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NORFOLK, VA. — To all those people who blurt out “Wow, you’re tall!” as they stare up at George Bell: He knows. And now, the world will know, too.
The 7-foot-8 Norfolk sheriff’s deputy is being recognized today by Guinness World Records as the tallest man in the U.S., for Guinness World Records Day, when 200,000 people worldwide are expected to attempt to set records.
Bell is topped by Ukraine’s 8-foot-5 1/2 Leonid Stadnyk and China’s Bao Xi Shun, who is 7 feet, 8.95 inches.
Answers to the inevitable questions: Bell wears size-19 shoes, pants with a 43-inch inseam and shirts with 45-inch sleeves.
The Associated Press
