The Venerable Tsering Phunstok, a Tibetan monk speaks about Buddhist death philosophy at the Congress of Curious Peoples Symposium. The Symposium is a two day academic event featuring panel discussions on topics related to the sideshow and history of Coney Island. After his talk, Phunstok took in the sideshow and watched several performances. Among others, he saw Baron Von Geiger, who bills himself as the Worlds Strangest Strongman, stick fish hooks in his face and swing an anchor attached to them.