Texas grandfather, 105, who has witnessed TWELVE solar eclipses reveals why ... trends now
LaVerne Biser and his late wife Marion saw their first solar eclipse together on July 20, 1963.
Now, Monday's total solar eclipse marks Biser's 13th time watching the moon completely blot out the sun.
Some may think if you've seen one you've seen them all, but not the 105-year-old Bison.
'You see one, you want to see them all,' he said.
After that first eclipse, the Bisers were hooked. They began chasing eclipses.
LaVerne Biser will see his 13th solar eclipse on Monday. A lifelong eclipse chaser, this one has arrived at his front door.
LaVerne and Marion Biser viewed this total solar eclipse in February 26, 1979 - just one of a dozen they saw together.
They planned their vacations to correspond with eclipses around the country and the world.
In all, they viewed 12 of the celestial events together.
The couple was married for 78 years, before Marion's death last year.
'I miss her a lot,' he told Texas ABC affiliate WFAA. ' We were always together. She saw all of them, too.'
Biser, who grew up in Ohio, now lives in North Texas.
For the lifelong eclipse chaser, this is the first time the eclipse has come to him.
105-year-old LaVerne Biser saw a dozen eclipses with his late wife Marion, who died last year. This will be the first one he sees without her.
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LaVerne Biser's photos of eclipses decorate his home. This set is from a lunar eclipse on January 31, 2018.
