It's hard to believe, but these 5 people with anomalies really existed!

It's hard to believe, but these 5 people with anomalies really existed!

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From time to time, nature plays a cruel joke on us and "special" people are born. They are often called freaks, but this does not prevent them from trying to live a normal life. We will tell a few stories about people who lived in the late XIX and early XX centuries.

It's hard to believe, but these 5 people with anomalies really existed!

It's hard to believe, but these 5 people with anomalies really existed!

Ella Harper, known as the "Camel Man".

It's hard to believe, but these 5 people with anomalies really existed!

It's hard to believe, but these 5 people with anomalies really existed!

The girl got her nickname because of a terrible orthopedic pathology - her legs were turned back, and she had to walk on all fours. All her life, Ella worked in the circus, earning, by the way, considerable sums for those times — about $ 200 a week. The woman died in 1921 at the age of 51.

It's hard to believe, but these 5 people with anomalies really existed!

Fenny Mills, nicknamed "The Girl with Big Feet".

It's hard to believe, but these 5 people with anomalies really existed!

Fenny's anomaly is called Milroy's disease, or lymphostasis. This is a congenital disease of the lymphatic system. It was because of her that the size of a woman's feet reached 17 inches in length, which is as much as 43 centimeters!

It's hard to believe, but these 5 people with anomalies really existed!

Morris Tillet ("The French Angel").

It's hard to believe, but these 5 people with anomalies really existed!

In adolescence, the boy was diagnosed with acromegaly, a disease that is associated with a violation of the function of the anterior pituitary gland and is accompanied by an increase in the feet, hands and skull. However, this man was not an outsider. He became a two-time heavyweight boxing champion in the early 1900s, as well as a movie star in the 1940s.

It's hard to believe, but these 5 people with anomalies really existed!

Frank Lentini, also known as "The Consummate Lentini".

It's hard to believe, but these 5 people with anomalies really existed!

Frank was born with a fully functioning third leg, which was the consequence of an unsuccessfully born Siamese twin. The man has worked in circus shows all his life, and this did not prevent him from getting married and becoming a father of two children.

It's hard to believe, but these 5 people with anomalies really existed!

Gene Liberra — "The Man with Two torsos".

It's hard to believe, but these 5 people with anomalies really existed!

This man was truly unique, as a Siamese twin joined his body in the womb. After taking an X-ray of Jin's chest, the doctors were surprised to find a small head with a circumference of 15 cm inside. Libra even gave his twin a name—Jax.

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