'Captain' Don Leslie 1937-2007

Donald P. Leslie was, quite literally, a circus freak. He pounded nails up his nose. He used his body as a pin cushion. He was tattooed from head to foot. He ate and breathed fire.

Of his 10 stage acts, his most accomplished was sword-swallowing. His act was unusual—he could swallow five 30-inch swords with the blades lined up perpendicularly. Others stacked the blades back to front.

the Chico News & Review article is HERE