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Atlantic City, NJ (June 27, 2011) – Erik Sprague, the green scaly entertainer who goes by the name of “The Lizardman” is coming to Atlantic City to perform outside the Ripley’s Believe It or Not! museum on June 29 and 30.  “The Lizardman” will entertain spectators outside the museum with free performances from noon to [...]

ST. AUGUSTINE, FL (June 1, 2011) – The World Famous Lizardman will be performing live during the grand opening of the new Ripley’s Visitor Center located at 340 State Road 16 in St. Augustine on Saturday June 18, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

ORLANDO, Fla. (Nov. 18, 2010) – In its first outing as a trade show exhibitor since 1999, Ripley Entertainment  won the “Image Award” for best booth at the Nov. 16-19 Attractions Expo of the International Assn. of Amusement Parks & Attractions (IAAPA).    

ORLANDO, Fla.  (Nov. 17, 2010) – Look out world, there are now two Lizardmans! Erik Sprague, the green scaly entertainer who goes by the name of The Lizardman, unveiled a stunningly realistic wax figure of himself today during the Attractions Expo of the International Assn. of Amusement Parks & Attractions.

ORLANDO, Fla. (Nov. 10, 2010) – Ripley Entertainment Inc., the largest chain of walk-through family attractions in the world, will be exhibiting for the first time in 11 years at the 2010 conference and expo of the International Assn. of Amusement Parks & Attractions (IAAPA), Nov. 16-19 in Orlando.

ORLANDO, Fla. (Sept. 21, 2010) – Half Man Johnny Eck beat out Lizardman Erik Sprague,  Khagendra Thapa Magar the 22 inch tall teen sensation, and Mel “The Blockhead” Burkhart to win the distinction of being the “All-Time Greatest Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Star.”

ORLANDO, Fla. – (Aug. 26, 2010) – The headline sounds as if it’s been ripped from the Weekly World News: “Caught on Video: Ripley’s Believe It or Not! creates wax figure of half-man, half-lizard!”

Featured on the show are: Erik Sprague, better known as The Lizardman, tells of the commitment he made to his art when he tattooed and modified himself to look like a lizard; James Kuhn painted a different portrait on his face and head each day for a year and claims he has no social life; [...]