Man celebrates cockroaches with museum

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Many people try to get rid of cockroaches with poison and traps. But one man is celebrating them in an odd way. Michael Boudin owns the “Cockroach Hall Of Fame Museum” in Plano, Texas. He keeps some of them as pets, and then when they ‘pass on’, he adds them to his collection. His museum displays dressed up cockroaches wearing everything from tutu’s to sunglasses. One is even dressed as Ross Perot! Boudin says about six-thousand visit the museum every year.


It all began with a simple contest to find the largest cockroach in Dallas…

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