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21 August 2014

BIZARRE!!! See The World Worm Charming Championship In Pictures

Around this mystical world of ours, people find all sorts of ways to keep themselves entertained. Sometimes their activities are pretty normal, but these bizarre sport is really not a joke. It will surprise you that these numerous participants or players are basically picking up worms. The more worms you take the closer you get to the Trophy, looks wield and funny.

On Saturday 5th July 1980 local Willaston farmer's son, Tom Shufflebotham amazed a disbelieving world by charming a total of 511 worms out of the ground in half an hour. True, there had been rather dubious unsubstantiated reports of a similar activity in Florida, USA some 10 years previous, but this was the first time a true competition with strict rules had been held. The village of Willaston, near Nantwich, Cheshire has been the venue for the annual World Championships ever since.