Man Stuffs Mouth With 16 Cockroaches In Record Bid (VIDEO)

LANSING, Mich. (AP)— A Michigan pet store employee got himself a mouthful of cockroaches – on purpose. The Lansing State Journal reported Sean Murphy on Friday stuffed 16 Madagascar hissing cockroaches into his mouth. He was trying to set a new Guinness World Records mark and said the old record was 11.

Murphy initially got 12 squirming cockroaches into his mouth, but then kept adding them until he got to 16. He says it was a "big surprise" since he's never fit that many in his mouth before "in one try."

The employee of Preuss Pets in Lansing says each cockroach was at least 2 1/2 inches long. Murphy says he might try for 20 next year. A video of the feat was posted on the newspaper's Web site.

Murphy's effort would need to be certified by Guinness for it to be official.

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Information from: Lansing State Journal, http://www.lansingstatejournal.com

Comments

[Mannock]

05:44 PM on 10/26/2009

Now HERE is a chick magnet!

[punkgirlmi]

12:34 PM on 10/26/2009

Murph is a friend of mine and one of the best most loyal people you would ever meet. The roaches were clean if people are wondering, they came from the pet store he works at Preuss Pets, a great store by the way.

[RuthieBabe]

10:59 AM on 10/26/2009

Just goes to show what some people will do for their 5 minutes of fame. Not a high point for the human species. . .

[UncleJimbo]

10:27 AM on 10/26/2009

It could be worse he could be a Tea-Bagger!

[CessnaDriver]

05:23 PM on 10/26/2009

I think the t-baggers shove the c-roaches up their butts. That's why they have the t-bagger demeanor.

Just like our Founding Fathers.

[LeftLeanWing]

10:06 AM on 10/26/2009

Guaranteed....

This man does not have a girlfriend and will not have one for a long time.

[punkgirlmi]

12:21 PM on 10/26/2009

got news, he's a very good friend of mine, and always has really nice looking (and nice) girlfriends! Totally straight edge, only vice is tattoos and exotic animals.

[avchavis]

10:00 AM on 10/26/2009

Just when I thought my life was so awful...

[roblabrousse]

09:20 AM on 10/26/2009

I wonder if these c roaches were disease free.

[punkgirlmi]

12:23 PM on 10/26/2009

yes, their from a very good pet store in Lansing MI, look it up Preuss Pets

[Conk]

09:07 AM on 10/26/2009

I could never do that without salt.

[american-dolt]

09:05 AM on 10/26/2009

Bravo!

[dharma41]

08:51 AM on 10/26/2009

Isn't this just another "man bites cockroach" story?

[RSKaz]

08:26 AM on 10/26/2009

I ate at that restaurant once.

[GallopingCat]

07:12 AM on 10/26/2009

USA! USA!

[mombabytiger]

06:16 AM on 10/26/2009

Why is this on here?

[Earl]

06:04 AM on 10/26/2009

All these years I have been munching 'em and had no idea it was a competitive sport.

[godzthor1]

05:47 AM on 10/26/2009

Aww, I'm sure Rush Limbaugh could easily break that record.

[roblabrousse]

09:19 AM on 10/26/2009

Of course he could... they breed in his mouth.

[LeftLeanWing]

10:05 AM on 10/26/2009

Wouldn't that be Cannibalism