Patrick Mcmahon
Doug Thompson is used to working around sparks and flame. He’s not just a veteran welder; on nights and weekends, “Demon” Doug performs fire shows with the Circus of Hell, a fire performance troupe founded with wife Susan Thompson.
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The site claims that Thompson holds world records for “the hottest flame extinguished on the human tongue, the world’s longest nose weld, and the most times licking a red hot 1000 degree knife.”
That first record — when Thompson extinguished a 6300° Farenheight flame with his tongue — was achieved in 2015 and captured on video. “This is the ONLY flame hot enough to cut steel,” he wrote in the video of the record, “but I AM FIREPROOF! I use this torch every day in my work as a welder creating beautiful things out of iron and steel, and now I can put it out on my tongue.”
So a little fire is really no big deal for Thompson, of Hell-N-Back Welders near Peace River in Alberta, Canada. A Youtube video posted by the welding company shows Doug casually sipping a cup of coffee as hot slag burns off of him.
“Welders be like, ‘I’m fine,'” writes Thompson.
