active website pseudonym birth_place influences nationality name birth_date genre article_title birth_name medium
1991 -- present -lsb- http://www.mrmethane.com/ www.mrmethane.com -rsb- mr methane macclesfield , cheshire , england le pétomane british mr methane 1966 speciality act mr. methane
 paul oldfield performance fart
mr. methane

paul oldfield , born in macclesfield , cheshire , north west england , is better known by his stage name mr. methane .
he is a british farter or `` professional farter '' who started performing in 1991 ; he briefly retired in 2006 but restarted in mid-2007 ; he claims to be the only performing farter in the world .
he has worked on railroads before focusing on his flatulence performances .
