ANGELA WILLIAMS: They ask him the same question
over and over again and that is, “How tall are you?”
BRAVE HUNTER WILLIAMS: Well, their first reaction
is little shocked that there are seeing somebody this big and then they start asking questions
like, “How tall are you? Are you really this tall?”
ANGELA WILLIAMS: He is sensitive and people
stare, they look, they point.
BRAVE HUNTER WILLIAMS: And then other people,
they are like real rude about it like, “Holy hell, how tall are you? You are one big dude.”
COMM: This is Brave Hunter Williams, he is
17 years old and currently stands at an incredible 7’1”.
BRAVE HUNTER WILLIAMS: When I was 5 years
old, I was like 5’3”. They thought that I was actually a second grader, so they put
me in the second grade class for like an hour. By the time I was 10, I was like just hitting 6’6”.
ANGELA WILLIAMS: Every day he grew more and
more, so that was when I kind of got worried, the doctors were alarmed.
BRAVE HUNTER WILLIAMS: When I was younger,
the doctors thought I had giantism and got tested for it because I was growing up at
an alarming rate.
BRAVE HUNTER WILLIAMS: This is my bed, the
base is all custom-made, my feet still hang out a little bit.
ANGELA WILLIAMS: Worrying about him having
something like giantism or anything was really tough. Finally they get the word that, ‘yeah,
you just got a tall kid’, was really relieving to say the least.
BRAVE HUNTER WILLIAMS: I had to get this specially
made. My mom had to do all the measurements. Then over here, I got size 21 shoes, just
one smaller than Shaq.
BRAVE HUNTER WILLIAMS: My great-great uncle,
he was 7’5” and he made a pine tree look like a sapling. So I think that’s where
I got most of my height from.
COMM: Although it’s no longer causing worry
among his doctors, Brave’s height now strikes fear into his opponents.
SHAWN JOHN: The hardest thing about playing
against Brave is his height. You don’t play against seven footers too often, unless you
are in the NBA. Around here, he is one in a million.
BRAVE HUNTER WILLIAMS: Sports I like to play
are football and basketball. I think I am going to try up lacrosse as goalie.
SHAWN JOHN: He is a big boy, all he is got
to do is to turn around and look at the basket and he just places it in, doesn’t even have to jump.
BRAVE HUNTER WILLIAMS: My height affects my
sports and football, it is easier to swat down passes on the line and swim-move over
anybody. And in basketball it is easier to get rebounds and everything and for lacrosse,
with the width of my shoulders and all that and the height of the goal, it is easier,
like, blocking a shot with just my body.
SHAWN JOHN: He definitely has the figure to
be a pro baller but he has got to put in the work. He’s got the work ethic to get in
there if he wants to.
COMM: Growing up this tall had has its drawbacks.
BRAVE HUNTER WILLIAMS: Growing up abnormally
tall was a little bit rough. I would try to hang out with my friends and they would have
like a swing set or something, and I would be like the size of a teenager trying to ride
a 5-year-old ride. I didn’t know my strength back then, my mom would always be like, “Calm
down just don’t hit him too hard.”
ANGELA WILLIAMS: I remember one year I told
him, “You are going to be living outside if you break one more thing.” That’s when
he took the whole door off of the pantry. That’s what holds all the snacks. How hungry
are you?
ANGELA WILLIAMS: The doctors say that my son
is gonna grow until he is 21. He is 7’1” now and 7’5” is the forecast.
ANGELA WILLIAMS: And yeah, he is big, he is
tall, but he is also very very intelligent. He is always on the honour roll or the merit
roll at the very least, and to tell you the truth he really doesn’t try that hard.
BRAVE HUNTER WILLIAMS: Yes, I would like to
become a professional athlete, but first I would like to go to college, and like get
all my studies in order first.
ANGELA WILLIAMS: I thought about my son being
tall for a long time, you know, like I, and I think there is a reason, because people
should listen to him and him being that tall gets him noticed. I know he is going to do
good things. I know he is going to big big things.