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  • The world's tallest man was Robert Wadlow of Alton, Illinois. He was born on Feb. 22, 1918. He was nearly 9 feet tall (8 feet, 10.3 inches).
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  • @jameshurtado5389
    @jameshurtado5389 Před 5 lety +202

    he seemed like a nice guy, which is crazy considering he was most likely in constant pain

    • @user-xp8wk1zt2p
      @user-xp8wk1zt2p Před 4 lety +6

      Yep. Just proves being tall isnt good

    • @e2waveyy
      @e2waveyy Před 4 lety +14

      Wiggity waggity Too tall*

    • @QuaaaaaD
      @QuaaaaaD Před 4 lety +26

      @@user-xp8wk1zt2p Nah, being tall is one thing, being 9 FEET is another

    • @hausuandim1193
      @hausuandim1193 Před 3 lety +1

      Skskskajakajwjaj

    • @jameshurtado5389
      @jameshurtado5389 Před 3 lety +5

      Wayne Pitty he may have lived a little longer but not much. His body was outgrowing his organs and he could barely walk, I doubt he would have made it past 23

  • @apestada1
    @apestada1 Před 5 lety +199

    He was only a young boy. It is so sad :'(

  • @WBDE
    @WBDE Před 3 lety +42

    I grew up in Alton, Illinois and my mother went to school with Robert Wadlow. He was well-respected in Alton and was never seen as a freak but as the gentleman he was.

  • @donaldtrumpet3092
    @donaldtrumpet3092 Před 4 lety +129

    Robert Wadlow, the guy nobody wants to sit behind in a movie theatre

    • @3piper
      @3piper Před 4 lety +18

      In Alton ,the movie theater made him a seat.They somehow rigged five theater seats together so he could stretch out and enjoy a movie

    • @reggiepalmer6157
      @reggiepalmer6157 Před 4 lety +1

      Oh you're funny person always making jokes huh but they call you the Joker everybody's laughing at you not with you

    • @donaldtrumpet3092
      @donaldtrumpet3092 Před 4 lety +7

      @@reggiepalmer6157 you dropped this 👑, I hereby crown you as King No-Sense-Of-Humour

    • @theneonbuster
      @theneonbuster Před 3 lety

      @@donaldtrumpet3092 i agree lol

    • @theneonbuster
      @theneonbuster Před 3 lety

      funny xd

  • @bokengsmum4425
    @bokengsmum4425 Před 3 lety +6

    I hope he was treated well during his time. He is so kind and has a big heart and has so much love for his family esp to his little brother ❤️
    R. I. P.

    • @bobbiebourland6421
      @bobbiebourland6421 Před 3 lety +1

      I’m born and raised in Alton, Illinois . My grandma went to school with him, he was always treated so nicely ! He’s still honored to this day and his statue constantly has a visitor. It’s so cool to think I went to the same school as him and I live just a block from where he lived ! It’s a small town but it’s full of so much history

  • @StamianGaming
    @StamianGaming Před 5 lety +65

    Never knew this guy was raised in a town nearly 2 hours away from mine

    • @andrewhall7930
      @andrewhall7930 Před 5 lety +3

      Miles Davis was born in Alton, also, Alton holds a record involving a Bull shark, but I'll let you research that one yourself.

    • @fluoroantimonicacid4844
      @fluoroantimonicacid4844 Před 3 lety

      @@andrewhall7930 thanks for the information!

    • @emmagomez2589
      @emmagomez2589 Před 3 lety

      wow

    • @noorazmi2329
      @noorazmi2329 Před 3 lety

      yeah. it would be even better if you are closer. sadly you are too far away.

  • @karmacounselor
    @karmacounselor Před 5 lety +51

    It is a shame they didn't gift him with one of the old houses that had tall doors, windows and ceilings...

    • @4Scoot5
      @4Scoot5 Před 4 lety +1

      karmacounselor yeah It would’ve probably made him feel normal

  • @bradstevens9604
    @bradstevens9604 Před 5 lety +107

    Had he lived longer he definitely would've been well over 9 feet tall. R.I.P. Robert Wadlow.

    • @XaveFerre
      @XaveFerre Před 4 lety +4

      He could of got to 9'2 if he didn't die 😭

    • @kurtlawrence5536
      @kurtlawrence5536 Před 4 lety +12

      he would have kept growing until he died so theoretically he could grow as tall as his body could physically handle which he did.

    • @aid-ngaming625
      @aid-ngaming625 Před 4 lety +7

      He actually was still growing when he was already dead, it’s kinda crazy to think but, he technically grew to 9ft. When he was dead.

    • @cesaramaral7007
      @cesaramaral7007 Před 4 lety +8

      @@aid-ngaming625 Nah, guess that was the gas escaping through the cavieties, most likely the effects of post mortem edemas, it's natural to get a bit bigger when you die. Can be wrong tho, feel free to research.

    • @4Scoot5
      @4Scoot5 Před 4 lety +5

      Brad Stevens TBH I don’t care if he got to over 9 feet tall i just wish he could’ve lived a longer life

  • @tat3rd69
    @tat3rd69 Před 3 lety +16

    22 years of life... poor kid... atleast he had a great attitude.

  • @briandavie4313
    @briandavie4313 Před 2 lety +3

    His heart was bigger than his physical appearance. May he rest in peace. So sad to have passed at such a young age he will be missed by many.

    • @michaelmccarty6582
      @michaelmccarty6582 Před rokem

      You are correct it was measured by the coroner and his heart was actually 9'3"

  • @volkovistheshit3233
    @volkovistheshit3233 Před 5 lety +36

    He was so young😢

  • @johnyerkov1553
    @johnyerkov1553 Před 4 lety +31

    He was a handsome man

  • @shaolinsecrets
    @shaolinsecrets Před 6 lety +102

    8 feet 11.1 inches when last measured

    • @jackson5116
      @jackson5116 Před 5 lety +2

      yeah, the description is wrong, Ripley has his official final height at 8 feet 11.1 inches.

    • @sammytheusername6818
      @sammytheusername6818 Před 4 lety +11

      so basically 9’0’’

    • @SuperChuckleMonkey
      @SuperChuckleMonkey Před 3 lety +1

      That_Casual_Person still an inch off

    • @Dem0nized
      @Dem0nized Před 3 lety +2

      @@SuperChuckleMonkey it's barley noticeable he was basically 9ft In a way

    • @mew2o635
      @mew2o635 Před 3 lety +4

      @@Dem0nized still, not 9ft in a way

  • @willnorwood7695
    @willnorwood7695 Před 4 lety +1

    Nice documentary I love your station

  • @mikeygoodboi
    @mikeygoodboi Před 3 lety +4

    How cool and wonderful that they did not see him as being freakish, just one of their own. Nice.

  • @dynamoksanimation9409
    @dynamoksanimation9409 Před 3 lety +24

    Legends say he is still too short for tinder girls

  • @Burago2k
    @Burago2k Před 4 lety +7

    The only dude who could make 8ft look short...thats like 5ft to 6ft difference

  • @Legend-mf6bu
    @Legend-mf6bu Před 3 lety

    In that newspaper in the video its says that he was 8'10.3" but everywhere on the internet says that he was 8'11.1"

  • @rustyrelicsfarm2406
    @rustyrelicsfarm2406 Před 4 lety +1

    I wish I could find the documentary on DVD.

  • @petemitchell1044
    @petemitchell1044 Před 5 lety +5

    Wait a minute I'm confused, I've always heard on other CZcams videos, and I've read even when I searched Robert Pershing Wadlow on Google, that he was 8-foot 11.1 not 8 ft 10.3. According to this CZcams video, he either was measured not accurately, or he shrunk eight tenths of an inch the last time they measured him.

    • @jackm4178
      @jackm4178 Před 5 lety +2

      I dont believe that the news outlets of the day were aware of his last measurement of 8' 11.1" and the last they knew of, depending on the source, went from 8'8" to the one cited 8'10.3". But we all know now he was 8'11.1" or some do just say "just under 9 feet." He was growing so fast still that I think it's possible he was actually a full 9' at the very end, as his last known measurement was a few weeks before he died. As fast as he was growing still, no end to his growth in sight, I wouldn't be surprised.
      In any case, he was still just a very young man and I've not heard anyone say a bad word about him.
      RIP Robert, and happy 101st birthday a few days late.

  • @jenniferhumphrey4281
    @jenniferhumphrey4281 Před 4 lety +10

    thats just sad he died when he was only 22 years old 😿😿😿

  • @britishchick09
    @britishchick09 Před 6 lety +14

    Is there anymore footage of him at the World's Fair?

    • @history3042
      @history3042 Před 6 lety +3

      Here's some good footage of him
      czcams.com/video/60xRolaB2dU/video.html

  • @Lucas-gp7dq
    @Lucas-gp7dq Před 3 lety +5

    He worked for a shoe company, bruh he was breaking the wrong soles 🏀🏀🏀

  • @a.m.i.r.a.l.u.v6196
    @a.m.i.r.a.l.u.v6196 Před 3 lety +1

    He was my long distance cousin and I never got to meet him my great great great grandma was his grandma

  • @brendansandon250
    @brendansandon250 Před 4 lety +21

    He is a glitch

  • @andrewhall7930
    @andrewhall7930 Před 5 lety +3

    If you look at the bar graph of the tallest measured humans, it goes up gradually until it hits 8 feet. Then it abruptly stops at 8'4. Then all of a sudden it shoots up WAY up to 8'11.5 It's one of the trippiest anamolies ever.

    • @MFDMia
      @MFDMia Před 4 lety

      Hi imfrom iran are you from?

    • @johnyerkov1553
      @johnyerkov1553 Před 4 lety +1

      Joe Rogan was 8 ft 9 in 2 inch smaller than Robert

    • @BlueSky......
      @BlueSky...... Před 4 lety

      no one has ever stood up straight and pass 8'4 right?

  • @doravraham2398
    @doravraham2398 Před 4 lety +3

    I wish i was as tall. What a superhuman

  • @luisvalencia4038
    @luisvalencia4038 Před rokem +1

    Fué una gran civilización a nivel mundial con sus enormes puertas, ventanas, escalones y cúpulas despierten patriotas saludos Q 🇨🇱🥰🇨🇱🥰🇨🇱🥰🇨🇱🥰.

  • @ibrahimhossain2282
    @ibrahimhossain2282 Před 4 lety +11

    Nobody can touch his 8 feet 11 incs height at 22 yrs ever. It's confirmed

  • @Friedensextremist
    @Friedensextremist Před 5 lety +5

    He was the greatest!

    • @elmysteriousman9908
      @elmysteriousman9908 Před 4 lety +1

      I think you need help buddy. If you consider a overgrown boy with bad hips and a huge culo then you need serious psychiatric treatment. Evaluation asafp!!!!! You are nuts! Get help. Seek it immediately.

    • @NM-wm3eu
      @NM-wm3eu Před 4 lety +1

      @@elmysteriousman9908 I think you are the one who definitely needs help bro.

  • @constantinosschinas4503
    @constantinosschinas4503 Před 5 lety +47

    when you are the tallest man ever and your surname and in *low* .

    • @hackedyt3539
      @hackedyt3539 Před 4 lety +1

      Wow haha wadlow

    • @MrJr01
      @MrJr01 Před 4 lety +4

      But he was born Alton. In spanish: muy alto (very tall).

    • @reggiepalmer6157
      @reggiepalmer6157 Před 4 lety

      That's the best you could come up with don't quit your day job everyone's a comedian

    • @RJLS98
      @RJLS98 Před 3 lety +1

      @@reggiepalmer6157 chill bud go turn on some reggae music and go smoke a reggie

  • @ciaran4962
    @ciaran4962 Před 3 lety +1

    So how did he get transport because hes too tall to fit in

  • @GVGames1986
    @GVGames1986 Před 3 lety +3

    Sad because I am sure he didn't want to be so tall. I knew someone who was very tall. I thought he was a senior when I saw him at middle school and he was the same age as me. He was like 6ft 8 and was 13 at that time. Can't remember exactly but I think his parents gave him some drug to slow the growth down, we still live in the same area and I see him from time to time and he barely got any taller. But it was because of the drug to balance his hormones. I guess Robert didn't have access to this option. RIP big man!

  • @shockedvettel69
    @shockedvettel69 Před 2 lety

    He was so young to die if I ever get a wish I would bring Robert back to life and his parents

  • @za9462
    @za9462 Před 4 lety +1

    This is the best mashed potato recipe I have ever tried!

  • @hughmungus913
    @hughmungus913 Před rokem

    Guaranteed, if he were alive today, he’d be the one to sit in front of me at the movies😂

  • @elsueco9841
    @elsueco9841 Před 4 lety

    The Finlandian man Väinö Myllyrinne took over the title after Robert Wadlow , 248 centimeter, (1909-1963) shoesize 58 and BW 170 kg slim.

    • @MugiwaraLion
      @MugiwaraLion Před 3 lety

      Vaino was 8ft 3inches
      Robert was 8ft 11 inches

  • @Rafael-pi4md
    @Rafael-pi4md Před 3 lety

    since there was no signs his growth would stop before his death, how tall would he be? i mean...someday it SHOULD have stopped...right?

  • @ibiluxx2413
    @ibiluxx2413 Před 4 lety

    At some point in the video it said world's largest man I think he meant world's tallest Man.

  • @aditsharma5
    @aditsharma5 Před 4 lety +4

    Whoa ... Imagine this guy travelling in an economy class

  • @Hungrysharkvr
    @Hungrysharkvr Před 3 lety

    This was so sad...

  • @bobbydonohue8698
    @bobbydonohue8698 Před 3 lety +2

    If he was a Wrestler the WWE would probably bill him at like 9’6”

    • @parkerbohnn
      @parkerbohnn Před 2 lety

      It would have been the WWF if he had lived long enough. It's not uncommon for wrestlers to wrestle professionally into their sixties. I've gone to enough wrestling matches to see Andre The Giant at the old Maple Leaf Gardens. Just a bit of hair dye and don't tell anybody his age.

  • @racheldoesyoutube1419
    @racheldoesyoutube1419 Před 3 lety

    I mean he probably got like 6 meals a day while I only eat 2 cause I’m so worried about my weight

  • @kikiram4841
    @kikiram4841 Před 3 lety +1

    The record is 3m50

  • @myexperience302
    @myexperience302 Před 4 lety +6

    That boy ate his Wheaties.

    • @cowdeemo
      @cowdeemo Před 3 lety

      @Some annoying person Why'd you have to say that? You already knew it was a joke. There's no point in saying why he's actually tall because no one really asked.

  • @havesassad
    @havesassad Před 2 lety

    If one day someone in the world will tall than robert wadlow nobody's will talk about robert wadlow anymore

  • @lewisskinner7027
    @lewisskinner7027 Před 4 lety +1

    2.2k int bad 4 a 30k mile shogun , plus 900 quid int bad 4 a 52k mile diesel vectra.

  • @Brightfur10
    @Brightfur10 Před 5 lety +2

    He was so handsome. I hope that there are better solutions now for people with similar height.

    • @Monkey-on8lj
      @Monkey-on8lj Před 5 lety

      decap bro they couldn’t remove the tumor because they didn’t have technology I think

  • @Kdfrm
    @Kdfrm Před 3 lety

    I live right by his Statue and his old house

  • @raymondfunnel6856
    @raymondfunnel6856 Před rokem

    R I P Robert Wadlow

  • @doublegcuber7754
    @doublegcuber7754 Před 3 lety

    RIP big guy

  • @krizckaannedeguzmandiestro1055

    I NOW ABOUT WALDLOW

  • @marisatrangoni5691
    @marisatrangoni5691 Před 4 lety

    The best human! Qpd Roberto :(

  • @vidyarajan3516
    @vidyarajan3516 Před 3 lety

    He was 8'11

  • @eunaekim9216
    @eunaekim9216 Před 2 lety

    When you have to stand out because it's physically impossible for you to blend in...

  • @donaldjohnson1528
    @donaldjohnson1528 Před 3 lety

    Dude wore a size 37AA !

  • @carlosmatos9848
    @carlosmatos9848 Před 5 lety +3

    Where's Wadlow?

  • @KristinaSMT
    @KristinaSMT Před 5 lety +1

    How did he die? Did he just pass away?

  • @evesinga8445
    @evesinga8445 Před 3 lety

    HE IS 8’11

  • @khurshidakhan5552
    @khurshidakhan5552 Před 5 lety

    Wow how tall is he isn't it

  • @meekahangel
    @meekahangel Před 3 lety

    Just looked up the tallest man after finding out the estimated height for Goliath was 9’9. I know he was the bad dude In that story but I can’t help feeling sorry for him after watching this.

    • @redfaux74
      @redfaux74 Před 3 lety

      Goliath could've been taller possibly. The old Jewish cubit was not static. It was based off the length of the typical forearm from elbow to wrist. But not all agree on that. If the Jewish people are shorter today, like most peoples, then Goliath could easily be from 10.5 to 12 feet tall, maybe 14 feet.... The Bible seems to lean that he was tall even for a giant of those days.

  • @munibalhaj5741
    @munibalhaj5741 Před 5 lety

    Wow huge tall Ness
    176 m or 8.12 feet

    • @steelo_1239
      @steelo_1239 Před 5 lety

      Munib Alhaj • 8 12 is 9 feet

    • @jackm4178
      @jackm4178 Před 5 lety +1

      2.72 m if you're using metric. 1.76 m is about 5'9.

  • @silverblack8312
    @silverblack8312 Před 2 lety

    Imagine the size of his hammer

  • @user-ro5vy1wi3k
    @user-ro5vy1wi3k Před 4 lety

    that would be happy with the following URL Adobe the following information about your order is as good

  • @blacksamurai771
    @blacksamurai771 Před 3 lety

    You say worlds tallest man like he’s still alive, he died over 80 years ago

  • @diosipherlindemaier1347

    Brasil ?

  • @OrbvsTomarvm
    @OrbvsTomarvm Před 4 lety

    why does he toppded himsefl D':

  • @littlemiller6
    @littlemiller6 Před 3 lety

    I feel bad for the man.

  • @davidleodanis9387
    @davidleodanis9387 Před 3 lety

    2021 you're that taller u become rich

  • @user-bo3gv2rk9m
    @user-bo3gv2rk9m Před 3 lety

    👍👍👍

  • @mikeytike
    @mikeytike Před 5 lety +2

    I bet his sausage was upwards of 2 foot long, lucky fellah. Bless him.

    • @Jayzgrouse
      @Jayzgrouse Před 5 lety +1

      he died at 22, probably didn't see much action

    • @MickyP49
      @MickyP49 Před 4 lety

      @@Jayzgrouse scared the girls away

  • @jhibbitt2896
    @jhibbitt2896 Před 3 lety

    could've been good for a jack and the beanstalk pantomime

  • @jm-nv5bl
    @jm-nv5bl Před 4 lety

    So sad he died his gift was his curse

  • @MATIAS-kl4dl
    @MATIAS-kl4dl Před 3 lety

    Aca esta el comentario en español que buscas :)

  • @normhiscock352
    @normhiscock352 Před 5 lety +7

    Legend is when he skinny dipped the loch Ness monster was also spotted

  • @clyde4007
    @clyde4007 Před 3 lety

    He looks like Slenderman

  • @luisvalencia4038
    @luisvalencia4038 Před rokem +1

    Los masones de youtube no dejan comentar sobre esta gran civilización de gigantes humanos.

  • @apoorv648
    @apoorv648 Před 2 lety

    Benedict Cumberbatch would be best for his biopic.

  • @Roy_100Malaeb
    @Roy_100Malaeb Před 4 lety

    8 ft 11.1 inches not 8 ft 10.3

    • @RainbowRoadCrashTest
      @RainbowRoadCrashTest Před 4 lety

      He was a few months before his death, 8ft 11.1in was his last measurement.

  • @ibrahimhossain2361
    @ibrahimhossain2361 Před 5 lety

    The men who made peramade r much more taller than Robert I'm pretty sure about this.

    • @jaden1835
      @jaden1835 Před 5 lety

      translation
      A perfect size to pick cherries .... He died still young

  • @Moethical
    @Moethical Před 6 lety +1

    this was uploaded on blanket jackson's birthday

    • @Kikwatz
      @Kikwatz Před 5 lety

      I want to kiss the sweet blanket.

  • @fbi7515
    @fbi7515 Před 3 lety

    Girls are like: meh, not tall enough

  • @greaterancestors
    @greaterancestors Před 2 lety

    Many people act like Robert Wadlow is a testament to modern height. He is not.
    The 1940's isn't modern, and he is not an example of healthy height. His family were not tall.
    What people overlook is that his height has absolutely "NOTHING" to do with his genetics.
    His height is due to a tumor, granted its better than a tumor in one of your testicles or ovaries but it still killed him.
    This is not even something he was born with or could have passed on, he just hit the lottery at a young age,
    and a particular sunbeam or lead paint chip caused one cell in his pituitary gland, to work improperly.
    There are 100's of people in the past that were taller than 9 foot and they were healthy.
    czcams.com/video/QYbyzZXXlHY/video.html

  • @senniewhite6301
    @senniewhite6301 Před 3 lety

    *Remarkable!*

  • @heyitzay5958
    @heyitzay5958 Před 4 lety

    Why'd he use a cane?

    • @heyitzay5958
      @heyitzay5958 Před 4 lety

      @Brady Verzella Love you too

    • @heyitzay5958
      @heyitzay5958 Před 4 lety

      @Brady Verzella im confused by your response?

    • @redfaux74
      @redfaux74 Před 3 lety

      Extreme arthritis I'm guessing. Growing that fast causes major problems to bones.

  • @AyanKhan-jw1ql
    @AyanKhan-jw1ql Před 3 lety

    Omg

  • @InfamousKurutta
    @InfamousKurutta Před 4 lety +1

    puny

  • @tavaresmccree5005
    @tavaresmccree5005 Před 4 lety +3

    Nephillim

  • @deezbuiscuitsaahh6262
    @deezbuiscuitsaahh6262 Před 5 lety +2

    I am 6"4 268 lbs and am a bodybuilder

  • @Brockmarshall.
    @Brockmarshall. Před 4 lety +2

    Lol I’m 5’11”

  • @valeriesaguilan4015
    @valeriesaguilan4015 Před 4 lety

    he was wat to young
    he was alwayas comfortable for who he was why did he die

    • @4Scoot5
      @4Scoot5 Před 3 lety

      Valerie Saguilan he died of a foot infection

  • @Jsjsjsjsjjsjsj123
    @Jsjsjsjsjjsjsj123 Před 5 lety +2

    Robert wadlow, the man no one wants to sit behind in a concert

  • @kerpunkpubgmobile8624
    @kerpunkpubgmobile8624 Před 4 lety

    He would’ve gotten taller -_-

  • @ctino
    @ctino Před 3 lety

    1 EA

  • @ernest6728
    @ernest6728 Před 4 lety +2

    @:48 how can he even seat in airplane lol

  • @chrisjimenez2192
    @chrisjimenez2192 Před 3 lety +1

    I wonder if he died a virgen
    Poor guy

    • @redfaux74
      @redfaux74 Před 3 lety

      Bizarre and perverse thought.

  • @RAYTHEONGAMING
    @RAYTHEONGAMING Před 3 lety

    I bet he was packin

  • @constantinosschinas4503
    @constantinosschinas4503 Před 5 lety +1

    second wadlow video, still no metric. *next*

    • @vcvortex6356
      @vcvortex6356 Před 5 lety +3

      Because he isn't from a country that uses the metric system. Your superiority complex about man made methods of measurement mean nothing. You are a miniscule being on a mere ball of dust floating in infinity. None of our perspectives mean anything at all. Get over yourself.

    • @gabejohnson4535
      @gabejohnson4535 Před 4 lety

      VCVortex ✋🤚

  • @giorgosxristodoulou4054

    I am 16 and I am 6'5

  • @lewisskinner7027
    @lewisskinner7027 Před 6 lety +1

    Robert wadlow is really Jehovah!.

    • @mikeytike
      @mikeytike Před 5 lety

      Big Smoke “that piece of halibut was good enough for jehovah” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣