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What immediately comes to mind when you hear “Ripley’s Believe it or Not”? Weird, gross, bizarre, cool, and outrageous are just a few words that come to my mind! Well, if you have ever seen or heard of the many Ripley’s Believe it or Not products (i.e., books, museums, & shows (remember the one that Superman Dean Cain the hottie used to narrate?)), You know as well as I do that they are the ultimate source of weird information.
Ripley’s latest installment, “Ripley’s Believe it or Not–Dare to Look,” goes even further than just reading the book; it includes a 3-D iPhone & Android app to accompany the eye-catching hard-cover magazine-sized book. Once you download the app, you can dive in deeper to uncover even more interesting facts about some of your favorite topics in the book. The book consists of 12 chapters with interesting and bizarre content, such as:
Chapter 1 is called Believe It! This chapter features lifelike chocolate babies and Fish crossing a street.
Chapter 5 is called Body. This chapter features the Albino family, Amazing Wolf Boy, and Back from the Dead.
For you techies out there, Chapter 9 Digital is for you! Showing jeans with a built-in keyboard, Apps for chickens, and the Facebook ghost.
The boy’s favorite of the 12 chapters is Chapter 11, the Food chapter. This chapter features Body part cakes, Pumpkin zombies, a Lizard in a bag of supermarket salad, a Bug pizza & a giant gummi snake.
As a mother to 3 boys, you can only imagine how much fun the boys had together going through the book and trying to stuff it in one another’s faces as if those gross human-looking cupcakes were going to get all over one of them! Overall, this book would be a great gift to give a teen for Christmas. It’s usually so hard to shop for teens, but this seems to hit the spot, especially with boys! Just think, it’ll get the kids reading; isn’t that what every mother wants?!
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Michelle Tucker says
I honestly can’t think of anything that might be weird enough to go into the book. It’d be cool if I did.
Lily Kwan says
I can’t think of anything.
Tara C says
Sadly, I do not in fact have anything interesting enough in my life to make it into a Ripley’s book. I think I’m okay with that, though!
AEKZ2 says
Nothing weird to report here.
linda w. says
My daughter sometimes tried to break the record for how many knots she can create in her hair at night when she twirls it or how many days she can go without taking a bath (never works with me). Nothing gross though
Laurie Emerson says
My daughter told that a few kids had a boogie throwing contest at recess to see who could throw a boogie the farthest.
Diane S says
I would like to think the amount of time my niece spends giggling would be in there. She is such a happy young lady.
Lanicsha Wynn says
Nothing compared to what is featured in Ripleys believe it or not. However some people think it’s weird that I am double jointed.
Leslie L Stanziani says
I do not have anything that would be Ripley’s worthy but I do have a 6 year that makes up the oddest, most nonsense,cross the road jokes.He even has inanimate objects cross the road for the strangest reasons.
amanda whitley says
i have some really weird people in my family but nothing worthy of ripleys lol.
Aimee C says
My cat just passed away and when we went to bury him we dug up a wart hog creature head..right in our backyard. Very weird
Leslie Davis says
Nothing comes to mind that’s weird enough.
susan smoaks says
we have a dog that has some really long toe nails but other than that nothing that could be featured in the ripley’s believe it or not books.
Joy Q says
No, I don’t have anything or know anyone that is weird enough to make it into a Ripley’s book.
LT says
notreallly
Casandra says
I think its probably a blessing that I have nothing to contribute to this book. I think my kids are trying to challenge that fact, but so far so good!:)
theodore esteghamat says
I’m too lame and boring for Ripley to contact me but I’d still love to win the book.
kris m says
I dont have anything but I love reading other peoples believe it or nots
Brittney House says
No, I do not have anything but I enjoy reading/seeing bizarre things.
Francine Anchondo says
The only odd thing i can do is I am double jointed nothing to weird.Nothing to make that book.
Susan Smith says
Nothing weird, gross, or abnormal in my family
Paula Hafner says
I think my 6 year old son should be in Ripley’s for being able to ask the most question in a 24 hour period. Thank goodness for Google! We love Ripley’s we went to visit one of the museums this summer.
Daniel M says
nope, nothing like that around here in normalsville
Sharon Kaminski says
Sorry I cannot think of anything that my family can put into the ripley believe it or not.
Debra Hall says
no nothing gross here ..that i know of
Jane Ritz says
My daughter could burp the ABC’s. Yes, that’s gross.
Natasha says
I really havent but my son would love this book!
Patricia Wojnar Crowley says
I don’t know anyone who belongs in this book!
brittney says
we don’t have anything that weird.. although im not sure i would admit it if we did lol
Mary v says
Nothing weird, gross, or bizarre, but I have a nephew who’d love to read this book.
Melissa Nagy says
I honestly can’t think of anything deserving enough to be in this book. I always obsess over the pictures but don’t know how I would handle seeing some of those things in real life.
Heather B says
I can’t think of anything anyone in my family does that could be in Ripley’s
Kathleen says
I can’t think of anything weird or gross. But when I was a kid I had a friend that I spent a lot of time at her house. (after school, sleepovers, family outings, etc) Anyway they had this HUGE family size trampoline that we were always bouncing, jumping and flipping on. One Friday after school we decided to break the record for hours spent on a trampoline. We lasted pretty long, but I can’t remember how long now… lol kids…
Patty White says
I don’t know anyone that has anything weird or gross about them.
al says
I don’t think so.
Jennifer H says
I can’t think of anybody or anything that would belong in
ripleys book
jessica edwards says
At least one member of my family (including me) for the past 5 generations, has one blue eye and one green eye.
Karen F says
I can’t think of anything weird enough to go in the book unless you could put some of my relatives in there, cause some of them are pretty odd.
crystal smith says
Well Ive racked my brain and I really cant think of anything I know of to contribute to a Ripley’s book 🙁 but I guess that what makes reading them so special- theyre definitely filled with things we normally wouldnt come across lol
Tyneisha Fondren says
I don’t THINK we have anything funky like that going on in our family but I did used to be fascinated with watching a live autopsy..never could get a morgue to let me in though lol.
Megan Parsons says
I can’t think of anything off the top of my head, but I LOVE these books and would love to win one!
Stephanie Larison says
No, I wish I was that cool to be in the book, lol.
Abigail says
Happily – nothing comes to mind worthy of Ripleys!
sandra says
sadly, i do not have anything that could be featured in ripley’s.
nickie says
Nope nothing, but my son loves gross stuff.
natalie nichols says
I think my kiddo could make a world record with his temper tantrums.
Mary Dailey says
I accidentally taped myself snorting my sinuses when i thought I was taking a photo with my new phone. It was shocking! lol
Gretchen Gerth says
Jeez, when you put it this way my family is pretty normal. I guess perspective is everything. My granddaughter attempts to bend herself into pretzels but that is as Believe It or Not as we get.
ericka coello says
no, I’m a pretty common person
Wendy Hark says
No I don’t have anything that qualifies for the book
Denise Welch says
No have nothing i can think of but like t read this book
Pauline Milner says
Fortunately, I do not think that I have anything that unusual in my life. I do love reading about other people who have weird and wonderful stuff. Thanks for offering this great giveaway opportunity. Keep up the terrific blogging.
Don D says
Once my son got a bee sting on his knee that got infected and he hid this from me. Once I discovered the knee, it looked like a grapefruit on his knee. The amount of “cottage cheese” that the doctor removed from his knee was incredible and disgusting.
lisa lo says
No things I can think of..
Brandy Davis says
We are a rare breed around here, but nothing that comes close. LOL
Darlene Carbajal says
Not that I know of.
Tanya White says
No I’m not cool enough to know anyone like that.
debbie says
Sorry, nothing that strange to report.
Carla D. says
No, no one comes to mind to possibly have featured in a Ripley’s book.
Vicki Wurgler says
we have nothing weird going on in our family
HilLesha says
I can’t think of anything that is unusual about myself that is enough to be featured in a book, but I still enjoy reading about such oddities, nonetheless. 🙂
Amy Martin says
Nope, I don’t have anyone that weird or gross in my life.
Marian Boll says
I got nothin….sorry
Susan Broughton says
I’m sorry but nothing unusual here. I’ve always watched in wonder at people that could do or have something weird but as for me nothing at all just down the middle, average person.
Melissa Hartley says
Nothing weird, gross, or abnormal in my family but would still love tow in this book for one of my sons 🙂
Thank you
Paol Trenny says
I do not any offbeat or exciting that could be featured in Ripley
Kimberly Schotz says
I have fingers that are double jointed but that isn’t very exciting
Kellie Conklin says
I don’t really have anything that abnormal but once when my family went to Arbys I found a glove in my chicken sandwich! It was pretty disgusting. This books looks great, thanks for the review!
Tami Vollenweider says
I don’t know of anybody that does something crazy or weird!
tara darity says
don’t think we have anything cool enough for that book! would love to see it!
sandra davis says
I can’t really think of anything odd or unusual about my family. My son would love this book though. Thank you for the chance.
Jan says
The only odd thing about my family is that we all have different blood types and are all from the same mother and father, and no adoptions lol Mom=A+ Dad=B+ Me=A- Sister=B- last sister=AB- To make it even stranger, my B- sister married a man with B+ blood and they had a baby with O+ blood, lol
Gianna says
Maybe my son. He can burp and fart at the same time.. I didn’t know that was possible.
Jessamine D. says
I’ve never read a Ripley’s believe it or not book but I remember when I was little, there was a Ripley’s Believe it or Not museum in our country (Philippines) and we’ve been there 2x or 3x I think. The inside of the museum creeped me out a bit but at the same time it seemed cool. 🙂
Becky Cole says
I do not know of anybody that can do anything weird…. my family is pretty boring. LOL
Lesley M says
I am not cool enough to know anyone or anything that could be in Ripleys. But I am excited to look through the book!
Kelly Nicholson says
no,i dont know anybody that is so messed up that i may need to walk faster to my car,but there are so really freaky people who live down the street..does that count?
julia says
No I do not have anything. My kids love looking at all this stuff though.
Claire Rheinheimer says
I can’t think of anything that would go in the book. My 2 year old son is crazy smart, but I know there are smarter kids out there. lol
Shemp DeYoung (@shempgames) says
I can’t think of anything in our family that would qualify for Ripley’s, but I do know these books are fun. I liked them as a kid and my son does now.
Julie Lynn Bickham says
Well my daughter was born with 6 fingers on each hand, 6 toes on each foot. Also has webbed toes on both feet and has extra bones in her feet. Don’t know how that happened, my other two came out perfect lol.
Debby Chandler says
well, no I can’t really think of anything that would be put in the book except maybe my cat can almost say mama. We’re working on it Lol
Sacha Schroeder says
I am so lame. I can’t think of anything but my son LOVES the Ripley books. It would be so much fun to give this to him for Christmas!
Derrick Johnson says
I have nothing weird going on in my family but I do love Ripley’s books! I love reading their unusual stories and strange facts and growing up I always watched the ‘Believe It Or Not’ TV series w/Jack Palance. I would LOVE to win this book!
Sherry Compton says
They have some pretty weird things in those books; I don’t think we have anything quite that weird.
kristin sims says
i think my mother in law’s length of time she spends blowing her nose in the morning could easily win a chapter in Ripley’s book, thank you.