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Three-Eyed Man

Bill Derks understandably had a difficult childhood. He was born in Jesper, Alabama, on April 13, 1913, with what is now known as frontonasal dysplasia. Even in the embryonic state, the 2 halves of Bill's face did not fully come together and did not form a single whole, as a result he was born with a deeply cut lip, an open palate and a flattened nose. According to some reports, Bill also had problems with his eyes - they were covered with “hoods” of skin, and only surgical intervention allowed Bill to see the world.

Because of his appearance, Bill was denied an education. The schoolchildren simply would not accept him, and his family was too poor to afford a private teacher. Moreover, it is natural that the family itself was ashamed of their son and in any case did not want him to attend school. As a result, Bill grew up complex, awkward and shy, had no communication skills, in a word - an introvert. His split lip complicated the situation even more - it prevented him from speaking, and, accordingly, few people understood him...

Once, as a teenager, Bill visited a fair - as a spectator - but the showman in charge of all the action immediately invited him to tour with them, and Bill traded his dull, worthless life for chance and luck and soon became the "Three-Eyed Man."

In his show, Bill drew a third eye between his noses with special paint; fortunately, throughout his career, the deception was never noticeable, because few people managed to look him straight in the face. Ironically, Bill, billed on the posters as "The Man with 3 Eyes", was actually one-eyed, as he was blind in his right eye.

Bill was a fairly successful Phenomenon and worked on numerous shows including Kelly-Sutton, James E. Straits, Hall-Christ, Goodings Million Dollar Midway and the Hubert Museum, earning a good living. He was also used and exploited without pity - due to his soft nature and illiteracy, due to which he could not read the contracts he signed.
After some time, many of his friends participating in the show with him fell in love with him and began to monitor his profits and not give offense. Most notable was his friendship with Melvin "Anatomical Marvel" Burkhart. He took Bill under his wing and taught him how to communicate with the public, boosted his self-confidence and even taught him how to read! And Bill loved the show and the audience. He cherished the idea that he had once been afraid of people, but now they had to pay for the right to see him. Bill quickly became a star and spent the rest of his career on the Slim Kelly and Whitney Sutton shows. He always expressed gratitude to his friends, colleagues and, of course, his patron Burkhart.

One day, Burkhart introduced Bill to Mildred, a woman with alligator skin. Mildred was born in 1901 and was a little older than Bill, but this did not stop their friendship from growing into love and, despite their repulsive appearance, they got married. They spent several happy years together as the World's Strangest Married Couple, and in June 1968 Mildred died. Bill's heart was completely broken, he resigned, settled in Gibston, Florida, where in May 1975 he quietly and peacefully joined his beloved wife.

Bill Derks was a man who began his life hidden from the world by parents who were ashamed of him. He started participating in the show and found the love and friendship that he had been missing his entire life. It was the love and friendship he deserved as a Human Phenomenon, a testament to the perseverance of man.

The four-eyed boy has a twin brother

Even in the womb, the twins grew together not only in their bodies, but also in their souls. Two brothers live in the same body for thirteen years, speaking in different voices. Doctors examining a boy born with four eyes and...

Shrouded in rumors that his dad is an alien, they got to the bottom of the amazing, but still earthly origin of the “four eyes”.

Pavlik Korchagin turned out to have doubled not only his eyes, but also other organs. Nature was preparing for the birth of twins, but in the end it “packed” everything into one plump baby.

Ultrasound examination shocked doctors: the boy has two “sets” of veins inside

Twins

Pavlik’s mother has long felt that an unborn twin brother “lives” inside her son

...At two months old, Kemerovo ophthalmological surgeons, very worried and worried that the baby would not survive the operation, removed Pasha’s third and fourth eyes with long red eyelashes (they were located between the eyebrows and a pair of ordinary eyes). The extra eyes left scars.

13 years ago Pasha was born with 4 eyes. Then the extra eyes were removed

Brother

Nadezhda Korchagina prays for the health of her son

Pavlik has white hair on one half of his head and red hair on the other.

Unique Zita and Gita

Ernst Muldashev will help Pasha

The famous Russian ophthalmologist Ernst Muldashev recently invited Pavlusha for a consultation to decide on the operation and help Pasha regain his sight. Now running to doctors, taking tests and undergoing an in-depth medical examination for a trip to Muldashev, the “four-eyed” man again caused shock among the doctors.

Having complained about his right leg, which suddenly began to swell and hurt, the “four-eyed one”, having received a referral for an ultrasound of his legs, stomped to the diagnostic center. And three hours later, half the hospital came running there: an ultrasound showed that the “four-eyed” one had doubling veins in his legs, that is, he had an additional, second set of veins!

The doctors couldn’t believe their eyes, they said that this couldn’t happen,” says Pavlik’s mother. “Then I told them Pasha’s story, about the removal of an extra pair of eyes, showed him two-colored hair, two-colored eyebrows, and the doctors suggested that all this, including double veins, came from his twin brother, who for some reason was never born.

When Pasha grows up, it will be possible to conduct an even more in-depth examination, and, as doctors say, he may well have two brains, two hearts...

It's incredible, but a brother lives in him. My child is twins. I've always felt this way.

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Three Eyes (Bill Dax)

The Englishman, a famous swindler, misled people by saying that he could see the future with his third eye. At the age of 21, he escaped from police persecution to America, where he did the same thing. He committed suicide at the age of 33 by shooting himself in the third eye.

Two-Faced Janus (Edward Mordacke)

XIX century, German musician. On the back of his head he had the semblance of a second face. He carefully hid it until he was 20 years old, did not achieve success in music and decided to use his physical disability. After this, his career took off. Many wanted to see a musician with two faces. And it didn’t matter how he played anymore. He lived to be 55 years old.

Grace McDaniels Mule Woman

Born in 1888, Grace probably suffered from Sturge-Weber Syndrome. It represents a genetic predisposition to birthmarks - in Grace's case, her huge birthmark began to thicken and distort her face. The process was degenerative in nature, and Grace's condition worsened every year. Shortly before her death, the crease in her face hung more than 4 inches below her chin. Over time, Grace's speech became difficult due to the weight of her life. Grace's sad life story ended peacefully in 1958.

Hairy man

Russian empire, XIX century - Fyodor Makhnov - the whole body was covered with thick hair, except for the palms and feet. Worked at a postal yard in Siberia. In severe frosts he walked in only a shirt.

Colorado

France XIV century A type of Siamese twins - in this case, the second body grew from the chest of the first. Was a Musketeer for Louis XIII , but in fact it was a musketeer jester. There was no question of any military service. He wore a musketeer's cloak and amused the courtiers.

Pig Woman

The only anomaly, Iceland, XIX - XX century She was born a normal child. At the age of 14, the upper lip began to fuse with the bridge of the nose, and the pig's nose was formed by the age of 25. She was the daughter of a priest, very pious. She was married and gave birth to two children. She lived to be 94 years old.

Three-legged

All three legs were absolutely equally developed - Frank Lantini - born in Syracuse in 1899 - became a professional football player in Italy, playing in the team of the city of Lecce. At the age of 30 he left for America and worked in a circus. He was a tap dancer, tap dancing with all three legs.

Two-Headed Hunter

Turkey (a type of Siamese twin) - this man was captured by the troops of the German Emperor Leopold I . He was a very accurate archer. Each of his heads could speak separately, and during the interrogation they whispered. And for a long time there was confusion in the documents of that interrogation, because... it was unclear how many people they interrogated.

Bug-Eyes (Dragonfly Man)

Congenital anomaly.

Cyclops Man (one-eyed man)

The most famous African of the end XIX century. The only seeing eye. He had a good sense of humor. He was not prone to depression, unlike most people with anomalies. Worked as a waiter.

The orphan, who had never known his father's protection and care, received a gift from the president on February 23, Defender of the Fatherland Day.

Pasha believed in fairy tales most of all

A letter to Moscow, to the president, Pasha Korchagin, the only person in the country born with four and blind eyes, dictated to his mother a little over a year ago.

Then the despair was just going off scale. The wind whistled across the barracks floor so hard that even in felt boots my feet were freezing. And the stove, which burst in 40-degree frost and was greased with clay, was bursting at the seams.

34-year-old Nadezhda Korchagina, Pasha’s mother, having decided with her son to ask for help from the president himself, sitting down to write a letter, recalls that she left her tears “behind the scenes”:

Pavlik celebrates a housewarming party with his mother, sister Snezhana and niece Anya. Photo: Larisa MAKSIMENKO

It’s impossible to describe how the old stove exploded due to the continuous fire, how I went to clear a two-meter snowdrift, having noticed since the summer that there was clay on the surface, how my hands became icy, how I hollowed out that clay and carried it to the cooled barracks, coated the stove... .

And I wrote to the president, together with Pasha: “Dear Dmitry Anatolyevich. I am writing to you with a big request. I am an unhappy mother raising two children alone. One child is disabled since childhood. My son was born with 4 eyes. The husband abandoned the child. I have been raising my son alone for 15 years now. We have been on the waiting list for housing for the 11th year now, but there has been no progress. The barracks were built in the 30s. There are holes all around, it's very cold. The stove cannot withstand heavy loads and breaks down... We go with the child twice a year for operations, where his vision is gradually restored. After each operation it is necessary that he does not catch a cold. But there are no conditions at home... Dmitry Anatolyevich, help! God bless you!"

Pasha is the only child in the country born with four eyes. Photo: Larisa MAKSIMENKO

... More than anyone else in the Korchagin family, Pasha believed in the fairy tale, in the fact that the president himself would respond and help.

And soon an answer came from the presidential administration that they would provide housing. Then, as the Belov mayor’s office clarified, they decided to allocate part of the former children’s library in the city center for an apartment for the four-eyed child.

Months passed. And finally, on the eve of February 23, 16-year-old Pasha with his mother and younger, 11-year-old sister Snezhana moved from the barracks to a renovated, bright two-room apartment.

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A Kuzbass boy with four eyes is celebrating a housewarming party in an apartment donated by the President.Larisa MAKSIMENKO

Housewarming

Having crossed the threshold of the “presidential” apartment, placing the most precious things - the family icon and the main saucepan - on the sunlit kitchen window sill, the children began to rush around the rooms, laughing and rejoicing, as the echo under the high ceiling rejoices with them.

And their mother, not noticing the tears, admitted:

I was able... I raised the children alone. Although at the maternity hospital they tried to persuade me to give up my son. After all, my husband was “turned upside down” when he saw Pasha for the first time in the maternity hospital. He immediately accepted him as a monster with 4 blind eyes. And he gave me an ultimatum: “Either I, or THIS, choose!” I chose my son. So what if he has an ordinary pair of eyes – gray. And the second pair - blue eyes - was located at an angle, above the first, until surgeons removed the extra eyes at two months. And all the same, my son was, is and will be the best child in the world!

Pavlik lived in this dilapidated barracks for 16 years and, if he had not turned to the president for help, he would have stood in line for another 16 years. Photo: Larisa MAKSIMENKO

Together with Pavlik, my mother went through everything: gossip about the “son of an alien,” lack of money and loneliness. There was a moment when, completely tired of evil tongues, Nadezhda, in order to prove that she did not carry the “four-eyed gene” and that his father, who served in the missile units, was to blame for Pasha’s illness, gave birth to a beautiful daughter, Snezhana, from another man... And later - she documented to the district that she was supposed to have twins, but there was a glitch and only one son was born. He got extra eyes and a second set of veins in his legs, as an ultrasound showed, from his underdeveloped twin brother.

All the years I lived with one dream, that Pavlik would become an ordinary boy and receive his sight. And three years ago, the famous Ufa doctor Ernst Muldashev decided to give Pasha sight,” says his mother. – After a series of operations, Pasha began to see a little. So much so that, with his nose buried in the Primer, he learned to read. Not in Braille. And now he is studying in the third grade according to the usual - sighted - program... But progress would have gone faster if I had not had to take my operated son home, over and over again, to an ice-cold barracks. After the operation, Pasha couldn’t get sick, but in the barracks there was no escape from it... And then we wrote to the president.

...Before February 23, Pasha-four-eyed’s mother had a prophetic dream - that they were given the keys to the apartment. In the morning - she told the dream - the neighbors in the barracks did not believe her. And by lunchtime I received a call from the administration:

Come get the keys.

The Korchagin family is in a new apartment. Photo: Larisa MAKSIMENKO

The Three-Eyed Man Bill Derks understandably had a difficult childhood. He was born in Jesper, Alabama, on April 13, 1913, with what is now known as frontonasal dysplasia. Even in the embryonic state, the 2 halves of Bill's face did not fully come together and did not form a single whole, as a result he was born with a deeply cut lip, an open palate and a flattened nose. According to some reports, Bill also had problems with his eyes - they were covered with “hoods” of skin, and only surgical intervention allowed Bill to see the world. Because of his appearance, Bill was denied an education. The schoolchildren simply would not accept him, and his family was too poor to afford a private teacher. Moreover, it is natural that the family itself was ashamed of their son and in any case did not want him to attend school. As a result, Bill grew up complex, awkward and shy, had no communication skills, in a word - an introvert. Complicating the situation even more was his split lip - it prevented him from speaking, and, accordingly, few people understood him... Once, as a teenager, Bill visited a fair - as a spectator - but the showman in charge of all the action immediately invited him to tour with them , and Bill traded his dull, worthless life for chance and luck and soon became the “Three-Eyed Man.” In his show, Bill drew a third eye between his noses with special paint; fortunately, throughout his career, the deception was never noticeable, because few people managed to look him straight in the face. Ironically, Bill, billed on the posters as "The Man with 3 Eyes", was actually one-eyed, as he was blind in his right eye. Bill was a fairly successful Phenomenon and worked on numerous shows including Kelly-Sutton, James E. Straits, Hall-Christ, Goodings Million Dollar Midway and the Hubert Museum, earning a good living. He was also used and exploited without pity - due to his soft nature and illiteracy, due to which he could not read the contracts he signed. After some time, many of his friends participating in the show with him fell in love with him and began to monitor his profits and not give offense. Most notable was his friendship with Melvin "Anatomical Marvel" Burkhart. He took Bill under his wing and taught him how to communicate with the public, boosted his self-confidence and even taught him how to read! And Bill loved the show and the audience. He cherished the idea that he had once been afraid of people, but now they had to pay for the right to see him. Bill quickly became a star and spent the rest of his career on the Slim Kelly and Whitney Sutton shows. He always expressed gratitude to his friends, colleagues and, of course, his patron Burkhart. One day, Burkhart introduced Bill to Mildred, a woman with alligator skin. Mildred was born in 1901 and was a little older than Bill, but this did not stop their friendship from growing into love and, despite their repulsive appearance, they got married. They spent several happy years together as the World's Strangest Married Couple, and in June 1968 Mildred died. Bill's heart was completely broken, he resigned, settled in Gibston, Florida, where in May 1975 he quietly and peacefully joined his beloved wife. Bill Derks was a man who began his life hidden from the world by parents who were ashamed of him. He started participating in the show and found the love and friendship that he had been missing his entire life. It was the love and friendship he deserved as a Human Phenomenon, a testament to the perseverance of man.