A large crowd of people gathered around Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! museum Saturday afternoon to watch \u2014 many with their hands covering their mouths, some half covering their eyes \u2014 as a Toronto woman swallowed a 24-inch stainless-steel sword.<\/p>\n
“It was incredible. I’ve never seen anything like that before,” said 20-year-old Krysta Cwynar, who was visiting from Buffalo. “I’ve seen pretty crazy things in my life, but nothing like that.<\/p>\n
“I was kind of scared that she was going to get hurt. That was a big sword. I’m just baffled right now.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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