Fort Lauderdale Florida - The Strip o' Show is like a lot of other stripclubs across America. Large mirrors, flashing lights and a gaudy atmosphere that can best be described as "Las Vegas meets trailer park." What makes this one stand out from the rest is that it is the only club in America that can boost of having a 3 legged stripper.

Cloudy Day (her stage name) can be found most nights as the main attraction at the club where she performs as the "3 legged wonder from Down Under" The name is a misnomer since Day is actually from Lake City Florida and not Australia but as Miss Day puts it. "The 3 legged Wonder from Lake City doesn't quite cut it."

Cloudy Day has a leg up on the competition

Day was born in 1974 and her condition is the result of having a united twin grow partially inside her. Early in her mother's pregnancy a twin was formed from the same egg but did not become a separate fetus. As the stronger fetus took more nourishment and grew larger it attempted to infuse the undeveloped fetus into itself.

X-rays taken of Day's body show that there are several duplicate organs, extra bones, and there is even a faint outline of a hand visible on her left thigh. The third leg grows out from the side of her body and is much shorter than the other two legs. It can feel sensations and she can also make it move under it's own power.

"I grew use to it when I was a kid." Day told me one morning over a breakfast at her home. "It didn't bother me none. I can do must things like other people. Clothes are a bitch cause I have to get pants special made. Dresses are best since I can just put them on and sorta tie it down with some yarn. It's hard to tell that way unless I sit down and it pokes out at a weird way."

Day does not let having a third leg bother her in the least. She is currently going to nursing school and plans to become an x ray technician. She got the idea of being a performer from her Father.

The "Strip O' Show" where Cloudy Day dances.

"Dad said that when he was a kid there use to be carnivals that would come around and have all sort of freaks that you could pay and see. People would be lined up around the tent to see 'em so he knew they were making a god money exposing themselves that way. We were poor and the thought of making money off my leg seemed like a good idea so when I was 18 I came straight down and told Mr. Jesse that I wanted a job and I'd be the best thing his club had ever seen.

Mr. Jesse Hardin is the owner of the Strip O' Show and agrees that crowds have been huge since Day started there. "People are curious and if you got something they have never seen then you know they'll be coming. to take a look.

"I ain't nothing special." Day told me. "I'm just your average girl trying to make herself the best I can. But if people want to think I'm special and they want to pay me to see how special they think I am then there's nothing I can do about that. Hell, I'll even put on an Australian accent if that's what they want."

Day plans to continue both her dancing and education. She has made tentative plans during the summer to tour with her act nationally.

sources

-interview with Cloudy Day April 18th - 19th 1999

-interview with Jesse Hardin April 18th 1999

photo by Derek Barnes