British Man With The World's Longest Nose Is Yet To Have His Record Broken

At the beginning of the 18th century, Thomas Wedders became famous for the world's longest nose.

And decades later, his impressive record is yet to be broken.

Well, thinking of a huge nose, we always have someone in mind, be it a person in our life, a celebrity, or even a cartoon, But believe me, when I say that nothing can come close to a nose as big as Wedders'.

Oh except, maybe well Pinocchio.

Sadly, at the time when Wedders' existed, there were no cameras to capture his glory, but it is said that the nose was so big, that it was showcased throughout Yorkshire for everyone to see.

An excerpt from The Strand Magazine, Vol. XI, which was released in 1896, said it best: 

"Thus, if noses were ever uniformly exact in representing the importance of the individual, this worthy ought to have amassed all the money in Threadneedle Street and conquered all Europe, for this prodigious nose of his was a compound of the acquisitive with the martial."

"But either his chin was too weak or his brow too low, or Nature had so exhausted herself in the task of giving this prodigy a nose as to altogether forget to endow him with brains; or perhaps, the nose crowded out this latter commodity.

"At all events, we are told this Yorkshireman expired, nose and all, as he had lived, in a condition of mind best described as the most abject idiocy."

So the question is, how big was Wedders' nose?

A whopping 7.5 inches, or 19 centimetres, to be precise.

That's longer than the iPhone 14 is tall, if you were wondering.

The phenomenal nose has been memorialized in a Ripley's Believe It Or Not cartoon, as well as in a wax figure which depicted just how lengthy his schnoz really was.

Wedders has also earned a posthumous Guinness World Record for 'longest nose'.

Wedders' personal life is not very public but it is believed he acted as a performer in various circus sideshows before he passed away in his early 50s.

He lived long before the age of the internet, but caught the attention of Reddit users after an image of his wax figure was shared online.

Responding to the post, one shocked Redditor wrote:

"They say your brain automatically ignores looking at your own nose but yeah I don't know about that guy."

Another questioned:

"What is actually happening here? Tumor? Growth? Random genetic mishap? Do the nostrils extend all the way to the tip?? I have so many questions…"

Sadly, nothing can be much said at this point, but one can imagine that one day his record might be broken.