57-year-old Moses Lanham can rotate his leg joints 180 degrees and still walk in this state.
Because of this unusual ability, Moses was nicknamed "Mr. Elastic" and on account of him two tricks with twisted legs, which entered the Guinness Book of Records.
A congenital anomaly in the legs - double cartilage and extra tissue in the knees, hips and ankles - helps Moses perform the "tricks".
With his legs twisted, the man looks more like a disguised alien than a human. It's especially creepy to watch him walk on video.
According to Lanchem, he is the only person in the world who can perform such leg eversion. At the same time, the man does not experience any physical problems, he is not in pain and does not feel discomfort.
Moreover, Lanham says that sometimes it is even more convenient for him to walk with his legs twisted.
When people first see a Michigan resident doing such numbers, many feel bad, it seems to them that a man's knees are about to break.
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Lanham's son, Trey, by the way inherited a genetic abnormality and has the same flexible joints in his legs. But he still cannot turn his legs 180 degrees like his father. It also hurts Treya when he makes a strong U-turn.
For the first time about his abnormally flexible legs, Moses Lanham learned at the age of 14, after falling from a height while climbing a tightrope in physical education class. He landed unsuccessfully on his feet, twisting one joint, and at first decided that he needed urgent medical attention.
But then it turned out that nothing hurts him and that he can independently return the joint to its place, and then turn the leg back in a "dislocated" position. This "superpower" made the teen very happy and he began to make his classmates laugh.
When Moses graduated from high school, he decided to become an acrobat and make money on his flexible legs.
Doctors call this anomaly joint hypermobility syndrome. It occurs quite often, but in most people it manifests itself only in the fact that people can strongly bend their fingers in the opposite direction. Also, the syndrome is often accompanied by crunching joints and painful sensations. In Russia, hypermobility is detected in 8-12% of the population.