In a “don’t try this at home” moment, Egyptian wrestler Ashraf Mahrous has some unique ways to show off his incredible strength; not the least of which is pulling a train…with his teeth!
Known by the nickname Kabonga, he has just earned three records in the Guinness Book of World Records all involving a vehicle…
the heaviest rail pull using only his teeth
the heaviest locomotive pull
and the fastest 100-meter road vehicle pull – a two ton locomotive in less than 40 seconds according to Kabonga
Holding a rope between his teeth, Kabonga pulled a 279 ton train nearly 10 meters (33 feet) at the downtown Ramses train station in Cairo.
He then pulled the same train with a strap secured around his shoulders.
Mahrous is in his 40’s but isn’t letting age slow him down. A professional wrestler and president of the Egyptian Federation for Professional Wrestlers, he holds a number of records including cracking and eating eleven raw eggs in 30 seconds and pulling a 15,730 kilogram truck with his teeth.
Dawlet Elnakeb runs the sporting company where Mahrous occasionally trains noted that Mahrous, “simply has abnormal strength.”