Las Vegas is known to be the city of stunts--some of them spectacular, most of them cheesy--but yesterday, there was one stunt we could really get behind, or in front of, actually.
Jeff Ondash, a 51-year-old man from Ohio broke the Guinness World Record for hug-giving on Saturday night in front of Paris Las Vegas. To do it, all he needed was to hug 7,777 people. Ah, the lucky 7s. And it's crazy to think that's how many people are walking along the Strip in a given day. At least!
NPR reports that Ondash did it to raise money for the American Heart Association during American Heart month, a cause near and dear to his heart since both his father and brother passed away from heart problems.
But Ondash wasn't just some lonely soul standing on the Strip asking for hugs. No, no, no. He has a whole hug-asking persona and a crew that cheers him on.
His daughter Carlie, who tallied her father's hugs with a manual counter at the start of his attempt on Friday, came up with his pseudonym to make his spectacle a bit more fun. As Teddy McHuggin, Ondash sports a red NASCAR-style driver's suit with hugging logos and a wrestling-style championship belt.
Well, at least it wasn't an Elvis costume. We're not so sure we'd give another hug to an Elvis-impersonator. The last one was a little awkward.
[Photo: Teddy McHuggin/Facebook]
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