# Is this really possible? \[various youtube videos\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 18, 2015, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-really-possible-various-youtube-videos/731639 "2015-09-18T05:10:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sweat209](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@sweat209](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweat209)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-really-possible-various-youtube-videos/731639/1 "2015-09-18T05:10:59Z")
I came across some youtube videos and sites and do not know if this is really possible or if it is staged or fake. 13 year old girl Benches 240lb !!! Florida Woman Keeps Tigers as her pets!! Yes Keeps Tigers as her pets!! WoW!! 400 Pound Female Tire Flip Mary Copper High School Freshman Is this really possible? ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-really-possible-various-youtube-videos/731639/2 "2015-09-18T05:32:15Z")
> **[13-Year-Old Maryana Naumova Breaks Lifting Record](https://www.muscleandfitness.com/features/active-lifestyle/13-year-old-maryana-naumova-breaks-lifting-record-arnold/)** > > Maryana Naumova, 13, displays her incredible strength with a 240-pound bench press at the recent Arnold Classic. Lots of people keep tigers as pets. I’m not going to watch a video to see if that one is something unusual. And the last one … Why would you think that was fake? Who’d fake something like that? It’s not fake, people can be that strong. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-really-possible-various-youtube-videos/731639/3 "2015-09-18T05:59:51Z")
Why do all of the Floridians raising the tigers sound like chipmunks? ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-really-possible-various-youtube-videos/731639/4 "2015-09-18T06:02:38Z")
**Moderator Note** Thread title edited to more clearly indicate the topic. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-really-possible-various-youtube-videos/731639/5 "2015-09-18T06:06:21Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > Why do all of the Floridians raising the tigers sound like chipmunks? I’m wondering if that was an artifact of some sort of video conversion or if they intentionally pitched up the audio for copyright reasons. Nothing in any of those videos seems all that extreme or unbelievable to me. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-really-possible-various-youtube-videos/731639/6 "2015-09-18T06:12:58Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > Nothing in any of those videos seems all that extreme or unbelievable to me. Hmm. Well, I’ve always found it unbelievable that people think flipping a big tire is a sport. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-really-possible-various-youtube-videos/731639/7 "2015-09-18T07:15:11Z")
First and third video look real to me. I question the 13 year old girl’s technique of raising her chest to be a foot and a half in the air, but I’m not an Olympics judge, so what do I know. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-really-possible-various-youtube-videos/731639/8 "2015-09-18T07:42:31Z")
There are thousands of captive tigers just in the US, and only a few are in facilities like zoos.