Garry Turner (sideshow performer)

{{Short description|British sideshow performer}}

{{Use British English|date=August 2024}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{BLP sources|date=June 2018}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Garry Turner

| image = Gary "Stretch" Turner.jpg

| caption = Turner in 2013

| birth_date =

| birth_place = Caistor, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom

| nationality = British

| other_names = Garry "Stretch" Turner

| occupation = Circus performer

| years_active = 2002–present

}}

Garry Turner is a sideshow performer. He holds the current Guinness World Record for the stretchiest skin, caused by a serious form of Ehlers Danlos syndrome. On October 29, 1999, in Los Angeles, he stretched the skin on his abdomen to a total length of 6.25 inches (15.8 cm), earning him the record.{{Cite news|url=http://sapienplus.com/garry-turner-stretch/|title=Garry Turner - Stretch - Superhuman 65 - Real life Superhumans|date=2016-04-10|work=Real life Superhumans|access-date=2018-06-18|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/72387-stretchiest-skin|title=Stretchiest skin|work=Guinness World Records|access-date=2018-06-19|language=en-GB}} He performed in the short film He Took His Skin Off For Me.{{cite news|newspaper=The People (London, England) | date=August 23, 2020 | title=Born this way | id={{Gale|A633287256}}}} He also appeared in an episode of Ripley's Believe It or Not!{{Cite book |last=Nickell |first=Joe |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/65377460 |title=Secrets of the sideshows |date=2005 |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |isbn=0-8131-7179-2 |location=Lexington, Ky. |oclc=65377460|author-link=Joe Nickell}}{{rp|170}}

He has performed with British performer groups Circus of Horrors{{Cite news |date=2013-09-08 |title=Freak show revival as attraction heads to West End |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-23812971 |access-date=2024-08-05 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}} and Royal Family of Strange People.{{Cite web |title=The Royal Family of Strange People |url=https://pricelesslondonwonderground.co.uk/royal-family-of-strange-people |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005151755/https://pricelesslondonwonderground.co.uk/royal-family-of-strange-people |archive-date=2012-10-05 |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=Priceless London Underground}}