Tiger Power would let a 2 ton Land Rover run over his belly @KenyanTraffic

Tiger Power was known for being run over by a Land Rover unscathed and carrying eight huge men without breaking a sweat.

He made a name by performing extraordinary stunts like breaking six-inch nails using his teeth.

Tiger discovered his extraordinary strength by accident when he was transporting his father’s coffee beans to the factory many years ago.

“As I was guiding the ox-cart carrying 2.1 tonnes of coffee downhill, the brakes failed.  I guided it to the roadside and as I was lying on my back fixing the left wheel, the oxen unexpectedly pulled away running over my abdomen. Despite the heavy luggage, it did not hurt,” he recalled during a past media interview.

From that moment, Tiger Power exhibited his extraordinary strengths in front of villagers, students, scientists to presidents in various parts of the world.

A decade ago, he dared any man in Africa to face him in a test of strength contest. No one came out to challenge the gigantic man, who started his shows of power while still in school in 1963.

He held a Diploma in Physical Fitness.

In 2008, he was conferred with a Head of States Commendation award by former President Mwai Kibaki.

He died in 2019 aged 75 years. He hailed from Kevote Makengi Village in Embu North Sub-County. Same village with the Safari Rally legend Patrick Njiru and Catholic cleric John Cardinal Njue.

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