Probably, many will be surprised to learn that those superheroes from popular films, comics and science fiction books, live among us. In principle, they are ordinary people, but with extraordinary abilities and talents that science is not yet able to either explain or refute ...
1. Gino Martino: The Anvil Man
Gino Martino is an American professional wrestler and entertainer who shocked the public with his incredible ability to wrestle various solid objects, including iron bars, baseball bats and concrete blocks. His skull stood even balls for bowling, falling from a five-meter height. According to doctors, this unusual physical ability of Gino is due to the fact that he naturally possesses a heavy skull. For this, he was nicknamed the Man-the Anvil.
2. Tim Creedland: The King of Tortures
Tim Creedland, acting under the stage name "Zamora - King of Torture", has for decades demonstrated to the whole world his unique ability - exceptional tolerance for pain. He pierced himself with swords, swallowed fire and swords, lay down on nails - and this is only a fraction of the dangerous tricks that he has done in his entire career. Tim is the record holder of the Guinness Book of Records.
3. Wim Hof: The Iceman
The Dutchman Wim Hof has an amazing ability to withstand extremely low temperatures. He ran barefoot in the snow, plunged into cold water and set a world record of staying in an ice bath - 1 hour and 52 minutes. In addition, Wim Hof climbed to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro, being only shorts, for which he received the nickname "Ice Man". The man assures that he has reached a state in which he absolutely does not feel the cold, solely through meditation. The researchers confirmed that Wim is really capable of consciously controlling his autonomic nervous system and immune system reactions.
4. Masutatsu Oyama: could knock down a bull with one blow
Masutatsu Oyama (1923-1994) was a master of martial arts and champion, which no one could defeat. It is said that he spent three days with various opponents for a hundred fights of no more than two minutes and out of each came out victorious. Masutatsu Oyama also became famous for fighting with furious bulls with his bare hands and could knock them down with just one blow.
5. Tibetan monks practicing tummo: able to produce their own body of huge amounts of heat
It is known that Buddhist monks practicing tummo (yoga of internal fire) are able to increase their body temperature to an incredibly high level without a single muscle movement. To demonstrate their extraordinary abilities, they put on their shoulders large towels soaked in icy water, and within an hour of deep meditation they become absolutely dry. The ability of a person to consciously raise the temperature of his own body to science has not yet been explained.
6. Master Zhou: "The Pearl of China"
Master Zhou is a healer and master of Taijiquan, Kung Fu and Qigong. "Qi" in the word "qigong" is translated as "heat"; This is precisely the extraordinary ability of Master Zhou: he has a rare gift to heat objects with his own hands. He demonstrated his outstanding talent by drying the clay and bringing the water to the boiling point. Master Zhou also uses his unique ability to treat tumors, body aches and many other ailments that plague ordinary people. Among his patients were such famous personalities as the Dalai Lama and members of the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team. For his exceptional gift, Master Zhou received the nickname "Pearl of China". He claims that the appearance of the energy "qi" in his hands is the result of constant meditations.
7. Michel Lotito: "Monsieur eats everything"
Frenchman Michel Lotito (1950-2007) for a reason at home called 'Monsieur Mangetout', which in Russian sounds like "Misje will eat everything." Between 1959 and 1997, he literally absorbed about nine tons of metal objects, including aircraft, seven televisions, 18 bicycles, 15 shopping carts, a coffin and part of the Eiffel Tower. What is the reason for the appearance of such shocking ability in Lotito? This rare phenomenon in science and medicine is known as "picacism" - an eating disorder that is expressed in craving for inedible substances. It, along with an unusually thick mucous membrane of the stomach, and allowed Lotito to consume a huge amount of metal, which he, incidentally, cut into small pieces, watered with vegetable oil and swallowed, washed down with water. Ironically, Michel Lotito, oddly enough, a natural death.
8. Isao Machia: The Super Samurai
Isao Machia stuns the public with his incredible sword skills: he is able to cut the plastic bullet, released from pneumatic weapons, with a speed of more than 320 km / h. The trick made by Isao was captured on video; Viewing it in slow motion, the researchers were very surprised at how accurate and lightning were the movements and reaction of the young super-samyraya.
9. Ben Andenrvud: oriented in space with the help of sounds
Ben Andenrvud was born in 1992; At the age of three he suffered a complicated operation, during which he removed both eyes. But Ben was significantly different from other visually impaired: he did not need a cane or a guide dog, but all because he learned to navigate in space with the help of sounds. By the age of five, Ben developed the ability to echolocation - a skill that allows "seeing" surrounding objects through the perception of sound signals reflected from them. Thanks to this he, like all normal children, could ride a skateboard, play football, defend himself against hooligans and stuff. Unfortunately, Ben could not defeat the disease, which led him to complete blindness. He died in 2009 at the age of 16.
10. Natalia Demkina: X-ray vision
Natalia Demkina first discovered her unique ability to see through the skin of a person at the age of ten and has since used it to diagnose people who seek help from her. To prove or refute the girl's claims that she has X-ray vision, medical experts conducted with her participation a number of extensive studies.
In 2004, the Discovery Channel channel released a documentary about the extraordinary abilities of Natalia Demkina, entitled "A Girl with X-ray Eyes". During a study conducted by the Committee of Skeptical Surveys (CSI), Natasha was asked to determine the health status of six volunteers who had undergone surgery or had physical abnormalities. The girl examined the patients for four hours and was able to correctly diagnose four of them. Representatives of the CSI considered these results to be inconclusive, and the studies ended there. Nevertheless, Natalia continues to help sick people to this day.