Reminder! Beginning tomorrow at 8 am, Anthony G, the “Hungry Barbarian,” will attempt to “survive” in the wilderness of his backyard in the Hamptons. For 7 days, he cannot buy or be given food; he can only ingest what he catches, be it fish from the bay, the neighbor’s cat, a squirrel or his own flesh. Interested in making money off of the absurdity? Betting boxes are available for purchase in 1 hour durations, with the hours of midnight-6am counting as one box (i.e. 19 boxes per day for 7 days). $10 gets you one randomly selected box, $100 gets you 10 randomly selected boxes plus one box of your choosing. Email him at hungbar at gmail dot com. Last time we checked, the pool was up to $400. The site is currently down, but with the big order we just placed, it should be up to at least 420. Insider information to aid your betting decision: we spoke with Anthony earlier and he informed us that he’ll be gorging on steak, potatoes, and leaf cookies until the last possible second.
Update: The pool is up to $700. Says The HB:
My mom just bought the first box (it’s random for everyone else but she wants me out early so I’ll be done with this so we let her have it) while my dad bought 11 boxes. He wants me to make it to day 4 because then he’ll be up here for the weekend BBQing trying to tempt me with piles of dogs, ribs and burgers. Not fun.
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Bigger Than Bear
This is the most ridiculous thing ever. The kid is camping for a week.. sleeping in a tent and using a fishing pole does not a Bear Grylls make. I would much prefer to have his week than mine.
I assume he can drink only water?
This is beyond retarded. At least the other contests (oysters, vending machines, milk, etc.) were entertaining.
fuuuck i wish i still had pledges
@ Watermark
True, and ditto!
He can take food from neighboring farms? Since when the hell does farmland qualify as wilderness?! I hope he wanders onto Dick Cheney’s land…
Where exactly will this be?
Living off the land in Eastport could be hazardous, but in Shinnicock it would be kind of easy, and in Montauk he’d lose weight.
-a winter person
please, this is ridiculous, girls do this on a monthly basis to lose weight. 7 days? 20-40 days is the recommended fasting time to see the best results. Not that I do that anymore… someone told me it’s bad for your hair.
rigged scam. lucky if dad having the inside track picking his own boxes and then grilling on the property is the most crooked thing going on here.
Actually, I think the real gem here is the contact email address… Wish I had thought of that one for my gmail addy.
I want to know if this guy’s idea of hiking would involve paved paths, benches and Points Of Interest signs.