Believe it or Not?!

Can't get pregnant- go to Ripley's Believe it or not in Myrtle Beach, SC!
Today it was announced the MYRTLE BEACH, SC Ripley’s Believe It or Not Odditorium in Myrtle Beach will host the fifth stop of a three year, multi-city international tour of the world famous Ripley’s Fertility Statues! They will premier in Myrtle Beach on February 5, following crowd-pleasing stops at the Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Odditoriums in New York’s Times Square, Grand Prairie, Texas, Williamsburg, Virginia. and Orlando, Florida.

Thousands of people have seen the statues while on display all over the country. Some are very serious about touching the statues, believing in their powers to help them conceive. Others want to avoid touching the statues - for the very same reason!

Amazingly more than 2,000 women have reported they became pregnant shortly after touching the wooden statues. Many of them had been told by doctors they would never be able to conceive! Since the women’s stories became public in 1994, millions have visited the statues.


The five-foot tall wooden statues were acquired from the Ivory Coast (Cote-d’Ivoire) of West Africa in 1993, and were placed in the lobby of Ripley Entertainment’s corporate headquarters in Orlando. Within months, 13 women, including staffers and office visitors were pregnant.

Following a December 1995 story in the Wall Street Journal chronicling the phenomenon, after the story hit newspapers the demand to touch the statues because very great.

In 2001 the statues were retired to the Ripley warehouse, much to many's dismay. But due to high demand they were brought out of retirement and put on display at the Ripley headquarters in Orlando where they have been seen by hundreds each month who made a special pilgrimage to see and touch the statues.

“For years now, we have been inundated with requests to make these statues available once again at our odditoriums throughout the world,” said Edward Meyer, VP Archives & Exhibits for Ripley Entertainment. “Amazingly, people are still finding out about them and call us wanting an opportunity to come in and touch them. Due to this demand, we have decided to tour them again.”

Here is the schedule of where the statues will be appearing over the next few months. I can tell you that being a woman suffering from infertility that I will be traveling from Las Vegas to Hollywood in May to touch the statues. It has been stated by Ripley's that the statues will be made available to the public and couples looking to conceive will be able to view the statues for free and touch them.



Orlando, Fla. - Jan. 8 - Feb. 1; 8201 International Drive, (407) 345-0501
Myrtle Beach, S.C. - Feb. 6 - March 1; 901 North Ocean Blvd., (843) 448-2331
Wisconsin Dells, Wis. - March 7 - March 26; 115 Broadway, (608) 253-7556
San Francisco, Calif. - April 1 - April 26; 175 Jefferson Street, (415) 771-6188
Hollywood, Calif. - May 2 - May 31; 6780 Hollywood Blvd., (323) 466-6335