Jesús "Chuy" Aceves is a person born with a rare condition known as hypertrichosis.
Life
Jesús "Chuy" Aceves was born in Loreto, Zacatecas, Mexico.
Family
His great-uncle, Manuel The Wolf Man, was the first person in his family born with Hypertrichosis. Then followed Jesus, his sister Lili, and his cousins Danny and Larry. Chuy is married and has two daughters, one of whom has the condition. His sister, Lili, was also born with hypertrichosis. She is married with one son, and works as a police officer in Mexico. Counting their descendance, there are 24 members in his family with hypertrichosis. Some are mild while other are very heavy, most are males.
Career
In 1999 Chuy traveled the United States with his sister, his uncle, and Veekay in the Sterling & Reid Brothers Circus. In 2005, Jesús, shaved for the first time for the documentary It's Not Easy Being a Wolf Boy for the BBC. Chuy has worked backstage on Circus Vargas and is now with the Brothers Grim Side Show, in Dallas, Texas
Media Appearances
In 2007, Chuy was featured in the books Ripley's Believe It or Not!, and Guinness World Records.
Television appearances
- It's Not Easy Being a Wolf Boy (BBC)
- Human Mutants (BBC)
- Grand Prix of Human Wonders (Japan)
- The Maury Show
- Animal Planet - The Most Extreme
- Tiger Aspect (UK)
Performances
- Ripley's Believe It or Not! (Taiwan)
- Sterling & Reid Brothers Circus
- Circo Caballero
- Brothers Grim Sideshow
- Sideshow By The Seashore
- Arthurs Family Circus
- Venice Beach Freakshow