article_snippet.sent: Happier times: Joelison developed gigantism as a child and Joelison rapidly soaring height forced Joelison to drop out of school due to bullying and then refuse to leave the family house for year .
article_snippet.sent: Joelison grew up in a small rural village in Paraiba, northern Brazil and was bullied from a young age due to Joelison height.
article_snippet.sent: When Joelison was a baby and only a few months old the baby shoes stopped fitting Joelison feet properly
article_snippet.sent: I thought "there’s something wrong here" but the doctors said Joelison was just a big baby and would stop growing eventually
article_snippet.sent: and so we waited for Joelison to stop growing -
article_snippet.sent: Joelison's mother added: 'When Joelison got to eight years old I knew Joelison was growing at an abnormal rate and by the time Joelison was 14 Joelison was already 6ft 4in. '
article_snippet.sent: The successful operation helped slow Joelison growth but Joelison still sprouted another four inches to Joelison current height of 7ft 8in.
article_snippet.sent: Joelison, who used to work in a gold mine as well as a plantation before leaving due to Brazil's tallest man health issues, now makes a living appearing in commercials for frozen ready meals.