Record broken in Las Vegas for most amount of hugs in 24 hours

Sure, you may have known that 5,000 hugs were doled out by Ireland’s own Siobhan O’Connor way back in 2009.

But now we have a new champion — Jeff Ondash, who gave lucky 7,777 hugs within 24 hours on the Las Vegas Strip.

Ondash’s daughter kept track of the hugs. She nicknamed him Teddy McHuggin, and the whole event was to raised money for the American Heart Association.

Guinness will verify whether it’s a world record. Ondash is currently listed for the most number of hugs within 1 hour — 1,205.

For more information on his hugging record, visit Hug Teddy for Charity.