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Keeton has a medical condition which allows his skin to act like a suction cup. He can hold non-porous items to his head and other parts of his body. Because of this condition he has been called the human suction cup.<ref name="ABC"/> He claims that when he was a child, he began to notice that his toys and other objects were sticking to his body. His parents suspected that he had sticky pine sap on his body from climbing trees.<ref name="Kenosha"/> He discovered that he could stick items to his body when he attended a baseball game. During the game he was rubbing a can on his head to cool down when a player hit a home run. he went up to get the ball and discovered that the can was stuck to his head. He sought a medical opinion and his doctor determined that his skin takes in more oxygen than average. This causes his oxygen level to be 23 percent higher than normal.<ref name="Guinness"/> |
Keeton has a medical condition which allows his skin to act like a suction cup. He can hold non-porous items to his head and other parts of his body. Because of this condition he has been called the human suction cup.<ref name="ABC"/> He claims that when he was a child, he began to notice that his toys and other objects were sticking to his body. His parents suspected that he had sticky pine sap on his body from climbing trees.<ref name="Kenosha"/> He discovered that he could stick items to his body when he attended a baseball game. During the game he was rubbing a can on his head to cool down when a player hit a home run. he went up to get the ball and discovered that the can was stuck to his head. He sought a medical opinion and his doctor determined that his skin takes in more oxygen than average. This causes his oxygen level to be 23 percent higher than normal.<ref name="Guinness"/> |
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After a series of doctor visits Keeton learned that his skin is sucking in oxygen. Anything non-porous will stick to his skin. Keeton claims to have an average body temperature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit. He also states that as a result of his skin condition his wounds heal faster than a normal person. His skin is also smoother than most other people. The 23% more extra oxygen that his skin takes in also has allowed him to be stronger than other people. There is no name of the skin condition and Keeton claims to be one of only four people in the world who have this type of skin. Keeton's blood type is A negative and he was born prematurely.<ref name="Weissman">{{cite news |last1=Weissman |first1=Elena |title=Meet Kenosha's Jamie 'Can Head' Keeton, the human suction cup |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2018/07/12/need-someone-hold-your-can-kenosha-man-can-stick-his-head/761686002/ |access-date=11 September 2022 |publisher=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |date=12 July 2018}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 15:45, 11 September 2022
Jamie "Canhead" Keeton was born c. 1969 and is also known as a "human suction cup". He now lives in Kenosha, Wisconsin and has made a career out of demonstrating his abilities. He has a unique skin condition which allows his skin to take in more oxygen than a normal person. He holds the Guinness World Record for the most cans stuck on his head using air suction.
Background
Keeton has a medical condition which allows his skin to act like a suction cup. He can hold non-porous items to his head and other parts of his body. Because of this condition he has been called the human suction cup.[1] He claims that when he was a child, he began to notice that his toys and other objects were sticking to his body. His parents suspected that he had sticky pine sap on his body from climbing trees.[2] He discovered that he could stick items to his body when he attended a baseball game. During the game he was rubbing a can on his head to cool down when a player hit a home run. he went up to get the ball and discovered that the can was stuck to his head. He sought a medical opinion and his doctor determined that his skin takes in more oxygen than average. This causes his oxygen level to be 23 percent higher than normal.[3]
After a series of doctor visits Keeton learned that his skin is sucking in oxygen. Anything non-porous will stick to his skin. Keeton claims to have an average body temperature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit. He also states that as a result of his skin condition his wounds heal faster than a normal person. His skin is also smoother than most other people. The 23% more extra oxygen that his skin takes in also has allowed him to be stronger than other people. There is no name of the skin condition and Keeton claims to be one of only four people in the world who have this type of skin. Keeton's blood type is A negative and he was born prematurely.[4]
Career
He has made a career of making appearances and advertising products.[1] He claims that he makes ten to twenty thousand dollars per weekend from paid appearances at events and from marketing products.[3]
He has appeared on television shows to demonstrate his talent. He was on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and The Late Late Show with James Corden. In 2016 he appeared on a British nature documentary series produced by the BBC called, Nature's Weirdest Events. In a teaser for the show they called Keeton "Human-octopus hybrid guy".[5] In 2020 he appeared on a television show that features extreme talents: the Go-Big Show on TBS.[6]
On 1 June 2022, he broke the Guinness World Record for the most cans (10) stuck on his head using air suction. It was a record that he had previously held. He had originally set the record in 2016 with 8 cans, but in 2019 Shunichi Kanno of Japan broke the record with 9 cans. In 2022 Keeton again became the record holder when he was able to stick ten cans.[3]
References
- ^ a b Tan, Avianne (20 January 2016). "Illinois Man's Mysterious Medical Condition Makes Him a Human Suction Cup". ABC News. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ Johnson, Mike (14 July 2022). "Kenoshan of the Week: Jamie "Canhead" Keeton". Kenosha. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ a b c ""I'm a real-life mutant": Jamie Keeton on his amazingly sticky skin". Guinness World Records. Guinness World Records Limited. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ Weissman, Elena (12 July 2018). "Meet Kenosha's Jamie 'Can Head' Keeton, the human suction cup". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- ^ Varley, Ciaran. "Five reasons why you have to watch Nature's Weirdest Events". BBC. BBC. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ Foran, Chris (31 December 2020). "Jamie 'Can Head' Keeton, Kenosha's human suction cup, is hoping to stick on TBS talent competition 'Go-Big Show'". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 7 September 2022.