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Atlantic City, N.J. – (May 5, 2010) – Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Odditorium in Atlantic City will host the return of the world-famous Ripley’s Fertility Statues for public viewing from June 4 to June 29.

BRANSON, Mo. – (April 30 2010) – Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Odditorium in Branson is now hosting the return of the world-famous Ripley’s Fertility Statues for public viewing now through May 30.

SAN ANTONIO – (April 1, 2010) – Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Odditorium in San Antonio will host the return of the world-famous Ripley’s Fertility Statues for public viewing through April 28.

NEWPORT, Ore.  (March 1, 2010) – Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Odditorium in Newport is hosting the return of the world-famous Ripley’s Fertility Statues for public viewing now through March 28.
 World-famous statues are linked to more than 2,000 pregnancies – so proceed with caution!
 More than 2,000 women have reported that they became pregnant shortly after touching the wooden [...]

Background
In 1993 Ripley Entertainment acquired two African fertility statues, little knowing that they would become the all-time most popular Ripley museum exhibit. Initially they stood like sentinels in the Orlando world headquarters, an interesting conversation piece for sure, but nothing more. Then, unexplainably there seemed to be a population explosion going on in the Ripley [...]

During the first year of the Fertility Statue Tour in 2008-2009, several women who wanted to touch the statues were unable to travel to a Ripley’s Believe It or Not! to personally touch them. Instead, they made copies of their hand prints on a copy machine and then rubbed the copy with their hands again, [...]

The statues are exhibited in the lobbies of the Believe It or Not! Museums and are always available for viewing and touching free of charge during business hours.  Please double check with a location prior to making plans to visit, as this schedule is subject to change at the last minute.  For specific information on [...]

 
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ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla.  (Dec. 30, 2009) – Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum in St. Augustine is hosting the return of the world-famous Ripley’s Fertility Statues – and they’re now available for public viewing.

 Please Don’t Touch – Unless You Want a Baby!

More than 2,000 women have reported that they became pregnant shortly after touching the [...]

BLACKPOOL, England (Oct. 2, 2009) -Ripley’s Believe It or Not!, the global authority on the weird, strange and bizarre has added an unusual twist to it’s collection of weird and wonderful exhibits in the form of two authentic African fertility statues – which more than 2,000 woman say helped them become pregnant.
The statues are on display in [...]