A teenager who became an internet sensation by filming himself popping his eyes out has set his sights on a world record attempt.
Ahmed Khan, 16, can pop his eyes out by more than 12mm beyond his eye sockets and insists it doesn’t cause him any harm.
Bizarre footage of this unusual talent shows how he pushes on his eyelids to force his eyes forward.
Ahmed Khan (pictured) can pop his eyes out of their sockets by up to 12mm – and hold them in place for over a minute
He then holds them in place for over a minute as they become increasingly bloodshot.
The schoolboy from Lahore, the capital city of Pakistan’s Punjab province, discovered the eye-popping talent two years ago.
He said: ‘One day I was home and watching the famous cartoon show Tom and Jerry and saw Tom’s eyes coming out from his sockets after Jerry hit him on his back.
‘I touched my eyes and the eyeball popped out. Initially, I thought I had damaged my eye but then I realised it did not cause any harm to my eyes.’
Ahmed found it wasn’t a fluke and he can do this trick with both eyes – and was an instant hit on social media.
He said: ‘I tried popping the other eye out and I was successful. This seemed fun and after trying a couple of times I got used to it.’
Ahmed said he discovered the unusual talent after watching an episode of Tom and Jerry
He then discovered he could pop both eyes beyond his sockets, and became an instant social media hit (pictured, Ahmed at 14)
‘I’ve been interviewed by several TV channels after my eye-popping videos went viral on social media.
‘This unique talent made me very famous across the country.
‘Whenever I go to market or for outing with family or friends, people come and click selfies with me.’
However, he said there are people at his school who are scared of him because of this unique talent.
He added: ‘Many younger kids in school run away when they see me. They are scared of my eye popping.
‘Even the girls in school get scared. They think that my eyes will fall out into my hands or something.’
The teenager (pictured at 14) has now set his sights on a Guinness World Record for his talent
Ahmed claims that the trick has never hurt him and he has not visited any ophthalmologist for his vision.
He said: ‘I have never visited an ophthalmologist for my vision. God has given me this talent so I am sure he would take care of my eyes too.
‘Only when I do the eye stunts for long, my eyes become a little watery but otherwise I have no problems in popping my eyes out.’
Ahmed has now set his sights on a place in the world record books.
The record for popping eyeballs to the maximum currently belongs to Kim Goodman from the US who can pop her eyes out of her eye sockets by 12mm.
He said: ‘I was told by my friends about Guinness Book of World Records. That day it became my aim to break the record.
‘My eye popping is way better than the American woman who owns the record and I can break her record anytime.
‘I just want the officials to come and record my video for the world record attempt.’