I don’t know if the Japanese people are considered fashionable or not but the folks in these photos certainly make a statement. They are not only less than fashionable, they are freaky. That is, of course, unless you considerable freaky fashionable.

Yup, you have more than likely seen or at least heard about those old roadside attractions that feature the weirdest people in the human universe and possibly beyond. Here is a collection that should shake up your day.

These photos are of some of the most famous circus freaks from the past. Although freak shows would be scorned today, they were a way for people who otherwise had no source of income to make a living. Some even got wealthy doing it.