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What immediately comes to mind when you hear “Ripley’s Believe it or Not”? Weird, gross, bizarre, cool, 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 in weird information.
Ripley’s latest installment “Ripley’s Believe it or Not–Dare to Look” goes even further that 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 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.
By far the boys favorite of the 12 chapters is Chapter 11, the Food chapter. This chapter features Body part cakes, Pumpkin zombies, Lizard in 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! All in all, this book would be a great gift to give to 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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Giveaway:CLOSED
THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED: WINNER Joy Quinnan
One reader will receive Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Dare To Look Book {RV $29}. See form for Entry Details. Open to U.S. residents. You must be 18 years old to enter to win. Ends 10.29.13
All entries will be verified. Only one entrant per mailing address per giveaway. If you have won the same prize on another blog, you will not be eligible to win it again. The winner will be chosen randomly through Giveaway Tools and contacted via email. A reply to the winning email is required within 48 hours before a new winner is chosen. One person entering per household please. U.S.residents only. This giveaway ends at 11:59 PM EST on Oct 29, 2013.
Disclosure: I was provided with product for this review. All views and opinions with regard to Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Dare To Look Book review or the company are my own and were not influenced by the company. I am not responsible for shipment of the prize.
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.
They have some pretty weird things in those books; I don’t think we have anything quite that weird.
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!
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!
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
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.
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.
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
No I do not have anything. My kids love looking at all this stuff though.
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?
I am not cool enough to know anyone or anything that could be in Ripleys. But I am excited to look through the book!
I do not know of anybody that can do anything weird…. my family is pretty boring. LOL
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. 🙂
Maybe my son. He can burp and fart at the same time.. I didn’t know that was possible.
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
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.
don’t think we have anything cool enough for that book! would love to see it!
I don’t know of anybody that does something crazy or weird!
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!
I have fingers that are double jointed but that isn’t very exciting
I do not any offbeat or exciting that could be featured in Ripley
Nothing weird, gross, or abnormal in my family but would still love tow in this book for one of my sons 🙂
Thank you
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.
I got nothin….sorry
Nope, I don’t have anyone that weird or gross in my life.
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. 🙂
we have nothing weird going on in our family
No, no one comes to mind to possibly have featured in a Ripley’s book.
Sorry, nothing that strange to report.
No I’m not cool enough to know anyone like that.
Not that I know of.
We are a rare breed around here, but nothing that comes close. LOL
No things I can think of..
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.
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.
No have nothing i can think of but like t read this book
No I don’t have anything that qualifies for the book
no, I’m a pretty common person
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.
I accidentally taped myself snorting my sinuses when i thought I was taking a photo with my new phone. It was shocking! lol
I think my kiddo could make a world record with his temper tantrums.
Nope nothing, but my son loves gross stuff.
sadly, i do not have anything that could be featured in ripley’s.
Happily – nothing comes to mind worthy of Ripleys!
No, I wish I was that cool to be in the book, lol.
I can’t think of anything off the top of my head, but I LOVE these books and would love to win one!
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.
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
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.
At least one member of my family (including me) for the past 5 generations, has one blue eye and one green eye.
I can’t think of anybody or anything that would belong in
ripleys book
I don’t think so.
I don’t know anyone that has anything weird or gross about them.
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…
I can’t think of anything anyone in my family does that could be in Ripley’s
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.
Nothing weird, gross, or bizarre, but I have a nephew who’d love to read this book.
we don’t have anything that weird.. although im not sure i would admit it if we did lol
I don’t know anyone who belongs in this book!
I really havent but my son would love this book!
My daughter could burp the ABC’s. Yes, that’s gross.
no nothing gross here ..that i know of
Sorry I cannot think of anything that my family can put into the ripley believe it or not.
nope, nothing like that around here in normalsville
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.
Nothing weird, gross, or abnormal in my family
The only odd thing i can do is I am double jointed nothing to weird.Nothing to make that book.
No, I do not have anything but I enjoy reading/seeing bizarre things.
I dont have anything but I love reading other peoples believe it or nots
I’m too lame and boring for Ripley to contact me but I’d still love to win the book.
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!:)
notreallly
No, I don’t have anything or know anyone that is weird enough to make it into a Ripley’s book.
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.
Nothing comes to mind that’s weird enough.
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
i have some really weird people in my family but nothing worthy of ripleys lol.
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.
Nothing compared to what is featured in Ripleys believe it or not. However some people think it’s weird that I am double jointed.
I would like to think the amount of time my niece spends giggling would be in there. She is such a happy young lady.
My daughter told that a few kids had a boogie throwing contest at recess to see who could throw a boogie the farthest.
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
Nothing weird to report here.
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!
I can’t think of anything.
I honestly can’t think of anything that might be weird enough to go into the book. It’d be cool if I did.