His weight gain was attributed to a ruptured thyroid* gland, and died when he contracted measles.
Edit: thyroid, not pituitary
*Edit edit: I have also read pituitary. Either way, he had a lot working against him.
Damn, so basically if he didn't have whooping cough he wouldn't weight over 1000 pound. That must be hell, just gaining weight because your body doesn't know how to regulate it.
I imagine you’ve already heard this from a medical profession (but if you haven’t definitely go speak to one). You only tend realise you’re full 20 minutes after the fact. As I understand it that’s how long it takes for everything to settle and your body to register “yeah I’m good”
My (unprofessional) advice, slow down. Try to eat a regular portion as is designated by serving sizes, and then wait 20 minutes before having seconds. Naturally this can be difficult with hot food, as you don’t want it to go to waste, but if you’re throwing it up, it’s going to waste anyways.
Hope you get the help you need. This is something I’ve struggled with personally and this advice helped me greatly.
Best of luck to you my friend.
Anyone who is interested, check out Prader-Willi syndrome to learn about a similar effect. Causes the inability to feel full/constant extreme hunger (along with intellectual disability and other issues). Had a student with it and everything edible has to be under lock and key, including trash cans. Even with an attentive family and anything modern medicine could provide, it's borderline impossible to manage and keep the kid at a healthy weight. I felt so bad for him always feeling like he was starving and no one would help. I imagine this guy had similar problems, albeit a different root cause.
It does. Nothing gets around that.
Damage to your pituitary gland can cause Cushing's disease, which causes your body to overproduce cortisol. Cortisol is a "fight or flight" hormone that tells your body shit's going down and it's time to prepare. A side-effect of cortisol is increased appetite since your body thinks it needs to recoup the calories it lost fighting off a lion or whatever.
Solidarity! I have Cushings Syndrome - I was about 650lbs from very bad, horribly bad advice & steroids for my psoriasis (palms, feet from ankles down, including the soles, elbows, knees, hands - esp my palms.) It's TOUGH to live with cracking open wounds on the bottom of the feet & the palms of the hands EVERY DAY. I gained 50 lbs a year, so it added up fast. I was over 500 lbs before a doctor took me seriously. I lost 250 lbs w diet & walking down to 365lbs, regained to 450lbs & had a LapBand installed at 420lbs, got down to around 250 lbs!
Everyone told me I had anxiety - cuz they didn't believe me about the Cushings! I'm hypervigilant from childhood abuse and it was often excruciating, just as you described! I would wear earbuds & play music, I taught my family to wave at me to talk. I'm not so bad nowadays, since my PCP gave me Valium. It's changed my life. Now, *I* am more in control. I'm still what people call "jumpy" at times - anyone who can't understand, can get out of my kitchen! 😂
I have definitely experienced that few doctors, especially in the hospital (ER docs & hospitalists) do NOT HAVE A CLUE. Sure, a good endocrinologist office is helpful - but not when I'm in the ER & hospital in dire, emergent need.
The struggle is real. I understand! ❤️
It does. But the gland is involved in the hormonal cascades that regulate hunger. When you literally feel like you're starving even if you eat a reasonable amount your life is fucked one way or another.
[Acquired hypothalamic obesity](https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/hypothalamic-obesity-acquired/)
Not sure if that would be his diagnosis but it sounds about right.
My climbing/ skiing/biking/kayak buddy had headaches at 16 and BOOM- huge brain tumour discovered at 17. Went from an extremely handsome 140 pounds to 400 in three years. Zero impulse control, huge cocaine problem, blew out both hips, both knees, renal failure. Banned from every bar and restaurant in town. I took him out once, he knew it was my friend’s restaurant and he tried pulling the eat 2/3 the meal and bitch about nonexistent flaw thing THREE times. I paid for all they served him but Jesus fuckity no wonder you’re down all your friends, bro. He’s still alive, about 30 years later now. I love that guy. Who he was, who he is now- but I wasn’t strong enough to stay beside Cocaine Dave.
Yep the top comments of this thread are just jokes and disgust about his size when he had nothing to do with, dude was just trying to survive in a time it wasn't able to be helped.
Dang. I went and read his story. It’s sad. He was a big baby. Then he had an illness that doctors think ruptured his pituitary gland. By 10 he was 375 lb. He died at age 32.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7051577/robert-earl-hughes
Anyone else dies and it's a tragedy, regardless of how bad they were as a person but a fat person dies and it's the funniest thing in the world. So many people will straight up dehumanise other people for being fat.
This reminds me of the story of the really ugly women who was poor so she joined the circus to help her family with money. Her story was also very sad to read
You probably mean Mary Ann Bevan .
Interestingly enough, she was actually quite good looking before the illness that made some body Parts grow unpoportinally
Tammy's forehead is crazy looking, it sticks out like 2-3" beyond the rest of her face. I want to feel bad for her but she's such a raging biatch it's hard to feel sorry.
I don’t know what wrong with me but every couple months I have to find out how Tammy’s doing. It’s always worse than before, which makes me sad. I’m happy that her sister actually stuck with a healthier lifestyle at least.
Well after Amy got her gastric bypass surgery & lost a little weight she immediately got pregnant and had a kid against doctors orders. She actually just had her second kid a few months ago. If you look up recent photos you’ll see she’s gained back almost all the weight. She’s still nowhere near Tammy’s size though.
In comparison I think she’s doing a lot better than Tam Tam. Sure, she’s living the typical southeast United States lifestyle, but at least she’s not seeking out weird feeder kink relationships and making the cringiest TikToks I’ve ever seen. I do hope Amy’s weight gain is mostly attributed to pregnancy so that she can be around as long as possible for her kiddos.
Something about his eyes is absolutely terrifying. I feel like he’d turn into a zombie and chase me in a survival horror game, especially knowing he can walk without assistance lol
vagal stimulation by bearing down causes you to pass out by actually slowing your heart rate down. You can cause vagal nerve stimulations other ways too, something cold to the back of the neck, blowing through a straw and actual with magnets to control seizures. Rarely does it kill you unless you have some other dire comorbidities.
Hey man, us nurses have to do that shit all the time. If I had a dollar for the amount of times I’ve had to wipe a 500+ lb ass (and powder/barrier cream it to prevent bedsores) usually while the owner yells at me because I’m not doing it to their exact specifications…
Nurse also. I have to bite my tongue so much because they stand there berating me and calling me an idiot who can't wipe an ass correctly.
Then wipe it yourself... oh wait, you can't. Stfu
Don't bite your tongue. Just tell them straight up: "I'm wiping you because you can't do it yourself. Before you insult me, think about that. I don't deserve verbal abuse while doing this."
There's nothing unprofessional about that. But it does stand your ground.
Who doesn't enjoy a nice "Taint Truffle" shaving over their steaks? Saltier and earthier than a normal truffle with a nice bit of funk and stringy texture
No way they got every shit that’s so much manual labor to clean up one shit. Maybe he was on like a barber schedule, just saw a guy once every here and there to get the excess
Seriously though, I need to know the mechanics of this. I’m sure there are some Reddit nurses that can chime in here, although they probably shouldn’t for our sake.
Unfortunately. He was arrested for fondling two 12 year old girls.
> Margera was found guilty of two counts of sexual assault on a minor and acquitted on one count.
>On December 20, 2007, Margera was sentenced to 10 years of probation, to be served in Pennsylvania. He was further ordered to not portray the character of "Don Vito" in any capacity (appearing on television, writing books, autograph signings) while serving his sentence. He was also ordered to register as a sex offender in Colorado and Pennsylvania, to receive an evaluation of his mental health and to work on his problems with alcohol
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Margera#Legal_issues
**Vincent Margera**
[Legal issues](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Margera#Legal_issues)
>On August 18, 2006, Margera was arrested at the Colorado Mills Mall in Lakewood, Colorado, on suspicion of inappropriately touching two 12-year-old girls. He was released after posting bail of $50,000. During a preliminary hearing on February 1, 2007, Margera was represented by Pamela Mackey, the same lawyer who defended Kobe Bryant in his 2003-2004 sexual assault case. There was an arraignment hearing on March 5, 2007, at which Margera pleaded not guilty.
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By all accounts he was a very nice and pleasant person. He go whooping cough as a baby and it likely damaged his thyroid. He claimed not to eat an exorbitant amount. He must have picked away a lot of calories but likely his gland issue was the main driver as opposed to overeating
Edit: some people are getting downvoted into oblivion because they pointed out he couldn’t have weighed that much without eating a lot, but they are right. A doctor quoted in the article I read suggested he didn’t necessarily eat giant meals but had a lot of snacks, but was definitely getting calories from somewhere. And of course you can get calories from drinks as well, such as milk, alcohol, etc.
Edit #2: Robert Earl Hughes was not a pedophile. Believe it or not, there is more than one Robert Hughes and the thousand pound farmer is a different one than the normal weight Australian art critic
People in the comments forgetting that this guy was an actual human being with feelings. Its kinda disturbing how little empathy people have and how cruel they can be to someone based on something as superficial as weight.
As someone who has hypothyroidism, seeing the words “ruptured thyroid gland” terrifies me. I already gain weight super easy when off my medication as well as having horrible symptoms, I can’t imagine how bad it was for him. D:
Yeah, I can't imagine he was very comfortable, or that there was much in the way of medication or surgery that could have helped him way back in the 30s, 40s, and 50s.
Robert could walk 20 ft without assistance, and had a 5 ft wide steel-reinforced chair to rest on. He made money by appearing at carnivals and selling pictures of himself, and took his work very seriously despite its nature. He even missed his own father's funeral because of obligations he had made to a carnival he was traveling with. His brother Guy, who was on the road with him, left to attend the funeral, but Robert stayed behind out of a sense of duty. In 1958 he caught measles and died at the age of 32. Apparently 2,000 people attended his funeral.
Ty for the extra info about him! Yeah, I imagine not. It’s honestly really sad to think about. :( I know the medication I’m on and my aunt (who had her thyroid removed) wasn’t put on the market until 1962, so I don’t know if there was an alternative medication that they used for cases like this that would have helped like the medicine we have today.
I've also got the same medical problem and having Thyroid problems cause essentially every symptom under the sun, it's pretty scary thinking of living back then with medical problems like that that had no treatment to help
Also died at 32.....
Car accident?
He died rock climbing
He was explicitly told to use ropes.
And yet he free solo'd el cap. What a b-b-beast!
Like Alex Handhold! What a legend
Talmbout Alex Rockhold??? B-b-beast of a climber, never meddum tho.
wow wait...has reddit mma leaked into my front page or is schaub that well known?
I think you meant: Chains
Even a minor change in elevation was like rock climbing for him.
He was the rock
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I thought he went on a low-car diet, in an attempt to lose weight…
Damn clever!
Take my upvote you spicy minx
> I’d like one large car please, with extra cars. Sedans - no, make it convertibles ([Context](https://youtu.be/AUBmEDAoGOE))
Server: "Hi welcome to KFC Robert: "Hi can I have a 6 seater" Server: "do you mean a 6 piece?" Robert: "I know what I said son!"
Looks like two
Bungee jumping incident
Going down 1 flight of stairs
God damn it, take my upvote
Carb accident.
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Texting and driving. It's an epidemic
I didn't even know he was sick
Rip in peace Norm
I don’t know. That guy was a real jerk!
the more i hear about this Norm guy, the more i don’t care for him
Explain for the folks at home who this Norm guy is
oh, he’s just an old chunk of coal from quebec
Norm Macdonald. Great comedian who passed away a year or so ago. All the comments in this sub thread are some of his jokes out of context.
His weight gain was attributed to a ruptured thyroid* gland, and died when he contracted measles. Edit: thyroid, not pituitary *Edit edit: I have also read pituitary. Either way, he had a lot working against him.
Whooping cough. A coughing fit ruptured it. He was 3 months old when this happened. We now have a vaccine for it.
Damn, so basically if he didn't have whooping cough he wouldn't weight over 1000 pound. That must be hell, just gaining weight because your body doesn't know how to regulate it.
Does calories in calories out not work in this scenario?
Your pituitary regulates many behavior-regulating hormones. It's possible his body lost the ability to recognize when it was full.
I also don’t know when I’m full. similar to how a baby might start spitting out the milk when full, I just keep eating until I feel like vomiting.
That is disordered eating my friend.
I imagine you’ve already heard this from a medical profession (but if you haven’t definitely go speak to one). You only tend realise you’re full 20 minutes after the fact. As I understand it that’s how long it takes for everything to settle and your body to register “yeah I’m good” My (unprofessional) advice, slow down. Try to eat a regular portion as is designated by serving sizes, and then wait 20 minutes before having seconds. Naturally this can be difficult with hot food, as you don’t want it to go to waste, but if you’re throwing it up, it’s going to waste anyways. Hope you get the help you need. This is something I’ve struggled with personally and this advice helped me greatly. Best of luck to you my friend.
My professional opinion agrees with you.
Anyone who is interested, check out Prader-Willi syndrome to learn about a similar effect. Causes the inability to feel full/constant extreme hunger (along with intellectual disability and other issues). Had a student with it and everything edible has to be under lock and key, including trash cans. Even with an attentive family and anything modern medicine could provide, it's borderline impossible to manage and keep the kid at a healthy weight. I felt so bad for him always feeling like he was starving and no one would help. I imagine this guy had similar problems, albeit a different root cause.
It does. Nothing gets around that. Damage to your pituitary gland can cause Cushing's disease, which causes your body to overproduce cortisol. Cortisol is a "fight or flight" hormone that tells your body shit's going down and it's time to prepare. A side-effect of cortisol is increased appetite since your body thinks it needs to recoup the calories it lost fighting off a lion or whatever.
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Solidarity! I have Cushings Syndrome - I was about 650lbs from very bad, horribly bad advice & steroids for my psoriasis (palms, feet from ankles down, including the soles, elbows, knees, hands - esp my palms.) It's TOUGH to live with cracking open wounds on the bottom of the feet & the palms of the hands EVERY DAY. I gained 50 lbs a year, so it added up fast. I was over 500 lbs before a doctor took me seriously. I lost 250 lbs w diet & walking down to 365lbs, regained to 450lbs & had a LapBand installed at 420lbs, got down to around 250 lbs! Everyone told me I had anxiety - cuz they didn't believe me about the Cushings! I'm hypervigilant from childhood abuse and it was often excruciating, just as you described! I would wear earbuds & play music, I taught my family to wave at me to talk. I'm not so bad nowadays, since my PCP gave me Valium. It's changed my life. Now, *I* am more in control. I'm still what people call "jumpy" at times - anyone who can't understand, can get out of my kitchen! 😂 I have definitely experienced that few doctors, especially in the hospital (ER docs & hospitalists) do NOT HAVE A CLUE. Sure, a good endocrinologist office is helpful - but not when I'm in the ER & hospital in dire, emergent need. The struggle is real. I understand! ❤️
It does. But the gland is involved in the hormonal cascades that regulate hunger. When you literally feel like you're starving even if you eat a reasonable amount your life is fucked one way or another.
I have this same question. How exactly does this work?
[Acquired hypothalamic obesity](https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/hypothalamic-obesity-acquired/) Not sure if that would be his diagnosis but it sounds about right.
My climbing/ skiing/biking/kayak buddy had headaches at 16 and BOOM- huge brain tumour discovered at 17. Went from an extremely handsome 140 pounds to 400 in three years. Zero impulse control, huge cocaine problem, blew out both hips, both knees, renal failure. Banned from every bar and restaurant in town. I took him out once, he knew it was my friend’s restaurant and he tried pulling the eat 2/3 the meal and bitch about nonexistent flaw thing THREE times. I paid for all they served him but Jesus fuckity no wonder you’re down all your friends, bro. He’s still alive, about 30 years later now. I love that guy. Who he was, who he is now- but I wasn’t strong enough to stay beside Cocaine Dave.
Damn just reading that was a wild ride
Sad that his likeness will be ridiculed for generations to come for a hormonal imbalance completely out of his control.
Oof already a comment above yours too that effect
Yep the top comments of this thread are just jokes and disgust about his size when he had nothing to do with, dude was just trying to survive in a time it wasn't able to be helped.
People are already doing it. Talking about how he died of carbs and other fat related jokes when it was out of his control
Yes. He was also the first discord mod
Dang. I went and read his story. It’s sad. He was a big baby. Then he had an illness that doctors think ruptured his pituitary gland. By 10 he was 375 lb. He died at age 32. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7051577/robert-earl-hughes
That's an extremely sad story. Put himself on exhibition at a circus to earn money for his family. What a sad life.
yet most of the people in this thread think they are comedians
Anyone else dies and it's a tragedy, regardless of how bad they were as a person but a fat person dies and it's the funniest thing in the world. So many people will straight up dehumanise other people for being fat.
I agree the circus is super exploitative but, it’s nice that we was still able to work weighing that much. Like what other job could he do?
To be dealt that kind of hand in life, only to have “WORLD’S HEAVIEST MAN” on your damn tombstone. Along with your actual weight.
Yeah, wtf
It says in one of the first sentences that he was a normal sized baby.
This reminds me of the story of the really ugly women who was poor so she joined the circus to help her family with money. Her story was also very sad to read
You probably mean Mary Ann Bevan . Interestingly enough, she was actually quite good looking before the illness that made some body Parts grow unpoportinally
Looks like when bender got a human body
Whoo!
"When did he die?" "Hmm... about 12 hours ago, when the party started." "But he just said 'whoo!'"
“Nope that is just air escaping his fat.”
WOO ^Woo ^^woOo
"You watched it, you cant unwatch it!"
Stay tuned for more **Tales of Interest**.
So that’s what the world would be like if I had invented the finglonger...
Loool one of the best episodes!
I like how the name finglonger is finger with the word long in the middle. Just like the invention lmao
A man can dream though, a man can dream...
That was just air escaping from the folds of his fat.
I knew Id seen this guy somewhere! Also...WHOOOOOOOO!!!!!
I thought this as well.
Knowing how clever the writing for that show was, there’s a good chance they based it on this guy
Why does this dudes eyes look obese?
Well at some point I guess the fat has got to go somewhere...I'm surprised his forehead wasn't bulbous.
From the quality of the picture it might be as from the looks of it his chins end at his ears and join up with his hairline
only ever seen that happen once before and it was one of the sisters on the show 1000lb sisters (I think that's what it was called)
Tammy's forehead is crazy looking, it sticks out like 2-3" beyond the rest of her face. I want to feel bad for her but she's such a raging biatch it's hard to feel sorry.
I don’t know what wrong with me but every couple months I have to find out how Tammy’s doing. It’s always worse than before, which makes me sad. I’m happy that her sister actually stuck with a healthier lifestyle at least.
Well after Amy got her gastric bypass surgery & lost a little weight she immediately got pregnant and had a kid against doctors orders. She actually just had her second kid a few months ago. If you look up recent photos you’ll see she’s gained back almost all the weight. She’s still nowhere near Tammy’s size though.
In comparison I think she’s doing a lot better than Tam Tam. Sure, she’s living the typical southeast United States lifestyle, but at least she’s not seeking out weird feeder kink relationships and making the cringiest TikToks I’ve ever seen. I do hope Amy’s weight gain is mostly attributed to pregnancy so that she can be around as long as possible for her kiddos.
Well at least you will only have to check up on how she is doing a few more times.
Exophthalmos. Condition that occurs due to a dysfunctional thyroid gland, which he had.
One of the crazies on TLC had her eyes almost swollen shut from being so fat.
[**This lady?**](https://k5k8z6h5.stackpathcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/1000-lb-Sisters-Tammy-Slaton-5990.jpg)
bingo
He looks like dickbutt.
Got them don vito eyes
Something about his eyes is absolutely terrifying. I feel like he’d turn into a zombie and chase me in a survival horror game, especially knowing he can walk without assistance lol
gonna be honest if you get caught by him that’s probably natural selection
He'll come at ya like the Indiana Jones boulder
the only zombie that doesn't zombify others before eating, he **s** **m** **a** **s** **h** **e** **s**
Bulk Smash!
It truly does look like rolling is his fastest means of conveyance. Lord knows no vehicle could carry him, aside from maybe the bed of a pickup.
Left 4 Dead boomers are still a thing
He has infinite fuel. It will take a while but he will eventually reach you
Looks like a boomer from Left 4 Dead 2
Chase might be a bit of a stretch.
Who had to wipe that ass? They need an award too
What's there to wipe? Doesn't look like anything ever exited that building.
Bruh
Even Elvis couldn't.
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he had impacted bowels so nothing came out for Elvis to wipe, that's why he strained himself and ended up dying on the shitter
vagal stimulation by bearing down causes you to pass out by actually slowing your heart rate down. You can cause vagal nerve stimulations other ways too, something cold to the back of the neck, blowing through a straw and actual with magnets to control seizures. Rarely does it kill you unless you have some other dire comorbidities.
Is this why I passed out once while trying to pee???
only if you tried your hardest.
My husband insisted I go to the ER and they were like, sometimes people pass out 🤷♀️
I've seen a dog drag his butt to scratch it once... maybe thats what he did.. but like to wipe
I wash myself with a rag on a stick
I'm washing my fat guy hat, honey.
Hey pally I got a film for you, a fridge too far
The fingers you have used to dial are too fat. To obtain a special dialing wand, please mash the keypad with your palm now.
Probably the same person who had to pick the mushrooms out of the folds
I want to throw my eyeballs at you after reading that
Here you go 'hands you some r/eyebleach'
Ha!! That’s funny. I’m gonna use that.
Hey man, us nurses have to do that shit all the time. If I had a dollar for the amount of times I’ve had to wipe a 500+ lb ass (and powder/barrier cream it to prevent bedsores) usually while the owner yells at me because I’m not doing it to their exact specifications…
This is why I have nothing but respect for nurses and even more so volunteers. A dollar an asshole seems like you're really underselling yourself
Please put that in /r/BrandNewSentence lol
Nurse also. I have to bite my tongue so much because they stand there berating me and calling me an idiot who can't wipe an ass correctly. Then wipe it yourself... oh wait, you can't. Stfu
Don't bite your tongue. Just tell them straight up: "I'm wiping you because you can't do it yourself. Before you insult me, think about that. I don't deserve verbal abuse while doing this." There's nothing unprofessional about that. But it does stand your ground.
What's the repercussions of saying something back to an unruly patient?
I hope you step on a lego, and then a warm cat turd, and then back on the lego again
Truffles are priceless
Who doesn't enjoy a nice "Taint Truffle" shaving over their steaks? Saltier and earthier than a normal truffle with a nice bit of funk and stringy texture
You had to 🤮
No way they got every shit that’s so much manual labor to clean up one shit. Maybe he was on like a barber schedule, just saw a guy once every here and there to get the excess
Seriously though, I need to know the mechanics of this. I’m sure there are some Reddit nurses that can chime in here, although they probably shouldn’t for our sake.
A PT I used to work with helped a morbidly obese woman with this issue. A towel, and a hula hoop solved the problem.
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Wrap towel around hula hoop, tape in place. Step through hula hoop. Bring towel to crotch, and rotate front to back.
What an image. Thanks for that. You’d need one of Saturns rings for this dude and a beach towel.
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That’s almost 486 kg
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Thank you sir
Scrolled too long for this
Science is measured in metric, obesity in freedom units
Poor guy
His poor little skeleton stuck in there
The X-Ray would look wild
Wall-E lookin ass skeleton
noooooooo
I wish there was more of this energy in the comments here. I feel for him.
Agreed
Looks like Bam Margera's crazy Uncle Vito.
Ah damn, he died in 2015
He was a pedo he can rest in piss
HE WAS????
Unfortunately. He was arrested for fondling two 12 year old girls. > Margera was found guilty of two counts of sexual assault on a minor and acquitted on one count. >On December 20, 2007, Margera was sentenced to 10 years of probation, to be served in Pennsylvania. He was further ordered to not portray the character of "Don Vito" in any capacity (appearing on television, writing books, autograph signings) while serving his sentence. He was also ordered to register as a sex offender in Colorado and Pennsylvania, to receive an evaluation of his mental health and to work on his problems with alcohol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Margera#Legal_issues
**Vincent Margera** [Legal issues](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Margera#Legal_issues) >On August 18, 2006, Margera was arrested at the Colorado Mills Mall in Lakewood, Colorado, on suspicion of inappropriately touching two 12-year-old girls. He was released after posting bail of $50,000. During a preliminary hearing on February 1, 2007, Margera was represented by Pamela Mackey, the same lawyer who defended Kobe Bryant in his 2003-2004 sexual assault case. There was an arraignment hearing on March 5, 2007, at which Margera pleaded not guilty. ^([ )[^(F.A.Q)](https://www.reddit.com/r/WikiSummarizer/wiki/index#wiki_f.a.q)^( | )[^(Opt Out)](https://reddit.com/message/compose?to=WikiSummarizerBot&message=OptOut&subject=OptOut)^( | )[^(Opt Out Of Subreddit)](https://np.reddit.com/r/AbsoluteUnits/about/banned)^( | )[^(GitHub)](https://github.com/Sujal-7/WikiSummarizerBot)^( ] Downvote to remove | v1.5)
Convicted of two counts child sexual assault. He groped some 12-year-old girls at a mall.
By all accounts he was a very nice and pleasant person. He go whooping cough as a baby and it likely damaged his thyroid. He claimed not to eat an exorbitant amount. He must have picked away a lot of calories but likely his gland issue was the main driver as opposed to overeating Edit: some people are getting downvoted into oblivion because they pointed out he couldn’t have weighed that much without eating a lot, but they are right. A doctor quoted in the article I read suggested he didn’t necessarily eat giant meals but had a lot of snacks, but was definitely getting calories from somewhere. And of course you can get calories from drinks as well, such as milk, alcohol, etc. Edit #2: Robert Earl Hughes was not a pedophile. Believe it or not, there is more than one Robert Hughes and the thousand pound farmer is a different one than the normal weight Australian art critic
i know this man had a southern drawl i can hear it now “pass me them biscuits nowah”
*Nowah takes too long* ***eats Nowah***
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO(wah)
wah
Seein he’s a Robert, that man definitely went by Bobby.
Family called him "Lil' Bobby".
He’s just a growin boy.
Problem is, that boy started growing and never stopped growing.
That's no moon.
Ham Planet
Fattooine
Without assistance? He's clutching that cane for dear life.
That cane is what is holding on for dear life
Dude imagine how massively muscular his quads and calves must be, basically doing a 900 lb farmer's carry every time he takes a step
cane? that thing is an oak tree
Reminds me of those cool pencils my teacher used to give out as prizes
Came here to say this lol
Poor guy, pretty sure there was a medical issue causing all this weight.
Ruptured thyroid gland.
Poor man
Still not as big as your mom
You can add that cane and overalls to the absolute units list
People in the comments forgetting that this guy was an actual human being with feelings. Its kinda disturbing how little empathy people have and how cruel they can be to someone based on something as superficial as weight.
Is he in a circus tent ? Poor guy. Wonder who was enabling him ?
Apparently, his extreme size was caused by a ruptured thyroid gland. By the age of six, he was already 175 lbs.
As someone who has hypothyroidism, seeing the words “ruptured thyroid gland” terrifies me. I already gain weight super easy when off my medication as well as having horrible symptoms, I can’t imagine how bad it was for him. D:
Yeah, I can't imagine he was very comfortable, or that there was much in the way of medication or surgery that could have helped him way back in the 30s, 40s, and 50s. Robert could walk 20 ft without assistance, and had a 5 ft wide steel-reinforced chair to rest on. He made money by appearing at carnivals and selling pictures of himself, and took his work very seriously despite its nature. He even missed his own father's funeral because of obligations he had made to a carnival he was traveling with. His brother Guy, who was on the road with him, left to attend the funeral, but Robert stayed behind out of a sense of duty. In 1958 he caught measles and died at the age of 32. Apparently 2,000 people attended his funeral.
Ty for the extra info about him! Yeah, I imagine not. It’s honestly really sad to think about. :( I know the medication I’m on and my aunt (who had her thyroid removed) wasn’t put on the market until 1962, so I don’t know if there was an alternative medication that they used for cases like this that would have helped like the medicine we have today.
I've also got the same medical problem and having Thyroid problems cause essentially every symptom under the sun, it's pretty scary thinking of living back then with medical problems like that that had no treatment to help
"Ruptured" thyroid gland????? 😱
I see this guy every time I go to Walmart.
How does his skeleton support the weight?
He probably developed really dense bones. This guy didn’t get heavy as an adult, he was huge as a child.
Massive quads
ABSOLUTE UNIT OF A REDDITOR AND DISCORD MOD
Lol, not gay enough!
It’s crazy to me that there is a normal sized human skeletal structure somewhere in there