fastest throwing of Chicken’s feet at circus clowns

The record for fastest throwing of Chicken’s feet at circus clowns was set by Canadian Pierre Kalynuk in March 1975. He threw 50 chicken’s feet in 1 min 12 seconds when the touring Crispin Circus visited his hometown of Buddirok. He said, “I’ve always hated clowns, but loved chickens. I feel that in setting this record I’ve expressed myself in a way I couldn’t have done otherwise.”

In this photograph, Kalynuk can be seen, entering the Crispin Circus from the North entrance, silhouetted in the door with a hat on. He purchased the chicken's feet from Todd Plinth, a food vendor outside. Plinth told the Buddirok Chronicle later, "Of course I was suspicious. I mean, some fella buying 9 packets of chicken feet ain't normal. Still, I thought, just how much damage can he do? Turns out that boy was fixing to do something wonderful with those feet."  Photograph by Bob n Renee.

 ©2013 James Mathurin