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He has made a career of making appearances and advertising products.<ref name="ABC"/> He claims that he makes ten to twenty thousand dollars |
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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".<ref name="BBC">{{cite web |last1=Varley |first1=Ciaran |title=Five reasons why you have to watch Nature’s Weirdest Events |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/935e0f3c-7be6-463b-88d3-95d80a3e3e41 |website=BBC |publisher=BBC |access-date=7 September 2022}}</ref> In 2020 he appeared on a television show that features extreme talents: the [[Go-Big Show]] on [[TBS (American TV channel)|TBS]].<ref name="MJS"/> |
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".<ref name="BBC">{{cite web |last1=Varley |first1=Ciaran |title=Five reasons why you have to watch Nature’s Weirdest Events |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/935e0f3c-7be6-463b-88d3-95d80a3e3e41 |website=BBC |publisher=BBC |access-date=7 September 2022}}</ref> In 2020 he appeared on a television show that features extreme talents: the [[Go-Big Show]] on [[TBS (American TV channel)|TBS]].<ref name="MJS"/> |
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Revision as of 16:08, 8 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]
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".[4] In 2020 he appeared on a television show that features extreme talents: the Go-Big Show on TBS.[5]
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.
- ^ 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.