Ripleys believe it or not
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He was an artist and a reporter, an explorer and a collector. The stories he gathered would later be "Believe it or not'cartoons. his name is Robert Ripley.
Wherever he went he searched for the odd and the unusual. His life was an unbelievable adventure. For over 40 years he expolred the wierd and the unusual; and witnessed the amazing.He was a world traveller who visitedplaces few people had ever even heard of.
The Ripley story began on Christmas day in 1893 when Robert Ripley was born.
at an early age he was a talented self taught artist who sold his first drawing when he was only 14 years old.
Ripleys was a natural athelete who dreamed of a career in baseball,but his dreams were shattered when he broke his arm while playing his first professional game...