An 11-year-old Utah boy covered his face with 43 live snails to break a world record of putting the most snails on face. Fin Keheler from Sandy allowed 43 of the slimy mollusks to be put on his face Saturday. He wants the Guinness World Records to verify his effort.Keleher had to keep 37 snails on his face for ten seconds. It took him two tries before he was successful and when he counted them, 43 of the slimy creatures had stayed on his face. The snails were gathered from neighbors' gardens and Keleher's family helped put them on his face.
The Guinness web site says the record set in 2007 for snails on the face for 10 seconds is eight. The boy says he has since learned the record was 36.
His family is sending witness statements, video and media coverage to Guinness this week.