Sword Swallower Dan Meyer swallows a 30 inch solid steel sword while submerged 20 feet underwater in a tank infested with sharks and stingrays on May 18, 2007 at Ripley's Aquarium in Myrtle Beach, SC USA.
DAN MEYER is a unique performance artist who specializes in the extremely dangerous and very narrow field of cutting edge innertainment - Sword Swallowing.
Described as a "Christian David Copperfield" who combines real feats with a powerful message instead of tricks and illusions, Dan eats fire and swallows solid steel swords, blades, and other objects from 15 to 30 inches long and up to 8 swords at once.
One of only a few dozen professional sword swallowers left in the entire world, a multiple Guinness World Record holder and featured Ripley?s Believe It or Not performer best known for swallowing swords UNDERWATER in a tank of sharks and stingrays, Dan is recognized as one of the premiere sword swallowers performing around the world today.
Dan has performed on national tour with Brooks and Dunn's Neon Circus, on international tour with the Celtic Christian band Ceili Rain, at Ripley?s Believe It or Not attractions, colleges, universities, corporate and church events, Upward awards programs, and in hundreds of radio, TV, magazine and newspaper interviews around the world.
As Director of the Sword Swallowers Association Int?l, avid historical researcher and collector of sword swallowing artifacts, and author of a year-long medical study published in the prestigious British Medical Journal that won him the 2007 Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine, Dan is recognized as one of the foremost authorities in the world on the ancient art of sword swallowing.
DAN MEYER is a unique performance artist who specializes in the extremely dangerous and very narrow field of cutting edge innertainment - Sword Swallowing.
Described as a "Christian David Copperfield" who combines real feats with a powerful message instead of tricks and illusions, Dan eats fire and swallows solid steel swords, blades, and other objects from 15 to 30 inches long and up to 8 swords at once.
One of only a few dozen professional sword swallowers left in the entire world, a multiple Guinness World Record holder and featured Ripley?s Believe It or Not performer best known for swallowing swords UNDERWATER in a tank of sharks and stingrays, Dan is recognized as one of the premiere sword swallowers performing around the world today.
Dan has performed on national tour with Brooks and Dunn's Neon Circus, on international tour with the Celtic Christian band Ceili Rain, at Ripley?s Believe It or Not attractions, colleges, universities, corporate and church events, Upward awards programs, and in hundreds of radio, TV, magazine and newspaper interviews around the world.
As Director of the Sword Swallowers Association Int?l, avid historical researcher and collector of sword swallowing artifacts, and author of a year-long medical study published in the prestigious British Medical Journal that won him the 2007 Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine, Dan is recognized as one of the foremost authorities in the world on the ancient art of sword swallowing.
DAN MEYER is a unique performance artist who specializes in the extremely dangerous and very narrow field of cutting edge innertainment - Sword Swallowing.
Described as a "Christian David Copperfield" who combines real feats with a powerful message instead of tricks and illusions, Dan eats fire and swallows solid steel swords, blades, and other objects from 15 to 30 inches long and up to 8 swords at once.
One of only a few dozen professional sword swallowers left in the entire world, a multiple Guinness World Record holder and featured Ripley?s Believe It or Not performer best known for swallowing swords UNDERWATER in a tank of sharks and stingrays, Dan is recognized as one of the premiere sword swallowers performing around the world today.
Dan has performed on national tour with Brooks and Dunn's Neon Circus, on international tour with the Celtic Christian band Ceili Rain, at Ripley?s Believe It or Not attractions, colleges, universities, corporate and church events, Upward awards programs, and in hundreds of radio, TV, magazine and newspaper interviews around the world.
As Director of the Sword Swallowers Association Int?l, avid historical researcher and collector of sword swallowing artifacts, and author of a year-long medical study published in the prestigious British Medical Journal that won him the 2007 Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine, Dan is recognized as one of the foremost authorities in the world on the ancient art of sword swallowing.