Australian town crier enters Guinness World Records for loudest shout

Cover your ears and meet Joseph McGrail-Bateup, Canberra’s official town crier and the new record-holder for the loudest ever shout, Euronews writes.

Is there anything more satisfying for a man whose job is to scream than to be hailed as the world’s loudest person?

This honor has been bestowed upon Joseph McGrail-Bateup, an Australian professional air conditioner cleaner and honorary town crier.

Guinness World Records last week acknowledged the 58-year-old Canberra resident recorded the loudest ever shout by an individual. He yelled “now” at 122.4 decibels.

That broke the previous record of 121.7 dB set by Northern Ireland schoolteacher Annalisa Flanagan in 1994. She had yelled an ear-piercing “quiet.” That is in the noise range of a chain saw, a jet aircraft taking off and an ambulance siren at close range.