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Gibsonton, FL - Home to Carnival Workers and Sideshow Human Attractions

Even carnival workers need to take a break sometime. And where else better to take a vacation than in Florida, Gibsonton, Florida, to be exact. A large portion of this town's residents have or still do work as performers at circuses and carnivals. Though the "human oddities," as they were once called, are all but gone with the golden age of the American traveling carnivals, this town was founded by a "giant" and his wife.

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He served as the local sheriff and made the town a haven for others who worked in the industry. At the town's peak, it had factories that produced Ferris wheels and special laws that allowed residents to train exotic animals.