Shelby Stanga: Biography in Details
Who is Shelby Stanga?
Shelby Stanga is an American presenter and TV personality.
Stanga is best-known and recognized as the lead character, Swamp Man in the show “The Legend of Shelby- The Swamp Man.”
He was able to earn the nickname after impressing the fans of Ax Men, a History Channel reality show about logging. The show was aired in 2009 and is still going strong.
Shelby Stanga: Age, Ethnicity, Early Career
Shelby Stanga was born on 1st January 1960 in Bedico, Los Angeles, United States of America.
He is of Scottish-American heritage. Besides himself, he has taught his cousins, Louis, Kelly, Jimy, Johnny, and Richard survival skills. They would spend time together in swamps and survive on fish, birds, gators, turtles, coons, crawfish, etc.
Shelby Stanga revealed that he started his career as a presenter when he was in high school. Stanga chooses a television career that suited his rugged features.
Shelby Stanga: Career, Award
Shelby Stanga works for the History Channel and is a famous American TV presenter.
He also plays the lead role in the show, The Legend of Shelby, the Swamp Man. It premiered on the 6th of Aug, 2013, and is also a spin-off to the series, Ax Men.
The show highlights the dangers encountered by the loggers. This reality show is filmed at the bayou of Louisiana. The two seasons of The Swamp man- The legends of Shelby incorporate 10 episodes.
The Legend
Today Shelby Stanga is a real-life legend. As a swamp master, he started working in the swamps at a very early age. The radical Ku Klux Klan made it difficult to carry on his education. So instead of playing, he would go hunting in the woods or go to the swamps and retrieve treasures.
Slowly Shelby Stanga came to be known as the Swamp Master because he really was the master of the swamps.
What is Shelby Stanga’s net worth?
Shelby Stanga’s net worth is around $2 million as of 2023. His salary is $70000 per episode.
Shelby Stanga’s Interesting Trivia!
Interestingly, Stanga loves to live in the swamps rather than in his own house. He prefers to sleep in a sleeping bag and hammock next to a boat on the Tangipahoa River, Louisiana.
Stanga gave an interview with a long barrel revolver tucked into one of his camouflage hunting boots, and dives into the water to locate logs.
“I put 108 pounds of diving weights on, steel-toed shoes, and sometimes a hard hat,”
he says of his preparation for finding the logs.
Shelby Stanga runs along the river bottom, feeling in the mud with his feet, because “99 percent of the logs are underneath the mud.”
He risks running into a log if the visibility is poor or losing his respirator.
When Shelby Stanga locates a log, Stanga digs in the soft mud, sometimes 6 or 8 feet down. He’s generally swimming in 18 to 20 feet of water, and the logs can be 5 feet around and then there are the critters he encounters while searching for logs
He spots scars from a snake and snapping turtle bites.
Once he’s finished digging, Stanga hooks the log to a crane and drags it to shore. He spins tales of finding sunken ships and treasures.
Shelby Stanga has a photo collection of himself of artifacts such as broken clay pipes and Civil War-era coins.
How tall is Shelby Stanga?
Shelby Stanga has auburn hair and dark grey eyes. He is 5 ft and 9 inches tall and weighs 70 kg.
Facebook, Twitter
Shelby Stanga is active on different social media platforms, to communicate with his fans. He has more than 1.9k followers on Twitter and 167.8k likes on his Facebook page.
Shelby Stanga’s Birthday Dates
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | January | Monday |
| 2025 | January | Wednesday |
| 2026 | January | Thursday |
| 2027 | January | Friday |
| 2028 | January | Saturday |