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Ananova
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Man
Transforms Himself Into A Tiger - now wants Fur Graft
SAN DIEGO
- A San Diego computer programmer who has spent £100,000 on tattoos
and plastic surgery to turn himself into a 'tiger' wants a fur graft.
Dennis Smith is
tattooed from head to toe with orange and black stripes and his teeth
have been filed to needle point.
He has also had
latex whiskers implanted and surgery to his lips so he has a permanent
snarl. He now wants a surgeon to graft tiger fur on to his skin, like
a perma-wig.
Mr Smith, who has
changed his name by deed poll to Cat Man, said: "I have a collection
of old tiger pelts from the days of hunting. I want these grafted on
to me. It will cost another $100,000 but will be worth it.
"When I have
the coat of a tiger, I feel I will have reached my goal in life."
His fingernails
have been crafted into sharp talons while his hands have tattooed markings
like a tiger's paws. He says he feels like a tiger.
The short back-and-sides
he sported at the University Of California has been replaced with a
long orange mane. He has also swapped his glasses for green contact
lenses.
He holds down a
£80,000-a-year computer programming job which enables him to fund
the surgery, the Daily Record reports.
He admitted: "Of
course people stare at me when I walk down the street but that's the
effect I desire. For so long I have equated myself with the tiger that
I decided to change myself into one.
"It's the real
me. So many men cross-dress without their partners knowing, or dress
up and play cowboys or Civil War soldiers at weekends. Me, I'm a tiger
all the time and I love it. I had my first tattoos done 20 years ago
around my eyes and now my whole body is one pastiche of stripes and
shading. I am really proud of it all."
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