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The most unusual talents. Extraordinary abilities of people

Who said that people with superpowers can only be found in movies, cartoons and comics?

With this selection I want to prove to you that such people can be found in the real world. Of course, they do not fly like birds and are not able to move at the speed of light, but each of them has extraordinary abilities and talents that science will not be able to explain for a long time.

Gino Martino: Anvil Man

Gino Martino is an American professional wrestler and entertainer who shocks audiences with his incredible ability to break hard objects with his head, including iron bars, baseball bats and concrete blocks. His skull could even withstand bowling balls falling from a height of five meters. According to doctors, Gino's unusual physical ability is due to the fact that he naturally has a super-strong skull. For this he was nicknamed the Anvil Man.

Tim Cridland: King of Torture

Tim Cridland performing under stage name“Zamora, the King of Torture,” has demonstrated to the world for decades his unique ability – his exceptional tolerance for pain. He stabbed himself with swords, swallowed fire and swords, lay down on nails - and these are just a few of the dangerous stunts he performed throughout his career. Tim is a Guinness Book of Records record holder.

Wim Hof: The Iceman

Dutchman Wim Hof ​​has an amazing ability to withstand extremely low temperatures. He has run marathons barefoot in the snow, plunged into cold water and set a world record for staying in an ice bath of 1 hour and 52 minutes. In addition, Wim Hof ​​climbed to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro wearing only shorts, for which he received the nickname “Ice Man”. The man claims that he has reached a state in which he does not feel cold at all, solely thanks to meditation. Researchers have confirmed that Vim is indeed able to consciously control his autonomic nervous system and immune system reactions.

Masutatsu Oyama: could knock down a bull with one blow

Masutatsu Oyama (1923-1994) was a martial artist and champion that no one could defeat. They say that over three days he fought one hundred fights lasting no more than two minutes with various opponents and emerged victorious from each one. Masutatsu Oyama also became famous for fighting angry bulls with his bare hands and being able to knock them down with just one blow.

Tibetan monks practicing tummo: able to generate enormous amounts of heat with their own bodies

It is known that Buddhist monks who practice tummo (yoga of internal fire) are able to increase their own body temperature to an incredibly high level without moving a muscle. To demonstrate their extraordinary abilities, they place large towels soaked in water on their shoulders. ice water, and within an hour after deep meditation they become completely dry. Science has not yet been able to explain the ability of a person to consciously increase the temperature of his own body.

Master Zhou: "The Pearl of China"

Master Zhou is a healer and master of Tai Chi, Kung Fu and Qigong. The "qi" in the word "qigong" is translated as "heat"; This is precisely where Master Zhou’s extraordinary ability lies: he has the rare gift of heating objects with his own hands. He demonstrated his extraordinary talent by drying clay and bringing water to a boiling point. Master Zhou also uses his unique ability to cure tumors, body pain and a variety of other ailments that plague the common people. Among his patients were: famous personalities, like the Dalai Lama and members of the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team. For his exceptional gift, Master Zhou received the nickname “The Pearl of China.” He claims that the appearance of “chi” energy in his hands is the result of constant meditation.

Michelle Lotito: “Monsieur will eat everything”

It was not without reason that the Frenchman Michel Lotito (1950-2007) was called ‘Monsieur Mangetout’ in his homeland, which in Russian sounds like “Monsieur will eat everything.” Between 1959 and 1997, it literally swallowed up about nine tons of metal objects, including an airplane, seven televisions, 18 bicycles, 15 shopping carts, a coffin and part Eiffel Tower. What is the reason for Lotito’s manifestation of such a shocking ability? This rare phenomenon in science and medicine is known as pica, an eating disorder that involves craving non-food substances. This, along with the unusually thick mucous membrane of the stomach, allowed Lotito to consume a huge amount of metal, which, by the way, he cut into small pieces, poured vegetable oil and swallowed it with water. Michel Lotito died, oddly enough, of natural causes.

Isao Machii: Super Samurai

Isao Machii stuns audiences with his incredible sword skills: he is able to cut in half a plastic bullet fired from an air gun, traveling at over 200 mph.

Ben Andenrwood: navigated space using sounds

Ben Andenrwood was born in 1992; At the age of three, he underwent a complex operation during which both eyes were removed. But Ben was significantly different from other visually impaired people: he did not need a cane or a guide dog, and all because he learned to navigate in space using sounds. By the age of five, Ben had developed echolocation, a skill that allows him to “see” objects around him by perceiving sound signals reflected from them. Thanks to this, he, like all normal children, could skateboard, play football, defend himself from bullies, and so on. Unfortunately, Ben was unable to overcome the disease, which led him to complete blindness. He died in 2009 at the age of 16.

Natalia Demkina: X-ray vision

Natalya Demkina first discovered her unique ability to see through human skin at the age of ten and has since used it to diagnose people who turn to her for help. To prove or disprove the girl's claims that she has x-ray vision, medical experts conducted a number of extensive studies with her participation.
In 2004, the Discovery Channel released documentary about the extraordinary abilities of Natalia Demkina entitled “The Girl with X-Ray Eyes.” During a study conducted by the Committee of Skeptical Inquiry (CSI), Natasha was asked to determine the health status of six volunteers who had undergone surgery or had physical abnormalities. The girl examined patients for four hours and was able to correctly diagnose four of them. Representatives of the KSI considered these results inconclusive, and the research ended there. Nevertheless, Natalya continues to help sick people to this day.

Man is an amazing creature. It’s not for nothing that we are called the crown of nature. Human possibilities are truly limitless. Scientists still cannot explain some of our phenomenal abilities. And man never ceases to amaze and amaze, demonstrating more and more new miracles.

It is not for nothing that it is believed that we use only a small part of our brain. And the rest of the possibilities lie dormant, sometimes waking up in the form of superpowers. The most unusual human talents will be discussed below.

Super taste. The ability to taste food significantly improves our lives. However, there are rare specialists, they are called supertasters. They, by their nature, can taste much better than other people. Scientists have determined the nature of this ability. It lies in the presence of an additional mushroom-shaped growth on the tongue. This is where people have taste buds, and supertasters have these abilities to a greater extent. As a result, such people react to taste much more strongly. We know its five main shades: sweet, sour, bitter, salty, and a certain “meat taste”. Supertasters respond best to bitterness. Scientists did not immediately identify this human ability. At first it was noticed that not all people react equally to the taste of foods known to others. Especially to reveal this, Arthur Fox, who worked as a chemist at the American chemical corporation DuPont, conducted a series of experiments. He let me taste phenylthiocarbamide. As a result, not everyone was able to feel its bitterness. This ability is genetically inherent in us. Now other tests have been built on the basis of this test. genetic research. As a result, of those people who felt the bitterness of phenylthiocarbamide, only a third can be considered supertasters. The abilities of the rest are average. Not everyone likes to eat supertasters. They try to avoid bitter foods. We are talking about coffee, Brussels sprouts and ordinary sprouts, grapefruit juice. Scientists have found that Asians, Africans and women are more likely to be among the supertasters. After all, they are the ones who genetically have a greater chance of getting those same mushroom-shaped growths.

Absolute pitch. There are few people who can identify and reproduce tones. They are said to have absolute pitch. Moreover, such people can not only hear better, they are also able to classify sounds in their brains and remember their categories. IN Everyday life this can manifest itself in the form of identifying sounds that are familiar to us - musical instruments, the sounds of a siren or an engine. Such people can easily sing the indicated note, name the chord of the song. There is no problem in remembering the frequency of each tone and naming it. Scientists are still arguing, trying to understand whether absolute pitch genetic feature of a person or not. Opinions differ radically here. In total, from 3% of residents in the United States and up to 8% in Europe have absolute pitch. Most of these unique people can be found in music conservatories, for example, in Japan their number reaches 70%. This large figure is explained by the fact that in an environment with tonal languages ear for music forms much better and more often. We are talking about Vietnamese, Mandarin, Cantonese. Absolute pitch is also common in those born blind, autistic, and those suffering from William's syndrome.

Light perception. Some people can see light at four different sources. There are several such examples in nature. The most famous is the zebra fish. In the light spectrum they distinguish between red, blue, green and ultraviolet ranges. They say that true perception among people is extremely rare. However, two cases of this phenomenon are known. U ordinary people There are three types of receptors. Thanks to them, we distinguish between the red, blue and green parts of the spectrum. Each receptor can recognize about one hundred color shades. Then the brain mixes these signals and adjusts the brightness. As a result, we can see some part of the million shades with which our life is actually painted. And people with true light perception, in theory, can already perceive up to 100 million shades. In fact, they see the world with different eyes. As with supertasting, this ability is more common in women. The other extreme, color blindness, is more common in men. Curiously, this unpleasant feature can be inherited from a woman with strong light perception.

Echolocation. This ability allows, in particular, bats to navigate in dark forests. Animals release sound and wait for it to be reflected from an object, an echo. It is used to further determine the distance to the object. But such a unique ability is also found in humans. Some blind people can use echolocation. True, this skill requires long training and strong sensitivity to catch reflected sound. To work with their echolocation, a person must actively create noise. It could even be as simple as clicking your tongue. Thanks to the echo comes an understanding of where exactly objects around are located. It is believed that people with this skill can determine not only the location of an object, but also its size. Only humans cannot generate and hear high-frequency sounds, as dolphins or bats can. So we can only determine the location of the largest objects. But animal echolocators have much more possibilities. The most famous people with the ability to echolocation are Daniel Kish, James Holman and Ben Underwood. The name of the latter appears most often in the press. He lost his sight at the age of three, but gained a new unique ability.

Genetic chimerism. In his Iliad, the great Homer described an unusual mythological creature. It possessed body parts from various animals. The name of the monster gave its name to a rare genetic disorder - chimerism. It is also called tetragameticism. The disorder occurs in both humans and animals during those early stages of pregnancy when two fertilized eggs or embryos fuse into a single unit. Each zygote has a copy of its parent's DNA, hence two different genetic strands. During fusion, the cells retain their genetic character, and the embryo receives a mixture of two DNAs. It can be said that the human chimera is essentially its own twin. In humans, such a deviation is very rare. Scientists have counted about 40 such cases. Typically, DNA testing is used to understand whether a person is biologically related to those who claim to be their parents. However, this test can also reveal cases of chimerism. This happens if the DNA result suddenly shows that the child is not biologically related to his mother. The thing is that the child simply inherited a different DNA profile. That's exactly what happened in known history with Lydia Fairchild. Based on DNA tests on her and the children, the state concluded that she was not the biological mother. People with genetic chimerism have more advanced immune systems. They are tolerant of both genetically distinct cell types present in the body. In practice, this means that there may be many more potential organ donors for human chimeras.

Synesthesia. Let's imagine that each letter or number will be associated with some color. And some words will simply evoke taste sensations. Both of these forms belong to a neurological disorder called synesthesia. It manifests itself in the involuntary reaction of some sensors to the stimulation of completely different ones. This feature is genetic; it usually manifests itself in the association of numbers and letters with certain colors. However, such an unusual neurological disease does not make a person disabled at all, since abilities do not suffer from it. Almost all people with synesthesia are unaware that some events in their lives evoke more sensory responses than most others. True, those with synesthesia believe that this deviation still negatively affects their lives. It is still difficult to say exactly how many people have such a deviation. Data vary from 1 to 20 people per 20 thousand. When a group of strangers was studied in 2005-2006, it turned out that about 5% had synesthesia. Among famous people with such a deviation are the writer Vladimir Nabokov, composer Olivier Messiaen, and physicist Richard Feynman.

Calculator people. People with autism have many interesting feature. In particular, they constitute a most extraordinary group of connoisseurs. Such people can carry out complex calculations in their heads. Trained specialists also have this ability, we are talking about mathematicians, linguists and writers. However, in untrained autistics this talent is quite interesting. Many of these people are already born with scientist syndrome. But of all the people with such a deviation, only half are autistic. This syndrome is poorly understood; it usually develops throughout life, possibly due to head trauma. In total, there are at least a hundred of the most famous outstanding autistic scientists in the world who have the ability to quickly operate with large numbers in the brain. Recent experiments have shown that there is a certain factor that helps human calculators solve math problems much faster than ordinary people. We are talking about blood flow to the part of the brain that is responsible for mathematical calculations. For these people, this norm is six to seven times higher than usual. Among people with such extraordinary skills are Salo Finkelstein, Alexander Aitken, and Daniel McCartney. And Daniel Tammet is not only autistic, but also susceptible to synesthesia.

Super memory. There are people who can instantly remember everything they see. This photographic memory is also called living memory. Thanks to this, people remember sounds, images or objects themselves very accurately. The most famous example is Akira Haraguchi. She was able to remember 100 thousand decimal places of Pi. Autistic Steven Vilchir was able to depict his holiday in Rome in great detail in his drawings. And the film "Rain Man" talks about Raymond Babbitt, who also had a living memory. Dustin Hoffman's character could remember about 12 thousand books from memory. The question of the existence of true photographic memory remains open. But it is already clear that this ability is evenly distributed between both sexes. But no one has yet succeeded in learning living memory through long-term training.

Immortal cells. Humanity has long been looking for a path to immortality. But today science knows one person whose cells turned out to be immortal. They are capable of dividing endlessly even outside their native body. This person is a woman, Henrietta Lacks. She was born in 1920, and at the age of 31 she was diagnosed with cervical cancer. A year of serious illness passed and Henrietta died. Some unknown surgeon took samples of tumor tissue without the consent of relatives. This material was then given to Dr. George Gee. This scientist multiplied tissue samples from a woman for his laboratory, creating from them an endless cell line - the HeLa line (on behalf of Henrietta LAX). It turned out that the cells from Henrietta's tumor had an active form of the enzyme and it spread very quickly. HeLa multiplied faster than even other cancer cells. In 1951, doctors announced that medicine would now take a new path in research into the treatment of cancer. Nowadays, HeLa cells are very common in laboratories. They even evolved, adapting to new conditions, and some branches appeared. Today, Henrietta's living cells exist even more than she had during her lifetime. Their mass exceeds the weight of the woman herself. Unfortunately, she herself will never be able to know what contribution she made to science. In 1954, HeLa cells were used by Jonas Salk to develop a vaccine against polio. Since then, cells have been actively used in the study of cancer, AIDS, the effects of radiation, poisoning toxic substances. And HeLa turned out to be in demand for cloning.

Many have the ability to sing beautifully, play the piano masterfully musical instruments or move gracefully to the rhythm of the dance. But there are also people who are endowed with truly superhuman qualities from birth or who acquired them after experiencing life trauma. What amazing abilities of people amazed the world?

"Island of Genius" savants

History contains many cases when, as a result of developmental disorders or after suffering brain injuries, people exhibit amazing capabilities in one or several areas of knowledge. Such people are called savants, which literally means “scientists” in French.

Areas in which the qualities of savants most often manifest themselves:

  • Music - they are able to play from memory a piece they have heard once or sing all the arias they have just heard.
  • Fine art is to reproduce images seen only once on TV or in a book.
  • Arithmetic calculations - easily name the results of multi-digit multiplications.
  • Cartography - accurately reproducing a plan of an area on a piece of paper after a quick inspection of the area from above.
  • Calendar calculations - in a matter of seconds, determine which day of the week will fall, for example, on January 1, 3009.
  • Construction of complex three-dimensional models.

Many savants also exhibit a heightened perception of aromas, a sense of time, and the ability to learn foreign languages.

The world learned about people with such amazing abilities thanks to the film “Rain Man”, which received 4 Oscars. Main character film could easily reproduce complex arithmetic calculations in his mind. The prototype of the hero was the American Kim Peake, who has a phenomenal memory. He is able to remember up to 98% of the information he reads. By the age of 35, he had read and memorized 9 thousand volumes of specialized literature, including address books and train schedules.

"High-altitude genes" of the Sherpas

Representatives of the people living in Eastern Nepal are people who have become famous for their amazing and truly incredible abilities survive at a critical altitude of 4 thousand meters above sea level in harsh mountain conditions. They are indispensable guides and porters accompanying climbers during life-threatening ascents of Everest.

The main problem of living at altitude is the lack of oxygen in the body, which occurs due to low atmospheric pressure. In people of lowland areas, when a critical altitude is reached, an increase in blood viscosity is observed due to an increase in the number of red blood cells. This provokes the development of mountain sickness, which increases the risk of cardiovascular diseases.

The secret of the amazing survival of the Tibetans was discovered only a few years ago. Scientists have found that 90% of representatives of this ethnic group have the EPAS1 gene. The high-altitude variant of the gene helps its owners, under hypoxic conditions, avoid excess production of red blood cells, thereby preventing the development of heart problems.

“Unity of feelings” of synesthetes

Synesthetes are people in whom stimulation of one sense organ provokes an automatic response from another. For example, they perceive letters and numbers in the form of colored images. They represent months and years in the form of three-dimensional maps or personify them with personalities. There are cases when a hypersensitive person, when pronouncing certain words and recreating images in memory, taste associations appear. When listening to their favorite tune, they can feel the taste of chocolate in their mouth, and when they hear the word “basketball,” they can clearly feel the taste of waffles.

A world-famous representative of synesthetes is a gifted Briton named Daniel Tammet - a man with an amazing ability to perceive numbers mentally. He believes that each number has its own unique shape, and therefore depicts them in the form of paintings and landscapes. According to him, the visual image of the number “Pi” is beautiful, “333” is especially attractive, and “289” is ugly.

A resident of Switzerland, Elisabeth Sulser, has synesthetic abilities as a result of a mixture of three senses of perception: taste, hearing and vision. With "color hearing", she can taste music and see colored sound waves moving at specific widths, heights and depths. These abilities greatly help the creative nature when composing melodies and symphonies from flowers.

Echolocation - orientation by sounds

Some people can see without eyes. In this they are helped by sonar vision, called echolocation. The method of reading information is based on the fact that it makes it possible to determine the position of an object by the delay in the return of the sound wave reflected from it. At the same time, the reflected sound wave activates the areas of the brain responsible for vision, forming a powerful visual illusion.

The most talented person with this amazing opportunity recognized by Ben Underwood. The boy learned to navigate in space, determining the location and shape of obstacles by using his tongue to reproduce clicking sounds similar to those made by dolphins.

By picking up reflected signals, Ben can dance, climb trees, play basketball, skateboard and ride a bicycle. Hearing the echo of things, he can imagine landscapes in front of him, not in color, but in form. Keeping the landscape he hears in his memory, the boy easily finds his way even in an unfamiliar place.

Through functional brain imaging, visually impaired people can even play video games. For example, Terry Garrett is able to unfold the levels of the game before his eyes only by adding the sounds accompanying the game.

Gutta-percha - people “without bones”

People who have developed the amazing ability to bend their body, literally tying it into a knot, erase our understanding of the limits of possibility.

Touching the top of your head to your heel, squeezing yourself through the hole of a tennis racket, putting your big toe in your mouth... Gutta-percha people can handle any of these tasks.

American Daniel Smith is recognized as the most flexible person. Today he is a 5-time record holder of the Guinness Book of Records and a frequent hero of performances and entertainment shows. The “rubber” man easily folds into unnatural compositions. The record holder has been given unparalleled flexibility since childhood. And he brought it to the possible limit on his own.

In general, the flexibility indicator can be judged only after the completion of the formation of the skeleton. By this age, joints exhibit the ability to undergo various contractions and movements, becoming as nature intended them to be.

Research by scientists has shown that increased joint mobility is the result of insufficient collagen production, which occurs due to genetic mutations. Gutta-percha people have tensile ligaments that are prone to frequent dislocation in the event of careless blows or even slight falls to the ground.

Human magnetism

Magnetism is the amazing ability of people to attract metal, porcelain, glass and even wooden objects. This ability has nothing to do with the natural manifestation of the electromagnetic field, since it is based on another type of physical influence.

People-magnets met in the middle of the century before last:

  • Massachusetts College student Louis Hamburger in 1890 advertised his unique abilities to an astonished public when he touched and held a glass container filled with metal shavings in the air with his fingertips.
  • A resident of Missouri in 1889 became famous for literally being “magnetized” to the ground while walking. He moved with quick steps, because at the slightest stop his legs refused to listen to him. To get them off the ground, he asked his friends for help. At the moment of separation, a short flash occurred and the “magnetization” effect disappeared.

Such unique people are also found among our compatriots. Cheboksary resident Mikhail Vasiliev, who was able to “magnetize” an ingot weighing 165 kg to his own body, was recognized by the Guinness Book of Records. Moreover, the weight of the record holder himself does not exceed 60 kg.

Some scientists are of the opinion that human magnetism is caused by unusually sticky skin, others by its ability to draw air into itself, creating a vacuum suction effect. Plus, to consolidate the “magnet” effect, a person creates a small angle of inclination.

It is noteworthy that during laboratory tests, magnet people were even able to attract members of research groups. In addition, they shared their “charges of energy” with others, giving them the ability to also attract objects for a while. Appearance in last years large number Scientists explain people with amazing “magnetization” abilities by the complication of the environmental situation, which leads to a change in the constancy of natural wave interactions in the body.

Immortal cells of HeLa

Throughout all stages of evolution, humanity has been searching for the path to immortality. A person whose cells are capable of dividing indefinitely outside their native body, remaining immortal, is known to science today. This is Henrietta Lex. She was born in 1920 and died at the age of 31 after unsuccessful treatment for cervical cancer.

The surgeon who operated on her removed samples of tumor tissue, and Dr. George Gee multiplied them, creating an endless line of HeLa. Research has shown that the malignant transformation disabled their growth suppression program, making them immortal.

Today, HeLa cells are common in all laboratories. In the world of biomedicine, they are as popular and in demand as Petri dishes. The total mass of the recreated material is now several times greater than the weight of their ancestor. An infinite cell line that imitates the human body in vitro is actively used:

  • during cloning;
  • in cancer research;
  • for compiling genetic maps;
  • when determining the influence of radiation;
  • to develop methods of artificial insemination;
  • when studying the molecular patterns of AIDS;
  • in case of poisoning with toxic substances;

It is noteworthy that HeLa cells feel comfortable in conditions of weightlessness. In December 1960, they were even sent on a satellite into outer space.

The malignant tumor that killed Henrietta made her cells truly unique. It is not known whether this woman wanted immortality, but she found it and at the same time saved more lives than any doctor can do.

Despite the uniqueness of each person, from the point of view of anatomy and physiology we are all similar. This is why people with unusual abilities or external characteristics always cause great interest. There are few such individuals, and in most cases these phenomena are carefully hidden from the public for their own good. This material contains real facts about the most unusual people, which received wide publicity.

In May 1934, a sensational event occurred, which was called the “luminous woman from Pirano.” Reports about this moved from the pages of medical publications to newspapers around the world. Signora Anna Monaro suffered from asthma, and for several weeks a blue light emanated from her chest while she slept. Many doctors observed this phenomenon, which each time lasted for several seconds intermittently.

One psychiatrist suggested that "the phenomenon is caused by electrical and magnetic organisms that have become quite developed in this woman's body and are therefore emitting a radiance" (in other words, another way of saying "I don't know").

Another doctor, talking about firefly people with unusual abilities, proposed the theory of electromagnetic radiation, linking it with certain chemical components found in the patient’s skin, which was close to the then fashionable theory of bioluminescence. Dr. Protti, who made a lengthy statement regarding his observations of Signora Monaro, suggested that her poor health, together with fasting and piety, had increased the amount of sulphides in the blood. Human blood emits rays in the ultraviolet range, and sulfides can be made to luminesce by ultraviolet irradiation - this explains the glow emanating from Signora Monaro's chest.

The proposed theory about people having such unusual abilities did not explain the strange periodicity or localization of the bluish flashes, and soon the baffled researchers fell completely silent. Harvey talked about glowing bacteria that feed on human sweat, but according to Protti, Anna Monaro began to sweat profusely only after her chest emitted a glow, at which point her heart began to beat twice as fast as usual. In many textbooks and scientific works Toxicology describes wounds that emit a glow. This is usually explained by the presence in wounds of luminescent bacteria or secretions that contain the biochemical substances luciferin and luciferase, as well as ATP (adenosine triphosphate), which, as a rule, do not combine, and if they are combined, they begin to emit light. A similar process occurs with the glow of fireflies and fire flies. However, if these theories could be applied to the case of Signora Monaro, then her entire body should glow.

In his work Death: Its Causes and Associated Phenomena, Hereward Carrington talks about a child who died of acute indigestion. When the neighbors were preparing a shroud for him, they noticed that the boy’s body was emitting a bluish glow and warmth was spreading from it. It felt like it was on fire. Attempts to extinguish this radiance did not lead to anything, but after some time it stopped on its own. When they moved the body, they discovered that the sheet underneath was burnt.

In the medical literature, cases of a person's unusual ability to glow are usually associated with pathology. For example, in the monumental monograph Anomalies and Curiosities in Medicine (1937), they talk about a woman who suffered from breast cancer: the light emanating from the damaged area of ​​​​the breast was sufficient to see the dial of a watch located several feet away.

The only case in the world when unusual people “emitted light” while being practically healthy (not counting, of course, saints) was described in the magazine “English Mechanic” dated September 24, 1869. One American woman, going to bed, discovered a glow in the upper part of the fourth finger of her right legs. When she rubbed her leg, the glow increased and some unknown force pushed her fingers apart. There was a stench coming from the leg. The light emission and smell did not stop even when the foot was immersed in a basin of water. Even soap could not extinguish or reduce the glow. This phenomenon lasted three quarters of an hour, and was observed by the woman’s husband.

Perhaps these are the most unusual people on the planet, since such phenomena are quite rare, and at the same time have absolutely no explanation.

"Electric" people with unusual abilities

One of the very first cases of scientists studying very unusual people, dates back to 1846. We are talking about the so-called “electric” people. On January 15, Angelique Cotin from La Perrière (France), who turned 14 years old that day, experienced a strange condition that then lasted 10 weeks. As soon as she approached objects, they immediately began to bounce away from her. The lightest touch of her hand or dress was enough for even the heaviest furniture to start spinning and jumping around the room. It was absolutely impossible to hold something if Angelica was also holding it: the object immediately began to twitch and slip out of her hands.

The French Academy of Sciences appointed a special research group to study this one of the most unusual abilities of people, one of whose members was the famous physicist of that time, Francois Arago. His report on the investigation was published in the February 1846 issue of the Journal de Debate. According to the scientist, the power that the girl possessed was akin to electromagnetism (in her presence, for example, the compass needle began a real “St. Vitus’ dance”); it usually increased in the evenings and seemed to be concentrated on the left side of Angelique's body, more precisely, on her left wrist and elbow. The poor thing happened to convulse when this force manifested itself with particular activity; while her heart rate was 120 beats per minute. She herself was so frightened by what was happening that she often ran away from home at breakneck speed.

Probably the most famous example of such the most unusual people in the world was the case of Lulu Hearst, who even demonstrated her extraordinary abilities in front of the public. In 1883-1885. she performed as the “miracle from Georgia” until she left the stage after marrying her entrepreneur.

Her abilities, as expected, are in classic version With " evil spirits“I began to feel it in myself after the age of 14. In her presence, porcelain cups were beating, and at night in the bedroom where she was, strange knocks on the door and heavy blows began to be heard, which frightened her younger sister, with whom she slept together, to death. The next day after the strange noises began, Lulu handed over a chair to one of her relatives, which at the same time began to spin in her hands, clearly not wanting to pass on to the new owner. The four men could not pull it over, and in the end the chair fell into pieces and all four fell to the floor.

Her family persuaded the girl to turn her illness into art. The number she performed was that Lulu had to demonstrate her superiority over several adult men. Let's say a girl was holding one end of a billiard cue, and two strong men were trying with all their might to no avail to snatch the cue from her hands, bend it to the ground, etc. She lifted three men sitting on each other's laps in a chair by simply touching her palms his back, lightly touched a heavy object - and he moved away, although five strong men could not move him from his place. Edwards described such unusual abilities of people in his book " Strange people"(1961). He wrote about Lulu that, according to the testimony of many contemporaries, she allowed any “inspectors” to approach her, who could make sure that she performed her numbers without any tension, without resorting to tricks and tricks.

These photos show unusual people on the planet with unusual appearance and abilities:

The most unusual people on the planet, immune to fire (with photos and videos)

It is unlikely that anyone in their right mind would risk walking barefoot through a pit filled with burning coals or hot stones. It can be assumed that people demonstrating this are in some special state. No one has yet explained how, while walking on fire, they manage to perform this incredible trick without any damage to themselves.

One of the first experiments with fire walking was organized in September 1935 in Carshalton, Surrey, on the initiative of the University of London. The experiment involved a young Muslim man from India, Kuda Bax, who walked through a 20-foot-wide pit of coals four times without being burned.

In all parts of the world, immunity to fire is achieved using a wide variety of methods. Apparently, among Indians (whether in India, Sri Lanka or Fiji) the most important element of ritual is a state of trance or religious ecstasy. However, Kuda Bucks and many others have demonstrated their immunity to fire while being in a completely normal state. However, for some, complex preparation is required, which includes singing, dancing, sexual abstinence, while others can walk on coals with no preparation at all or after a simple symbolic ritual.

As you can see in the photo, such unusual people do not receive any damage when walking on hot coals:

E. D. Dingwall's book "Amazing Incidents of People" (1947) tells in detail about a certain Marie Saunay, who lived in Paris in the 50s. XVIII century This woman, who suffered from attacks of St. Medara, received the nickname “fireproof”. Wrapped in a sheet, she could lie over the fire for a long time, resting her head and legs on chairs. She could stick her stockinged and slippered feet into a brazier of coals and hold them there until the stockings burned to ashes. In this regard, the question arises: why did the stockings and shoes burn, but the sheet did not? By the way, this is not the only such example. In the book “Secrets of Science and Miracles,” M. F. Long cited D. G. Hill’s story about a walk on hot stones on one of the islands of the Tahiti archipelago with the participation of a certain European. Although the pit was so hot that the skin on his face peeled off, his leather boots were completely undamaged by the fire.

What happens when you walk on fire? Most likely, the walker is in an exalted state, in which pain sensations are suppressed, as, for example, during hypnosis sessions. However, in some cases, participants do without trance or ecstasy. However, there is no evidence indicating that damaged tissue heals so quickly that no traces are left at all (a similar phenomenon is sometimes observed among dervishes, residents of the island of Bali and other “initiates” who master the art of piercing their bodies).

The author found the most daring explanation for such an unusual deviation in people in the work of D. Pierce “A Crack in the Cosmic Egg,” devoted to the question of different degrees of perception of “reality.” Peirce believes that walking on coals is a classic example of the creation of some new reality(albeit only temporary and on a local scale) in which the fire does not burn as usual. Everything goes fine as long as this reality persists, but in the history of fire walking there are known cases of monstrous sacrifices and terrible injuries of those whose faith suddenly broke, and they again found themselves in the world where the fire burns. The magical state in which a person becomes immune to fire is apparently created by the person presiding over the firewalking ceremony.

It is likely that the ability to walk on fire cannot be explained by spiritual or psychological reasons alone, and here we are talking about some physical phenomenon that is not yet understood and has not found its explanation.

How else can one explain the fact that in Bulgaria they still take tourists to one of the villages where every evening local residents walking on hot coals.

Here you can watch a video of unusual people who are immune to fire:

Very unusual people with abnormalities: a “boiling” person

The so-called “boiling people” are considered one of the most unusual people on earth. When scientists from Lima, having climbed very high into the mountains, met Augusto Moravira, they were terribly surprised, says Echo of the Planet. The fact is that the snow, falling on the Indian’s body, instantly melted, flowing down in streams. And the mountaineer’s handshake was incredibly hot and wet.

When Augusto's body temperature was measured, the thermometer went off scale. And a special laboratory thermometer, which was used to measure this person’s temperature, showed 43.5 °C.

However, the phenomenon of people with such anomalous deviations is explained quite simply. Scientists believe that normal high body temperature is caused by increased blood pressure, which in turn depends on high-altitude atmospheric pressure. However, after living for some time in Lima, Augusto lowered his body temperature to 37 ° C with a pressure of 120/80. At the same time, he began to freeze even on fine days. But he has no plans to return to the mountains. It's nice to feel at the center of a sensation.

The most unusual abilities of people on earth: super-acute hearing and vision

Józef Powołło-Rzeszowski's parents moved from Poland to Sweden when he was only two years old. At first, the father and mother did not notice any abnormalities in the child. But one day, four-year-old Yuzef recounted to his mother a conversation between two people who were a little more than a kilometer away. Of course, Yadviga did not believe her son. And he actually had super-acute, simply supernatural hearing: the boy could easily pick up human speech sounding one and a half kilometers away.

After some time, he began to amaze those around him with another unusual ability- super-acute vision, thanks to which he could freely read newspaper text at a distance of 1 km.

And cases of such unusual capabilities in humans are far from isolated.

People with unusual appearance by nature and their photos

The most famous people with unusual appearance are considered to be a child with the face of a dog and a tower woman of gigantic stature.

When a puppy's whining was heard in the delivery room of a clinic in Toronto (Canada), the doctors who delivered the baby were shocked.

Linda and Derrida Jameson were a wonderful couple, but they needed a child to be completely happy. The specialists could not help them, and the couple had to turn to the services of a sperm bank. No one can now say how Linda was inseminated with dog sperm. Doctors monitored the progress of the pregnancy, and if they had timely determined which fetus was developing in the womb, the emergency could have been avoided. But a man with an unusual appearance by nature was born: the child’s body was human, and his face was that of a dog. And he began to bark like a puppy.

Polyglot, heat generator, magnet, amphibian, computer. Don't understand what these words can have in common? And this all applies to people who have incredible abilities.

All people are different, but among us there are real unique ones with incredible abilities. Their phenomenon is being actively studied by scientists, but some individuals still remain a mystery to everyone. We invite you to meet these unique people.

1. Amphibian Man

Danish diver Stig Severinsen is famous for his ability to hold his breath underwater for as long as 22 minutes, while the average person cannot hold his breath for even a few minutes. Swimming training has been a part of his life since he was six years old. He has many records, for example, he was able to swim 152 meters underwater in 2 minutes, wearing a wetsuit and fins. 11 sec.

2. X-ray girl


At the age of 10, Saransk resident Natalya Demkina discovered the ability to see through people, that is, she can look at the condition of internal organs, identify existing problems, and so on. People began to turn to her for help, and they claim that everything the girl said turned out to be true. In 2004, Natalya took part in an experiment organized by the English media. She described in detail all the injuries that the woman received as a result of the car accident. Demkina decided to devote her life to medicine.

3. Human Camera


Artist Stephen Wiltshire is autistic, but he also has an incredible memory. He can paint a landscape in great detail after seeing it just once. It's like he's recording everything on tape and then playing it back. He was able to create detailed panoramic drawings of Tokyo, Rome and New York, and before starting work, he simply flew over them in a helicopter. An image of America's capital can be seen on a giant billboard in International airport named after J. Kennedy.

4. Megasavant


Let's start with a definition: a savant is a person with incredible abilities caused by brain pathology. Lawrence Kim Peake was the only person in the world who had the ability to simultaneously read two pages of a book with each eye. His father said that Lawrence began to remember everything from the age of 16 months. He read books quickly and memorized the contents the first time. By the way, Kim Peek is the prototype of the main character of the famous film “Rain Man”.

5. Eagle Vision


With her unique vision, German Veronica Seider attracted the attention of others when she was studying at the university. She could easily see a person who was 1.6 km away from her. For reference, the average person has difficulty seeing details at a distance of 6 m. Studies have shown that her vision is 20 times better than other people, so it is compared to a telescope.

6. Long-term insomnia


In 1973, a Vietnamese man experienced a fever, after which he developed a severe form of insomnia. At first Ngoc Thai thought that this was a temporary phenomenon, but more than 40 years have passed and he has never slept. Doctors' studies have not found any serious health problems, and the man himself says that he is irritable due to lack of sleep. Doctors believe that Thai lives for so long without rest, thanks to a phenomenon called micro-sleep, when, due to extreme fatigue, a person falls asleep for just a couple of seconds.

7. Magnet Man


In Malaysia, there lives a seemingly ordinary man - Lew Tou Lin, but he has a unique ability. His body is like a magnet, attracting various metal objects. Lew discovered his ability only at the age of 60, when tools began to stick to his hands. Experiments were conducted and it was found that a Malaysian can hold up to 36 kg on his body without arms. In addition, he managed to use his magnetism to drag a real car for some distance. Scientists, perplexed, conducted research and did not find a magnetic field in the man’s body.

8. Gutta-percha boy


WITH early childhood Daniel Smith discovered his ability to twist his body, and when he came of age, he began touring with a circus troupe and became very popular thanks to his participation in various shows and television programs. Daniel has several records in the Guinness Book of Records. Not only can it be folded into different knots and compositions, but it can also move the heart along the chest. Doctors say that Daniel received good flexibility from birth, and then worked hard and developed his abilities to incredible heights.

9. Human Computer


Shakuntala Devi had incredible mathematical abilities. From early childhood, her father taught her card tricks, and after a while she remembered the cards much better than her parent. She amazed with her ability to produce incredible mathematical calculations not only teachers in school, but also people doing street performances. Her name is in the Guinness Book of Records because Devi was able to multiply two 13-digit numbers in just 28 seconds. Shakuntala took part in an experiment where she competed with a UNIVAC 1101 computer. She was able to extract the 23rd root of a 201-digit number in just 50 seconds, while the machine took 62 seconds.

10. Feels no pain


Since childhood, Tim Cridland realized that he did not feel pain and began to show everyone his skills. At school, he scared his classmates and teachers by piercing his hands with needles. Now Tim takes part in various entertainment programs in America, mocking his body. It is worth noting that Tim takes this seriously and has carefully studied human anatomy to ensure safety, since he only has a high pain threshold, and injuries remain with him, like all people.

11. Iron lover


The French artist Michel Litoto was famous for the fact that he could eat any objects, for example, made of glass or metal, without any harm to the digestive system. People around him nicknamed him “Mr. Omnivore” for this. Doctors explained this phenomenon by the presence of very thick walls of the stomach and intestines. According to existing information, from 1959 to 1997 he ate approximately 9 tons of metal. During his extreme meal, he broke off pieces of iron and ate them, washed down with water and mineral oil. It took him two years to eat an entire Cessna 150 plane.

12. King Bee


Usually people are afraid of bees like fire, which cannot be said about Norman Gary, who is a beekeeper and an ardent lover of these insects. He can command and control a huge swarm of bees by holding them on his body. An interesting fact is that such friendship with insects allowed Norman to take part in the filming of several films, for example, “ Secret materials" and "Invasion of the Bee Girls."

13. Generates heat with hands


A famous person in China is Zhou Ting Jue, who practices kung fu, tai chi and qigong. A man is able to generate heat through his palms and it is enough to boil water. Another unique ability is to shift body weight from the legs to the chest area. Thanks to this, it can stand on a sheet of paper and not press through it. In addition, Zhou claims that he is a healer and can even dissolve tumors. Famous personalities turned to him for help; there is information that he even treated the Dalai Lama.

14. Vacuum Cleaner Man


Wei Mingtang accidentally discovered his unusual talent - inflating balloons and extinguishing candles with his ears. From that time on, he began to develop his skills, for example, he began to use a small tube and with its help began to inflate Balloons. He performs at various events, entertaining the audience. Wei even sets records, for example, he was able to blow out 20 candles with his ears in 20 seconds.

15. Iceman


Great amount Cold-related records were set by Wim Hof. His body can withstand very low temperatures, so he was able to climb Everest and Kilimanjaro wearing only shorts and boots. In addition, he ran a marathon Arctic Circle and through the Namib Desert without water. The Guinness Book of Records contains his achievement - Wim Hof ​​was able to immerse himself in ice for 1 hour 44 minutes.

16. Using echolocation


A boy was born in Sacramento who was diagnosed with a rare disease - retinal cancer. As a result, doctors removed Ben Underwood eyeballs. At the same time, the guy lived a full life, without a guide dog or even a cane. Ben used his tongue to make clicking noises, and the sound bounced off nearby objects, helping him figure out what to avoid. Doctors believe that the brain unique boy I learned to translate sounds into visual information. Bats and dolphins have similar abilities. The guy, like animals, captured the echo and determined the exact location of nearby objects.

17. Unique marathon runner


Do you admire people who run marathons? Imagine that Dean Karnasis was able to run without stopping or resting for three days. He managed the most difficult endurance test - he ran a marathon at the South Pole without snowshoes at a temperature of minus 25°C. In 2006, he set another record by running a marathon across 50 states in 50 days.

18. Super strong teeth


Malaysian resident Radhakrishnan Velu bears the title “King Tooth”, since he is able to pull enormous weights only with the help of his teeth. In 2007, he set one of his many records - pulling a train consisting of six cars. Doctors have not yet been able to unravel the man’s secret, but he is sure that it’s all thanks to healthy image life, meditation and regular training.

19. Unusual polyglot


If a person speaks more than three languages, then he is already called a polyglot, but this is incomparable with the result of Harold Williams, who knew 58 languages, yes, this is not a typo. He said that from early childhood he was interested in languages. He applied his knowledge in diplomacy, since he could communicate with all representatives of the League of Nations delegation in their native language.

20. Musician with synesthesia


The concept of “synesthesia” refers to the intersection of sensory organs. For example, a person who eats something red can feel the taste of another food, or there are people who can feel colors with their eyes closed. Elizabeth Sulser is a musician whose vision, hearing and taste are mixed. Thanks to this, she can see the color of the sound wave and understand the taste of the music. It sounds incredible, but it's a fact. For a long time she considered her abilities to be normal. They help her compose melodies from flowers.

21. Speed ​​Samurai


Isao Machii is a Japanese Iaido master who is capable of moving at incredible speeds. A modern samurai was able to cut a flying bullet into pieces. The action was filmed, and to see the movement of the sword, the video was slowed down 250 times. The Guinness Book of Records contains several of his achievements, for example, he performed the fastest thousand sword strikes and was able to cut tennis ball, moving at a speed of 820 km/h.