So, have you ever seen someone swallow a sword? Well, I have! Today! I was at Ripley’s today for Sword Swallowers Awareness Day. At various Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museums there were sword swallowers who performed. In Niagara Falls, Riley Schillaci of Rochester performed. Here’s a video I took: Here are some pictures:
From the Niagara Falls Review: The first time Riley Schillaci stuck a sharp metal object down her throat was fine. The second time … not so good. “I went to show my friend -I was 14 and we had been pigging out on candy all night,” recalls the Rochester, N. Y. resident. “So at that [...]
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From the Niagara Falls Review: Not everybody loves Marineland. Not the 47 individuals and families who will be losing their homes next year when their trailer park is closed. Families living at the Green Oaks Trailer Park on Stanley Avenue say they are in shock after being told they have until the end of August [...]
From the Niagara Falls Review: An American businessman is going to court, seeking to overturn the lease between the Maid of the Mist and Niagara Parks Commission and to have an “open and fair” bidding process for the right to run boat tours in Niagara Falls. A lawyer for Bill Windsor applied for a judicial [...]
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