
Giants Take On Giant Sized Task.
Romania. The work needed to be done on Casa Poporului, the Romanian Parliament turned out to be far from normal but Karl Borg & Igor Chelzabon aren’t your normal construction workers. The construction turned out to be a giant sized task so Casa Poporului hired giant sized workers. Karl Borg & Igor Chelzabon suffer from gigantism, a rare disease that affects the pituitary gland causing it to release excessive amounts of growth hormone. Both men, from the small town at the base of the Viştea Mare Mountain, are in their late 20’s but neither is expected to see their 30th birthday. Members of Parliament maintenance board were worried that bringing in large cranes needed to lift the 4,000 lb pillars in place could damage the already fragile foundation of the 400 year old building, that was when Regen Popescu, head of the Parliament preservation office remembered seeing a two man giant team perform when he was on holiday in Mureş. “They made me laugh” says Regen, smiling as he remembered the two dim witted giants as they stumbled around under a drafty circus tent, lifting audience members and elephants effortlessly into the air. When Regen saw the heavy lifting needed to be done at the Parliament building he contacted the small circus and hired both men. They are given a place to sleep and meals and attract large crowd of people who come to watch the slow moving gentle giants lifting pillars and hoisting concrete girders in place. Igor, apparently suffering from a stroke, collapsed and fell onto the east wing of the parliament building, completely destroying the Senate chambers and killing 137 of the 140 members. Construction is expected to begin as soon as Karl is able to remove Igor’s paralyzed body.














