 Reports of Howerton 's size range vastly , the upper boundary for both height and weight is given by the United States Selective Service System , who report a height of 3 ft 6 in ( 1 @.@ 07 m ) , and a weight of 52 pounds ( 24 kg ) . A height of 2 ft 4 in ( 0 @.@ 71 m ) is given in several more modern sources , including Ripley 's Believe It or Not ! : Howerton himself claimed that was his height at 22 , and that his weight was 20 pounds ( 9 @.@ 1 kg ) The Chicago Tribune gave his height as 2 ft 0 in ( 0 @.@ 61 m ) , and his weight as 20 pounds ( 9 @.@ 1 kg ) . At 18 , it was reported that he weighed 13 pounds ( 5 @.@ 9 kg ) . 
