Erik Sprague (June 12, 1972 –) is a freak and sideshow performer, better known as The Lizardman due to his sharpened teeth, full-body tattoo of green scales and bifurcated tongue. June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... In current usage, the word freak is used to refer a person with an unusual personality. ... In America, a sideshow is an extra, secondary production associated with a circus, carnival, fair or other such attraction. ... A tattoo is a mark made by inserting pigment into the skin; in technical terms, tattooing is micro-pigment implantation. ... Tongue bifurcation, or tongue splitting, is a type of body modification in which the tongue is cut centrally from its tip part of the way towards its base, forking the end. ...

Erik Sprague makes his living as a freak, performing before audiences all over the world. He also makes numerous paid television and public appearances. He has mastered and regularly performs many classic sideshow acts such as the human blockhead, fire eating and breathing, gavage, sword swallowing, the bed of nails, the Human Dartboard and the insectivore. He also participates in many public and private flesh hook suspension groups and events, and is highly involved in the body modification community. He also writes articles on the body modification website BMEzine.com. In America, a sideshow is an extra, secondary production associated with a circus, carnival, fair or other such attraction. ... The term Human Blockhead referrs to a carnival or sideshow performer who hammers a nail or other implement (such as an awl or screwdriver) into their nasal cavity via their nostril. ... Categories: Stub | Circus skills | Sideshow attractions ... A man demonstrates his skill at fire breathing 65 fire breathers perform simultaneously at Burning Man 2005 A simple fire breathing torch Fire breathing is the act of creating a large flame by spraying, with ones breath, a flammable liquid upon an open flame. ... Gavage, from a French word meaning to gorge, refers to various practices of force-feeding. ... Sword swallowing is a dangerous performance art, in which the performer inserts a sword into his mouth and down his esophagus towards his stomach. ... Typically a quadrilateral, or, bed shaped piece of wood, with nails coming out of it. ... A popular contemporary sideshow act in which one person throws darts at another person. ... Any organism with a diet that consists chiefly of insects and similar small creatures is an insectivore. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Suspension (body modification). ... Body modification (or body alteration) is the permanent or semi-permanent deliberate altering of the human body for non-medical reasons, such as spiritual, various social (markings), BDSM edgeplay or aesthetic. ...

Sprague was a Ph.D. candidate at the University at Albany before beginning his transformation. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from Hartwick College in Oneonta, New York. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... University at Albany, SUNY, is a public university located in the capital of New York State. ... Bachelor of Arts (B.A., BA or A.B.), from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus is an undergraduate bachelors degree awarded for either a course or a program in the liberal arts or the sciences, or both. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Hartwick College is a nationally ranked, non-denominational, private, four-year liberal arts and sciences college located in Oneonta, New York, in the United States. ... The City of Oneonta is located within the Town of Oneonta in Otsego County, New York. ...

Sprague currently lives in Austin, Texas with his wife Meghan. Nickname: Live Music Capital of the World Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: Country United States State Texas County Travis County Mayor Will Wynn Area    - City 669. ...

Becoming the Lizardman

Sprague's appearance is the result of numerous incremental body modifications aggregated over the course of several years. More than 650 hours of tattooing, including facial and blackwork tattoos, have created the appearance of lizard-like scales over his entire body. He has stretched earlobes and numerous body piercings, including nipple piercings, an apadravya piercing, and a wide-gauge septum piercing. A tattoo is a mark made by inserting pigment into the skin; in technical terms, tattooing is micro-pigment implantation. ... Families Many, see text. ... In most biological nomenclature, a scale (Greek lepid, Latin squama) is a small rigid plate that grows out of an animals skin to provide protection. ... Bat ears come in different sizes and shapes The ear is the sense organ that detects sound. ... Nipple Piercing A nipple piercing is a piercing, centered usually at the base of the nipple. ... Like the ampallang, the apadravya is a piercing that passes through the glans penis. ... Nostril piercing is a body piercing practice often associated with India. ...

A series of Teflon subdermal implants cause his eyebrows to have a ridged appearance. A cosmetic dentist filed four of his teeth into points, and Dr. Lawrence Busino of Albany, New York, surgically bifurcated his tongue by using an argon laser. Teflon is polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), a polymer of fluorinated ethylene. ... A subdermal implant is form of body modification, a foreign object surgically implanted beneath the skin. ... The eyebrow is a bony ridge above the eye that protects the eye and bears a tuft of facial hair in most mammals. ... Types of teeth Molars are used for grinding up foods Carnassials are used for slicing food. ... Location in Albany County and the State of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York County Albany Founded 1614 Incorporated 1686 Mayor Gerald D. Jennings Area    - City 56. ... Tongue bifurcation, or tongue splitting, is a type of body modification in which the tongue is cut centrally from its tip part of the way towards its base, forking the end. ... From left to right: 1 mW Uniphase HeNe on alignment-rig, 2 Watt Lexel 88 Argon Ion laser, and power-supply. ...

Trivia

Sprague went on tour with Disturbed during their 2005 Jägermeister tour. Disturbed is a band from Chicago, Illinois. ... The title of this article contains the character ä. Where it is unavailable or not desired, the name may be represented as Jaegermeister. Jägermeister is a strong (70-proof; 35%) liqueur flavored with herbs (similar to, although sweeter than, Danish stomach bitters such as Gammel Dansk, the Hungarian Unicum, or...

He is reported to be a world expert in cunnilinguistics, the deciphering of ancient Akkad's cuneiform texts. Oral sex consists of all the sexual activities that involve the use of the mouth, tongue, etc. ... Akkad (or Agade) was a city and its region of northern Mesopotamia, situated on the left bank of the Euphrates, between Sippar and Kish (located in present-day Iraq, ca. ... Look up Cuneiform in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

See also

• Stalking Cat
• Katzen
• Lucky Diamond Rich
• The Enigma
• Tom Leppard

Dennis Avner (born August 27, 1958) of Whidbey Island, Washington, United States, is widely known as the Catman though he prefers his Native American name, Stalking Cat. ... Katzen holding a bass guitar. ... Lucky Diamond Rich is the worlds most tattooed person (a title formerly held by Tom Leppard), and has tattoos covering his entire body, including the inside of his mouth and ears. ... The Enigma The Enigma is a sideshow performer and musician who has undergone extensive body modification, including horn implants and his famous full-body jigsaw-puzzle tattoo. ...

External links

• thelizardman.com, Erik Sprague's official website documenting the process of his many body modifications.