Most 11-year-old boys are busy fighting off cooties and playing video games, but Fin Keleher is striving for something more.

Most 11-year-old boys are busy fighting off cooties and playing video games, but Fin Keleher is striving for something more.

The ambitious young Keleher, a resident of Salt Lake City, Utah, has decided that he wants his name in the record books, The Guinness Book of World Records to be exact, as the person with the most snails on his face at one time.

According to the Guinness Book, the current record for this particular feat is an astounding 37 snails. In order for the snails to be officially counted they must stay attached to the person’s face for at least 10 seconds.

Keleher said in an interview with the UK’s Daily Star that a copy of the famous record book he had received for his 10th birthday was his inspiration.

As Keleher made three attempts at making history while at a party celebrating his birthday, his family and representatives from the local media were on hand to witness the event and cheer him on.

The crowd of a half dozen roared with as much applause as a half dozen people could generate after it was clear that Keleher had made it.

On his second attempt, he scored 38 snails.

However, the rules prohibit winning by just one.

It was Keleher’s third attempt that secured his victory. The crowd stood by on edge as the official snail counter began removing the snails off of his face and placing them on the official snail cookie sheet.

In total, Fin secured the Guinness World Record with 43 snails slithering across his face, completely shattering expectations.

“I closed my eyes and covered up my mouth with … well, I sucked my lips in so that they could crawl on that,” Keleher said in an interview with local CBS affiliate, WCBS.

“I thought I could totally beat that because I’m not grossed out by snails like most people are,” Keleher went on to say, taking an obvious jab at most people’s aversion of having snails slithering on their face.

At the time this article was written, most people were not available for comment.

The Kelehers will, per the guidelines of the Guinness World Records, send the videotape of the attempt and signed witness testimonies for review, hopefully by experts familiar with facial snail arrangements.