This is the teenager with the biggest limbs: He couldn’t find shoes to buy and founded an NGO for those who have the same problems

Just 16 years old, Eric Kilburn Jr., a football player at his school in Michigan, has broken not one but two records and entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the teenager with the longest arms and legs! Eric is 1.80m tall and his feet are over 34cm long and he wears a 47 shoe size. His hands are 23cm, when the average for his age is 18.7cm. “People are usually surprised and at the same time comfortable starting conversations with me about the size of my feet and hands. It’s a way to meet many interesting people” says the young man, talking to Guinness about his record. Kilburn, as reported by the New York Post, hasn’t been able to buy new shoes in a store since he was in… fifth grade! He wore Crocs for two years even when it snowed. He first realized he was unique when the size of his feet began to […]
Source: News Beast

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