A father whose eye-popping act became a YouTube sensation has his sights set on smashing a world record.John
Doyle has had thousands of online views after posting videos showing
off his astonishing ability to make his eyes bulge out from his head.
One, set to the Daft Punk track Get Lucky, is closing in on half a million views, while Mr Doyle, from Rainhill, near Liverpool, has featured on U.S. TV and was even flown out to appear on screen in Japan.
Now the 30-year-old, who first
discovered his unusual talent performing for regulars at the Coach and
Horses pub near his home, wants official recognition for his skills.
He believes he has beaten the world record, but has so far been unable to get the feat documented.
Mr Doyle said: 'Guinness World Records have quite strict criteria so it is tough to meet their standards.
'While in Japan, I believe I beat the
world record for how far eyes can come out, which is currently 12
millimetres but due to the language barrier it was hard to get it
recorded accurately.'
The father-of-one, who works in internet marketing, said the skill came to him about two years ago.He added: 'I was doing it for friends in the pub and just put it onYouTube one day.
'I found I was getting emails from lots of different people commenting on it.
'Suddenly
it had had a hundred views, then the figure kept going up and up and I
was getting dozens of emails every couple of hours.
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