Ripleys Newsroom

ORLANDO  (Dec. 3, 2012) – Canadian sideshow performer, The Great Orbax, wanted to learn to tattoo, so he climbed aboard a wooden roller coaster and practiced – on his brother Sweet Pepper Klopek, while moving 50 mph! Hear from Orbax and Pepper on how this huge promotional stunt played out!  The renown and very green [...]

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 [...]

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.

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; [...]