15 Real Life Giants That Exist Today

[Music] today's video will be a tall order you'll see the likes of people who have their shoes specially made because of their enormous size a teenager who grew over three feet in the span of one year and even the tallest person ever to be drafted in the nba we'll look at all that and a whole lot more as we discuss 15 real-life giants that exist [Music] jeff dabe meet jeff dabe or if you're from minnesota you may know him as popeye he earned that name on his high school wrestling team because of the massive size of his arms they measure a whopping 19 inches around the size of dabe's arms are so unique doctors from all over the country have studied them trying to determine why they grew to this size he was also tested for gigantism and elephantiasis but all tests came back negative no one was ever able to come up with a concrete answer as to why the double the size of the average man's hands were if you ask dave himself even he will tell you he doesn't know but as his mother says it he was born with oversized limbs giving the size of his arms it seems natural for him to compete as an arm wrestler which he's done ever since he was a child this is where he earned the nickname popeye unfortunately he popped his arm in a competition that set his wrestling career back however in 2012 dave started competing again this time with his left arm he went on to be minnesota's state champion and went on to compete all over america his wife loves the attention saying in las vegas dave is treated like a celebrity she says she loves the airplane rides and fancy hotels that come along with the territory way to go jeff way to make a name for yourself hey hey did you know that if you smash the like button subscribe and click the notification bell you're more likely to win the lottery so what are you waiting for robert wadlow robert wadlow is the tallest man that ever lived at eight foot eleven inches he's literally one inch away from being nine feet tall born in 1918 the world's tallest men of today don't come close to wadlow's height he was always larger than his peers in fact he was taller than his father by the time he was only eight years old can you imagine your eight-year-old child being taller than you what happens when you tell him to take out the trash and he says no i wonder if wadlow himself gave his dad chores growing up he needed everything especially tailored for him school desk no way too small make a special one backpack sorry nope that won't fit on his back even at the age of 13 when he joined the boy scouts he needed his uniform specially made it required over 14 yards of fabric by that time he was seven feet four inches tall what badge do the scouts have for that he was eight feet four inches by the time he graduated high school and this is when he joined the ringling brothers circus touring the country gaining himself fame and notoriety unfortunately he only lived to the young age of 22. his legs struggled to carry the weight by the age of 20 he weighed 450 pounds and required the use of a very large cane to walk his legacy lives on in the ripley's believe it or not museum where people still stand next to his towering statue comparing their own height to his hey robert we miss you bud the great khali wwe fans will know about this man the great khali signed a contract with world wrestling entertainment in 2006 becoming the first indian to ever join the professional wrestling company but before all the lights and cameras he was dalip singarana a quiet kid born in south india one of seven siblings in a poor family he worked many odd jobs to help his parents put food on the table by the age of 21 he was inducted into the police department of his neighboring city he trained in local gyms to be a wrestler and was finally selected for specialized training in the united states after working for many different independent wrestling federations he signed a contract with the wwe and the great khali was born kali was always the big kid in class by the time he began his wrestling career he was seven foot one and weighed 350 pounds he had an iconic wwe debut where he completely manhandled the undertaker shocking fans all over the world people were not used to seeing the undertaker being dominated that way he was on that fateful day and he considers himself very religious and practices hinduism in fact he chose his wrestling name after the hindu goddess kali who was associated with eternal energy the tallest man in britain ted evans was born in derbyshire england in 1924 he was never an average size and actually lived his life on both sides of the extreme when he was young he was always petite and slim in fact evans had dreams of being a jockey at the age of 14 he was a mere 77 pounds but after an athletic injury evans began growing like a weed this is also a little deception coming into play evans claimed he grew to an astounding nine feet three inches tall after some fact checking it was determined that that was false some say evans embellished his height in an attempt to claim some fame others simply say he had trouble converting from the metric system when evans arrived in america in 1952 an agent for the ringling brothers circus billed him as being 8 foot 11 inches tall that was still a great exaggeration someone please tell me what type of measuring stick they're using evans finally arrived at the guinness world book of records headquarters and they officially measured him at 7 ft 8 inches tall now that number i trust either way ted evans was truly an extraordinary human being but like most giants his life was short-lived unfortunately he passed away at the age of 34 but not before he captured the curious hearts of many [Music] andre the giant andre renee russimov better known as andre the giant to the wrestling world was a french professional wrestler actor and performer andre stood at seven feet four inches and weighed over 500 pounds he lived a pretty normal life as a child despite being a foot taller than most of his classmates he was an average student but he did excel at mathematics even being an above average math student he still decided to leave school at the age of 14 he just didn't think schooling was necessary for a farm laborer and that's what he did because well he was good at it with his large size and sheer strength andre could perform the work of two people all by himself at the end of his work days he was simply unsatisfied he felt there was more out there for him so when he turned 18 he took a leap of faith by moving to paris in hopes to find what was missing in his life this is where he met a wrestling promoter who immediately recognized andre for his earning potential the promoter trained him in the night and andre worked as a mover during the day it didn't take long for andre to get noticed and by the time he was 21 he was already known as a wrestler all over the uk germany australia new zealand and africa just when andre thought he couldn't get any bigger no pun intended he was noticed by the wwf the biggest wrestling federation on the planet there he went on to become the legend that many of us know today andre the giant [Music] sultan cosin for years turkish farmer sultan kosen was known as the tallest man alive at 8 foot 4 he sure is a tall glass of water but that's not all he's known for he also currently holds the record for the largest hands and second largest feet in the world he wears a size 22 in shoes can you imagine how hard it must be to find shoes in that size i'd hate to be the guy working at foot locker when he walks in that's for sure the interesting thing about cosin is the fact that he continued to grow well into his 20s in 2010 he received a treatment to block his growth hormones at the age of 29 it was confirmed that the treatment had worked finally halting cosin's wild growing in 2014 as part of the guinness world book of records he met for the first time the world's shortest man and he stood at one foot nine inches making their difference in height more than six feet now that picture is worth more than a thousand words yao defen yao defend was recognized as the world's tallest woman standing at a towering seven feet seven inches most women born in china are petite but not her she grew to be abnormally tall because of a tumor in her pituitary gland which in turn caused her gigantism while some giants go to find talents that accompany their height such as basketball the wrestling deafen admitted that she did not like being tall and wished she lived a more normal life why am i so tall she asked from her bed there were many attempts to train her in sports while she was a teenager but nothing ever materialized because she was so weak when she was 15 years old she was 6 feet 9 inches doctors could have performed a procedure to stop her growth but her family did not have the 4 000 wand to pay for it that's a 617 dollar bill in u.s currency looking back on it many people wish they would have done more for her in 2009 she did find happiness when china's tallest man came to visit her they discussed what life is like for them being so tall and talked about how they have dealt with it over the years unfortunately she died at the age of 40. no specific ailment was cited but many believe her height played a contributing factor japan's tallest man yasutaka okayama is known in japan as the tallest man that ever come into contact with their islands standing at seven foot eight he does have a towering physique since he was a small child he had always excelled as an athlete achieving the rank of a black belt in martial arts when he was in high school this is also when he began to play basketball he moved to the united states in 1975 and played for the university of portland for two years this is when doctors diagnosed him with gigantism many doctors advised against him competing in organized sports fearing his body would not be able to take the wear and tear so although he was listed on the roster for the college team's hood squad he never played in the game okayama decided to return to japan where his gigantism was treated allowing him to finally stop growing still interested in basketball he was beginning to find that nba scouts had interest in him the golden state warriors in particular wanted to know if okayama's skill set along with his height could help their team they ultimately decided to take a chance on him he has the official title of being the tallest man to ever be drafted in the nba but just like in college he never got the chance to play in an actual game at the professional level but in the end okayama had put together a great career in japan's professional basketball league he led his team to a championship in 1983 where he carried the team as the mvp he also led the entire league in scoring for two years so although he isn't known quite as well in the states in japan he's certainly considered a legend baozian before sultan kosen earned the title of world's tallest man in 2009 it was bao zizon who carried the title the seven foot nine man was born in china in 1951 he says he was normal high until the age sixteen then he began to grow like a weed in 2006 he assisted veterinarians in an operation that saved the life of two dolphins the dolphin had loss of appetite they also showed signs of depression the vet's surgical instruments were unable to reach far enough into their stomachs to retrieve the plastic this is when bow came into the situation he used his very long arms which are over three feet long to reach inside the dolphin to retrieve the plastic it was incredible local news stations and newspapers covered the entire story maybe the operation made bow a more eligible bachelor because he did get married the following year and once again news outlets cover the story making him quite the celebrity all over again the volleyball giant there's nothing short about murteza marzad for short including his name check it out the eight-foot one-inch man born in iran transformed himself into an international volleyball star when he was joining iran's sitting volleyball team you may be wondering what sitting volleyball is it's a form of volleyball for athletes with disabilities it was pretty much the same rules as traditional volleyball the one major difference is all athletes must keep at least one buttock on the ground at all times he led his iranian volleyball team to pair olympic gold in the 2016 competition in rio morteza slammed home 26 spikes in the final round to win it all he suffered a bicycle accident at the age of 16 which stunned his growth in his right leg which is now 15 centimeters shorter than his left leg the accident left him confined to a wheelchair and crutches life hasn't been easy for this man he admits he was alone depressed and didn't know where to turn but one fateful day a sitting volleyball coach saw morteza on television and instantly thought he could be a dominating force on his sitting volleyball team five years later in history has been made and morteza is a star he tells news outlets that he found his passion and hopes he can inspire other athletes with disabilities to chase their dreams sandy allen sandy elaine allen lived quite the remarkable life she was an author actress and a guinness world record holder of the tallest woman alive for 16 years of her life she was born and raised in a small town in indiana where she was raised by her grandmother who worked as a cleaning woman she appeared in a small handful of movies including an italian period film called felina's casanova in the film allen is in the opening scene where she embarrasses the men around her by beating them all in arm wrestling she was credited as sandy allen giantess sandy never married calling herself an old-fashioned girl and the fact that she refused to date a man who was shorter than her that really slimmed down the pickings of the dating pool in the end allen was confined to a wheelchair her height and weight could not be supported by her ankles she died in 2008 at the age of 53. a scholarship has been dedicated to her name at shelbyville high school where she grew up keeping her name alive forever world's largest souls who let the dogs out i wonder if that song plays any time morocco man brahim takula takes his shoes off he firmly held the record for the largest feet in the world and is officially the second tallest living person his feet measure out to be one foot and three inches long as a child in a small morocco village no one thought to have doctors investigate his abnormally large size until he was 18 years old his massive growth spurt happened in his mid-teens where he grew over three feet in one year it was a school doctor that asked to get blood samples the result was the discovery that brahim had a rare condition called acromegaly acromegaly causes an overabundance of growth hormones in the human body he says his size causes problems in his day-to-day life but ultimately is proud to be as big as he is take a moment to think about your daily activities using a public restroom sitting down at a restaurant even driving a car it's all dramatically different when you're eight feet tall let's face it the world just isn't designed for people at that height this causes brahim to need to have many things in his life specifically made for him and that includes his shoes he wears a european size 58 which converts to a size 23 in america shoes this size are not easy to find and they're not cheap either raheem says his last pair of shoes were specially made for him and they cost over five thousand dollars igor vasquevinski igor vavkavinsky a jack of all trades he's a law student interviewee actor and the record holder for the tallest person in the united states he's seven foot eight inches and weighs an astonishing 380 pounds he's originally from ukraine but moved with his mother to minnesota in 1989 at the age of seven he moved to be treated at the mayo clinic because at his age he was already six feet tall he's acted in movies and appeared in several television commercials he's also known for sporting a t-shirt that reads world's biggest obama supporter in 2019 he shared the news that he's undergoing treatment for a heart condition he was recently diagnosed with he broke down in tears saying he did not know if he would survive the procedure if the news from the doctor wasn't enough what also bothered him was the fact that the hospital didn't have any beds his size making it nearly impossible for him to sleep although he's still battling his health issues he's getting better with the help of many doctors keep fighting the good fight igor [Music] wono like many indonesians who only go by one name meet super wono he was said to be eight feet nine inches which makes him the tallest man in the world but he received a not so pleasant surprise when he went to officially be measured he flew to jakarta from his village in sumatra to claim the record and claimed the crown of the new world's tallest man unfortunately numbers don't lie and neither does measuring tape for that matter he ended up being only seven feet 11 inches which is 2 inches shorter than the current record holder so close he would have been tall enough to beat the previous record holder but not the current one although he was disappointed super mono was still happy with his height saying he wouldn't trade it for anything in the world [Music] the tallest country in the world for our last number let's travel to the netherlands to meet the dutch in the world's tallest country yet it's been discovered that the dutch are the tallest people in the world and it has everything to do with natural selection over the last 150 years dutch men have grown 20 centimeters but american men have only grown 16 emitters in the same period genetics predict that the dutch would be the tallest people in europe and that was easily achieved many dutch men admit that they prefer taller women further pushing the natural selection notion the tall life in the netherlands is quite different than being tall in the united states they have far more material suited for taller people for example people in the netherlands have no problem finding a pair of pants for someone over seven feet tall in america not so easy so if you're a tall person in america and you're tired of not having things your size readily available you may want to consider making the big move to europe just something to think about what a list sheesh i felt shorter and shorter the longer i watched there were some really amazing people with some amazing talents hit the subscribe button so you never miss a beat see ya

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Length: 19min 24sec (1164 seconds)

Published: Fri May 14 2021