A 7ft 7in man has candidly laid bare his daily struggles – revealing strangers regularly stop him in the street and ask for photos.
Beau Brown, 30, from Atlanta, Georgia, has always been taller than average.
His late father Duke reached a height of 6 feet 10 inches and mother Lisa Milecki is 6 feet 4 inches tall – so the couple wasn’t surprised when their son grew to over 6 feet 1 inch.
But because he’s so tall, Beau has to adapt to fit into an average-sized world, and he can cause quite a stir in public.
Beau Brown (pictured next to ‘celebrity granny’ Ross Smith), 30, from Atlanta, Georgia, has always been taller than average
Beau, who works full-time as a content creator, continues to struggle with conventional building proportions and normal-sized furniture
Beau had to take his lofty stature into account from an early age.
Even when pWhen he played baseball as a child, his parents had to take his birth certificate because people doubted his age and thought he was much older.
Now, as an adult, Beau’s house has 10-foot ceilings, he sleeps in a custom-made 10-foot bed, and he drives a Ford F50 Lightening truck.
And he continues to struggle with conventional building proportions and regular-sized furniture.
Beau, who now works full-time as a content creator, says: ‘I always knew I was tall because I was taller than everyone else.
“I was born weighing 13 pounds and the people at the hospital said I was the biggest baby they had ever seen.
“When I turned 14, I was six feet tall and within 10 years I grew 10 inches, and there were some extreme growing pains.”
He added: ‘Traveling is terrible, but it has far more advantages than disadvantages.
‘Hotels are terrible – showers and even beds are, but I now have a custom-made bed at home.
Because he is so tall, Beau has to adapt to fit into an average-sized world, and he can cause a stir when he is in public.
Beau claimed he is constantly stopped by strangers on the street – staring at him, asking to take pictures and commenting on his height
Beau criticized hotels, showers and beds, candidly adding: ‘Traveling is terrible, but it has far more advantages than disadvantages’
‘I wouldn’t want to change when I’m two meters and one centimeter, and I’m super used to it. The only thing that sucks is traveling.”
Beau claimed he is constantly stopped by strangers on the street – staring at him, asking to take photos and making comments about his height.
This has always happened – even when he was a big kid – but happens more often as an adult.
He always gets the same questions: ‘How tall are you? Do you play basketball? What car do you drive?’
Beau’s wife Sara, who works as a recruiter, is 6 feet tall.
The couple recently had their first baby, named Delilah, and the four-month-old is already in the 99th percentile at 26 inches tall.
Beau concluded: ‘I learned to dive. I do it very naturally. It’s as simple as breathing.’
There are only 2,800 people taller than 6 feet tall in the world.