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Official: Chandra Bahadur Dangi, a 72-year-old Nepali poses with his certificates after being declared the world's shortest man by Guinness World Records officials at 21.5 inches.
An elderly Nepali villager who stands just 16 inches tall has lofty aspirations to be named the world's shortest man. Master Nau, 73, claims to be the shortest man in the Guinness World Records' immovable category, which measures people who can not walk. Nau recently flew to Kathmandu, where he lobbied for the honor, according to the Telegraph. To obtain the distinction, Guinness officials will have to acknowledge his tiny feat. If he's named as the shortest man, he'll beat out his rival, a Taiwanese man who stands 27 inches tall.