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In other words, a human blockhead ignores one of the tools the body uses to prevent illness.

If you've ever been to a circus or a sideshow, you might have seen someone perform a trick known as the human blockhead.

Nothing suggested I was on an executive pursuit that would transform me into a fire-eating human blockhead.

But the human blockhead is not an illusion.

As with sword swallowing, performers who try the human blockhead put themselves at risk in pursuit of entertainment.

Next, we'll take a look at some of the obstacles the performer has to overcome, as well as the hazards of the human blockhead.

Learn about the human blockhead and how the human blockhead avoids injury.

-From the audience's perspective, these are fairly logical conclusions, and the human blockhead does take advantage of a hole that's already in the performer's head.

Phibes also spent a few years as a sideshow performer, doing fire-eating, escapism, glass walking, a bed of nails act and human blockhead.