Ripley's Believe It or Not! (2000)
Episode 319
E19 Aug 21, 2002 60m TV-14
Handheld Bungee Jumper Believe it or not a woman will bungee jump from a tower with the end of her bungee cord held only in her partner's hands!
Chip Walker Update Marc Merger, a paraplegic, is able to walk by giving commands to a computer that controls chips and electrodes implanted in his body.
World's Fastest Wheelchair Unable to walk because of a childhood case of polio, 29 year old Roberto Trigueros built his own ultimate riding machine...a wheelchair that handles speeds of up to 60 mph.
Ron the Gnome Believe it or not, Ron Broomfield is so obsessed with gnomes he not only dresses as one but lives in a cottage packed with nearly one thousand!
Double Arm Re-attachment Believe it or not, John Thompson had both his arms torn off in a farming accident and after undergoing a pioneering surgery to reattach his arms he defied doctors' predictions and regained the use of his hands and arms.
Chip Walker Update Marc Merger, a paraplegic, is able to walk by giving commands to a computer that controls chips and electrodes implanted in his body.
World's Fastest Wheelchair Unable to walk because of a childhood case of polio, 29 year old Roberto Trigueros built his own ultimate riding machine...a wheelchair that handles speeds of up to 60 mph.
Ron the Gnome Believe it or not, Ron Broomfield is so obsessed with gnomes he not only dresses as one but lives in a cottage packed with nearly one thousand!
Double Arm Re-attachment Believe it or not, John Thompson had both his arms torn off in a farming accident and after undergoing a pioneering surgery to reattach his arms he defied doctors' predictions and regained the use of his hands and arms.
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