By Michelle James, The Register-Herald
FAIRLEA — Much like the Ferris wheel or roller coaster, Jungle Island’s 80-foot ladder is visible from one end of the grounds of the State Fair of West Virginia to the next.
And when a man clad in a leopard-print bathing suit bottom stands perched at the top, it tends to attract a crowd.
Audience members are drawn in before the long climb to the top, however, as the Jungle Island High Dive Show promises wild animals will run through the crowd before plunging off of diving boards into a swimming pool. …