting," Bibby said. "The key to not biting is for me to stay still. Rapid movement scares a rattlesnake. If you move real slow and gentle, that doesn't seem to bother them."
Bibby sat in the dry tub with a pillow behind him, wearing regular clothing. The snakes were not defanged and still contained their venom, he said.
The clear bathtub was specially made several years ago for Bibby by the Guinness people for a televised segment. He has used it for subsequent attempts at the reord for sitting in a tub with snakes.
"I have set several world records in that bathtub," Bibby said.
Last year he set a Guinness-certified record by holding 10 rattlesnakes by their tails in his mouth at once.
When asked what compelled him to bagin handling rattlesnakes, Bibby replied, "I guess it was for the pure excitement."
Bibby is well acquainted with danger. He's also a student piolt, a bareback rodeo bull rider and a skydriver.
Since 1969, when Bibby first bagan handling snakes, he has been hospitalized euhgt times for snakes bites.
「德州蛇人」傑奇•畢比又再次締造了「怪怪」世界紀錄。上星期，畢比穿著衣服和八十七尾響尾蛇再一個透明浴缸裡待了四十五分鐘，這筆他之前創下的紀錄還多了十二尾。金氏世界紀錄公園確認了這項紀錄。
畢比表示，這些響尾蛇在他的胳膊下、兩腿間和身體其他地方緩慢爬行，但是這些蛇都沒有咬他。
「只要他們不咬我，他們愛爬哪裡就爬到哪裡。」畢比說：「我讓自己不被咬的關鍵在於保持靜止不動。快速的移動會嚇到響尾蛇，如果你輕輕地、慢慢地移動，就不會刺激牠們。」
畢比身穿平常的衣服，坐在一個乾燥的浴缸裡，背後靠著一個枕頭。他說，這些蛇的尖牙沒有被拔起來，而且還含有毒液。
這個透明浴缸是幾年前金氏世界紀錄人員，為了一個電視節目片段，而特別訂做給畢比的。他已經用它創造透過數次與蛇共處的紀錄。
「我在那個浴缸裡，創下了好幾項世界紀錄。」畢比說。
去年，她將十尾響尾蛇的尾巴以起含進嘴裡，創下了金氏世界紀錄。
當他被問到，是什麼原因驅使他開始和響尾蛇打交道，他說：「我猜純粹就是為了追求刺激吧。」
畢比常與危險為伍，他也是一個實習駕駛員、無鞍牛仔騎牛大賽騎士和跳傘運動選手。
畢比自一九六九年開始玩起蛇以來，總共因為被蛇咬而送進醫院八次。
(美聯社/翻譯：楊鴻泰)
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