On May 29, at the White Squirrel Festival in Brevard, NC, 280 people dressed up as white squirrels and danced for over five minutes. The dancing white squirrels set a new world record for the largest number of dancers at a public setting dressed up in costume. Photos by Jonathan Welch.
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They can say “world record” and it not be certified as a “Guiness Book of World Records world record.” There’s a big difference. The Guiness people are pretty picky.
In that photo set I see ONE white squirrel, one woman with her face painted like a cat and bunch of people with pipe cleaners on their noses. I do not see 280 white squirrels. Don’t get me started on the question if over-fed, sun-starved Caucasians twitching to music achieves actual “dancing.”
I’ll eat a white squirrel right here and now if the Guiness people certified THAT.