Unit4-Part1-Reading

Men with the most tattoos. Some people are fascinated by the idea of setting a world record.

Their biggest goal in life is to make it to the Guinness Book of Records.

One such man is Tom Woodbridge, who is known as the Leopard Man of Sky.

Tom was once in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's most tattooed man.

This eccentric man is now 70, but he still stands out from others with tattoos covering 90 % of his skin in a leopard -like pattern.

Including his eyelids.

He says he chose leopard spots because they were easy for a tattoo artist to do.

After getting his body tattooed, Tom changed his surname to Leopard.

He fled society, and until 2008, lived a solitary life in a remote part of the Isle of Sky in a small shack, with no running water or electricity.

But he often appeared on TV and in photos.

He says he made the decision to escape from the city while he was a soldier in the 1960s.

Currently, however, the Guinness World Record holder for the most tattooed man is Sky Lucky Diamond Rich, who is a performance artist.

His act includes juggling and sword swallowing.

He was acknowledged by Guinness World Records in 2006 for being 100 % tattooed.

Sky Lucky, whose name was Gregory Paul McLaren, was born in New Zealand.

He was working in a circus when he became interested in tattoos and decided to have a small juggling club tattooed on his hip.

He went on to have numerous colorful tattoos.

When he was not satisfied with these, he had his whole body tattooed in black ink.

Most recently, he has had white designs tattooed over the black ones.