People with incredible abilities. Psychics

26.09.2019

People have always been interested in what lies beyond ordinary perception, what is inaccessible to the majority. However, along with interest, there was also fear due to the lack of reliable information and the unknown.

Recently, paranormal or unusual abilities of people have become the subject of social and scientific research, philistine gossip and newspaper publications. What kind of abilities are these? Where do they come from?

Despite the fact that the human body has already been well studied by doctors and scientists, mysteries still remain that are beyond our understanding. There are many amazing cases that happened to ordinary people and were published in the press. Some events simply cannot be explained by modern science.

So, perhaps the most famous case occurred when a mother was walking with her little son and got distracted. The child ran out onto the road and was hit by a car. Seeing this picture, the baby’s mother rushed to his aid and lifted the car. It is this case that in our time is most often described by scientists as proof that the human body has hidden abilities.

Another fairly famous incident occurred during the war. The pilot's steering became jammed due to a bolt caught in the mechanism. Fearing death, the pilot began to pull the handle with all his strength and miraculously was able to right the plane. After landing, the mechanics carefully examined the controls and found a sheared bolt. As a result of the examination, it turned out that in order to cut such a bolt, a force of 500 kilograms would be required.

One man was walking through the forest and accidentally came across a sleeping bear. Out of fear, he grabbed a log lying nearby and rushed to run towards the nearby village. When the danger was over, he threw the log to the ground, caught his breath and looked at it. It turned out to be a huge tree trunk, which he later could not drag alone from the road. The man couldn’t even explain to himself why he grabbed this log.

But such incredible stories happen not only when it comes to one’s own salvation.

There is another case. When the child fell out of the 7th floor window, his mother managed to grab him with one hand, and with the other she held on to the brick of the cornice, with only two fingers - the index and middle. She held on like that until the rescuers arrived, who then with difficulty unclenched her fingers.

A 70-year-old woman carried her 40-year-old son, who was involved in an accident, for 13 kilometers on her back, never stopping or lowering him to the ground.

Some researchers claim that a person uses only 10% of his abilities. And this applies to both the body and the brain.

The hypnologist Vul demonstrated an amazing ability - he had the ability to suggest at a distance. Wohl sent a letter by mail, in which the word was written in his handwriting: “Sleep!” If the patient had already been to see this doctor before, then upon receiving the letter he immediately fell asleep.

Possessed amazing ability entertainer from France Michel Lotito - he can eat anything he sees. When he was still a child, he “ate” a TV, and from the age of 15 he began to entertain people for money, eating rubber, glass and metal. Because Michel ate the plane (although it took about 2 years to eat it), he was included in the Guinness Book of Records. Biologist K. Richardson can spend an entire night in a cage with lions. For unknown reasons, the lions accept Richardson as one of their own. Thai Ngoc from Vietnam has not slept at all since 1973 - it started after he had a fever.

The phenomenon of Monica Tejada

There are many such inexplicable phenomena in our world. An amazing phenomenon is demonstrated to scientists by Monica Tejada from Spain. Even metal objects bend under her gaze.

There are no tricks here. The scientists placed steel wire in a sealed glass vessel. However, this did not stop Monica from bending the solid thread into the shape of a dinosaur with a closed mouth. During this process, instruments recorded an increase in the girl’s body temperature and a decrease in her blood pressure. This combination leads doctors to a dead end. At the same time, the electroencephalograph showed biocurrents characteristic of a sleeping person. Monica has another gift - she can diagnose diseases.

In New Jersey, on the outskirts of Trenton, in the 40s, there lived a 90-year-old man named Al Herpin. There was neither a trestle bed nor a bed in his shack - Al Herpin had never slept in his entire life. The old man, who lived to that age, outlived the doctors who examined him. Al Herpin's appetite and health were good, mental capacity average. Of course, after a day's work he was tired, but he could not sleep. The old man would simply sit in a chair and read until he felt rested. After regaining his physical strength, he returned to work. Doctors were unable to explain their patient’s chronic insomnia, just as they could not explain the source of his longevity.

There is a known case that occurred in a Russian village. There lived an old sick woman named Matryona. She could not hear well, could not see, and could hardly walk. One night her house caught fire. The whole village ran to the fire. Imagine the surprise of the people when they saw this old woman climbing over the high fence. Moreover, she was holding a large chest in her hands, which several men later could not lift. Where are the limits of human capabilities? And do they exist at all?

In Mexico City on Olympic Games in 1968, an athlete named Robert Beamon was able to jump almost 9 meters. Of course, it seems impossible, but Robert's record was broken. And the record, which was set in 500 BC in Ancient Greece, looks absolutely fantastic - the athlete Fail then jumped almost 17 meters in length.

In New York in 1935, an absolutely normal-looking child was born. However, he lived only 26 days. After an autopsy, it turned out that the child had no brain. Although it is known that even the slightest damage to the cerebral cortex can lead to death.

The fact that there are people in the world who live with foreign objects in their bodies does not surprise anyone now. But an incident that occurred in one of the New York hospitals seems simply incredible. A person came to the hospital with a slight illness. Doctors conducted an examination and found more than 250 objects in his body. There were only 26 keys in the patient’s body. The man did not say where there were so many objects in his body.

An equally striking case occurred with a 12-year-old Russian boy who went to the hospital in a small town with complaints of dizziness and weakness. During examination, doctors found in the area of the heart bullet wound. It is unknown how the boy received such a wound, and most importantly, how he survived. X-ray determined that the bullet was in the solar artery. The boy was urgently sent to Moscow, where the bullet was removed from his body. She made an incredible journey in the body - she pierced the lung and entered the heart, which pushed her into the aorta. The bullet moved along the vessel until it hit the solar artery.

The famous psychiatrist and neuropathologist Cesare Lombroso had a very solid reputation in the scientific world. In his book “What After Death,” he told an incident that happened to a 14-year-old girl. She became blind, but at the same time she had a completely new and amazing ability to see.

Dr. Lombroso conducted research, which revealed that the girl sees through her left earlobe and nose. To exclude the slightest possibility of the girl’s eyes being involved, during the experiment the doctors covered them with a bandage so that peeking was completely excluded. However, despite the measures taken, the girl could easily read blindfolded and distinguish colors perfectly.

When a bright light flashed near her earlobe, she blinked, and when the doctor wanted to put his finger to the tip of her nose, she jumped back screaming that he wanted to blind her. There was an astonishing shift in the senses that affected more than just vision. When the experimenter brought a solution of ammonia to the girl’s nose, she did not react. But as soon as he brought the solution to her chin, she jerked in pain. She could smell scents with her chin.

It must be said that some people are able to completely control the abilities of their body. These include primarily Indian yogis. Perhaps the most amazing ability of yogis is that they can stop the beating of their own heart. Yogis can put themselves in a state of “death” - the work of the heart and breathing slow down, and other vital processes stop.

A yogi can remain in this state for quite a long time. So what powers are hidden in a person? Based on the above, we can assume that the capabilities of the human body are limitless. You just need to learn to control them.

Diamond tears

A woman named Hanuma, living in Africa, earned the nickname "Diamond" for her unusual ability to cry diamonds. Since childhood, Hanuma has not cried. The first time this happened was at the age of nine, when the girl peeled onions for the first time. Imagine the surprise of the girl’s parents when hard crystals began to fall from her eyes instead of tears.

The girl's father was a jeweler and, having examined the small crystals, he easily determined that they were real diamonds. The parents decided to keep Hanuma's unusual abilities a secret, and the father used his daughter's crystals to make jewelry, which was in great demand. One of the clients suspected something was wrong and submitted the diamond for examination, which revealed that the stone was of organic origin. The girl became famous throughout the world. But scientists have not yet been able to uncover the secret of diamond tears.

Ice man

Dutch resident Wim Hof is not sensitive to any cold. Thanks to his unusual abilities, the Dutchman conquered mountain peaks in only his underwear, swam long time V ice water and performed many similar feats.

Doctors carried out examinations of the body amazing person, but the research results did not show any abnormalities in Vim’s body after cold procedures. The Dutchman's unusual abilities allow him to feel comfortable in conditions that would be fatal for any other person.

"Perpetual motion machine"

The baby, named Ret Lamba, who is three years old, has never slept in his life. He is awake around the clock. Ret’s parents, of course, were not delighted with their son’s abilities, but most of all they were concerned about the child’s health. However, as repeated medical examinations have shown, lack of sleep does not affect Ret’s health in any way; the boy is absolutely healthy.

Recent research has cleared up the picture a little. It turned out that the brain and nervous system The amazing child's brain is designed in a special way, thanks to which the boy does not need sleep, his brain rests while awake.

Man is a reptile

History knows of cases where people had the ability to replace their skin with a new one, just like reptiles do. Born in 1851 in Missouri, S. Buskirk began changing his skin as a child. The most amazing thing is that this always happened on the same day - June 27th. The skin began to become rough, and then fell off in large pieces. She came off her arms and legs like gloves or socks.

After the old skin fell off, one could see in its place young, pink and tender skin, similar to that of newborn babies. Over the course of several years, Mr. Buskirk assembled a “leather” collection.

Glowing patient

Anna Monaro, who suffered from asthma, began to look like a fluorescent lamp in 1934. During her illness, a bluish glow emanated from her chest. This phenomenon lasted for several weeks and was documented by doctors. Sometimes the color of the glow changed to red and green. No one has been able to explain this phenomenon.

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 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, which explains the glow emanating from Signora Monaro's breast (The Times, May 5, 1934).

Anna Monaro

The proposed theory did not explain the strange periodicity or localization of the bluish flashes, and soon the confused researchers fell completely silent.

Gould and Pyle's 1937 book Anomalies and Curiosities in Medicine describes the case of a woman suffering from breast cancer. The light emanating from the sore area of the chest was sufficient to see the dial of a clock several feet away...

In Hareward Carrington's book Death: Its Causes and Related Phenomena, there is a mention of a child who died of indigestion. After death, the boy's body began to emit a bluish glow and spread heat. Attempts to extinguish this radiance led to nothing, but it soon stopped on its own. When the body was lifted from the bed, it was discovered that the sheet under it was burned... The only case of light emission from a practically healthy person (not counting, of course, saints) was described in the journal “English Mechanic” dated September 24, 1869:

“One American woman, going to bed, discovered a glow on the top of the fourth toe of her right foot. When she rubbed her leg, the glow increased and some unknown force pushed her fingers apart. A stench emanated from the leg, and both the light emission and the smell did not stop even when the leg 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.”

The Church views the phenomenon of “firefly people” approvingly. Pope Benedict XIV wrote: “...It must be recognized as a fact that there is a natural flame that sometimes becomes visible around the human head, and it also seems true that sometimes fire can emanate from the whole body of a person, but not like a fire rushing upward, but rather in the form of sparks flying in all directions.”

People are lightning

Organism ordinary person capable of generating small amounts, but not storing electricity. However, there are people whose unusual abilities are that they can accumulate electricity in themselves, and when opportunity throw it onto surrounding objects.

For example, Prediction magazine published an article in 1953 about a baby who hit electric shock doctors. For another whole day, he retained tension within himself and was dangerous to others.

But it also happens that unusual abilities awaken in people only with age. A Chinese worker in 1988 began to notice some changes in his body, but could not understand what it was until he accidentally shocked his colleague, knocking him down with a shock.

Rif Mukharyanov is one of those people who were able to survive a lightning strike.

Back in 1965, Reef was struck by ball lightning, and he miraculously survived. Over time, he began to see strange dreams, which soon began to come true - his psychic abilities began to awaken.

When he had completely recovered from his illness, he became seriously ill good friend. The doctors did not know what to do and just shrugged, and it was then that Reef decided to take advantage of his new opportunities. Literally two weeks later, the friend stood firmly on his feet.

Living magnet

There are also people who have magnetism. The most amazing case of manifestation of magnetic abilities is the case of the American Frank McKinstry. His body was pulled towards the ground. Magnetism manifested itself especially strongly in the mornings. Frank had to move very quickly, without stopping, because his body would stick to the ground if he stopped for a couple of seconds, and then the man could no longer continue moving without outside help.

Often people do not realize that they have some unusual abilities. A resident of Germany, Erika Zur Strindberg, discovered the magnetic abilities of her body after watching a TV show that talked about the magnetism of a Russian woman, Natalia Petrasova.

Just for fun, the German woman put a spoon to her chest and it “stuck” to the woman. Then Eric was hung with almost all the cutlery to make sure he had an unusual ability.

Unusual abilities remain to be unraveled

Many scientists agree that this kind of ability is potentially inherent in every person, but they manifest themselves only in extreme situations or after severe life shocks. An example of this hypothesis is the fortuneteller Vanga, who, having lost her sight, gained the ability to foresee the future, the present of people and their past.

Also, the famous German clairvoyant Wolf Messing became the owner of his unusual abilities after being in a state for a long time. clinical death. This happened when Messing was eleven years old.

There are many cases where people, having recovered from clinical death, acquired the ability to read minds and speak in previously unknown or even dead languages. An amazing incident happened to the polar explorer pilot Grigory Popov. While repairing the plane, Grigory heard some rustling behind him, turned around and saw polar bear- one of the most dangerous predators. The pilot did not have time to understand anything, as he already found himself at a two-meter height - on the wing of the plane. He climbed there in one leap.

Does every person have some hidden abilities or are they possessed only by exceptional individuals? Why were these abilities given to them? Do these people have some kind of purpose from above? Modern science is not able to give answers to the questions posed, since they lie in a plane that is not yet within the scope of serious scientific research.

People's capabilities in extreme and normal situations

People have always been interested in what lies beyond ordinary perception, what is inaccessible to the majority. However, along with interest, there was also fear due to the lack of reliable information and the unknown. Recently, paranormal or unusual abilities of people have become the subject of social and scientific research, philistine gossip and newspaper publications. What kind of abilities are these? Where do they come from?
Despite the fact that the human body has already been well studied by doctors and scientists, mysteries still remain that are beyond our understanding. There are many amazing cases that happened to ordinary people and were published in the press. Some events simply cannot be explained by modern science.

But such incredible stories happen not only when it comes to one’s own salvation.

A 70-year-old woman carried her 40-year-old son, who was involved in an accident, for 13 kilometers on her back, never stopping or lowering him to the ground.

Some researchers claim that a person uses only 10% of his abilities. And this applies to both the body and the brain.

The French pop artist Michel Lotito had an amazing ability - he can eat everything he sees. When he was still a child, he “ate” a TV, and from the age of 15 he began to entertain people for money, eating rubber, glass and metal. Because Michel ate the plane (although it took about 2 years to eat it), he was included in the Guinness Book of Records. Biologist K. Richardson can spend an entire night in a cage with lions. For unknown reasons, the lions accept Richardson as one of their own. Thai Ngoc from Vietnam has not slept at all since 1973 - it started after he had a fever.

The phenomenon of Monica Tejada.

There are many such inexplicable phenomena in our world. An amazing phenomenon is demonstrated to scientists by Monica Tejada from Spain. Even metal objects bend under her gaze.

In New Jersey, on the outskirts of Trenton, in the 40s, there lived a 90-year-old man named Al Herpin. There was neither a trestle bed nor a bed in his shack - Al Herpin had never slept in his entire life. The old man, who lived to that age, outlived the doctors who examined him. Al Herpin's appetite and health were good, and his mental abilities were average. Of course, after a day's work he was tired, but he could not sleep. The old man would simply sit in a chair and read until he felt rested. After regaining his physical strength, he returned to work. The doctors were unable to explain their patient’s chronic insomnia, just as they could not explain the source of his longevity.

In Mexico City at the Olympic Games in 1968, an athlete named Robert Beamon was able to jump almost 9 meters. Of course, it seems impossible, but Robert's record was broken. And the record, which was set in 500 BC in Ancient Greece, looks absolutely fantastic - the athlete Fail then jumped almost 17 meters in length.

An equally striking case occurred with a 12-year-old Russian boy who went to the hospital in a small town with complaints of dizziness and weakness. Upon examination, doctors discovered a bullet wound in the heart area. It is unknown how the boy received such a wound, and most importantly, how he survived. X-ray determined that the bullet was in the solar artery. The boy was urgently sent to Moscow, where the bullet was removed from his body. She made an incredible journey in the body - she pierced the lung and entered the heart, which pushed her into the aorta. The bullet moved along the vessel until it hit the solar artery.

Diamond tears

Ice man

Dutch resident Wim Hof is not sensitive to any cold. Thanks to his unusual abilities, the Dutchman conquered mountain peaks in only his underwear, swam for a long time in icy water and performed many similar feats.

Doctors carried out examinations of the amazing man’s body, but the results of the studies did not show any deviations from the norm in Vim’s body after the cold procedures. The Dutchman's unusual abilities allow him to feel comfortable in conditions that would be fatal for any other person.

"Perpetual motion machine"

Recent research has cleared up the picture a little. It turned out that the brain and nervous system of the amazing child are arranged in a special way, thanks to which the boy does not need sleep, his brain rests while awake.

Man is a reptile

Glowing patient

Anna Monaro

The proposed theory did not explain the strange periodicity or localization of the bluish flashes, and soon the confused researchers fell completely silent.

People are lightning

The body of an ordinary person is capable of generating small amounts, but not storing electricity. However, there are people whose unusual abilities lie in the fact that they can accumulate electricity within themselves, and, when appropriate, release it onto surrounding objects.

For example, the journal Prediction published an article in 1953 that talked about a baby who electrocuted doctors. For another whole day, he retained tension within himself and was dangerous to others.

Rif Mukharyanov is one of those people who were able to survive a lightning strike.

Back in 1965, Reef was struck by ball lightning, and he miraculously survived. Over time, he began to see strange dreams, which soon began to come true - his psychic abilities began to awaken.

When he had completely recovered from his illness, his good friend fell seriously ill. The doctors did not know what to do and just shrugged, and it was then that Reef decided to take advantage of his new opportunities. Literally two weeks later, the friend stood firmly on his feet.

Living magnet

Just for fun, the German woman put a spoon to her chest and it “stuck” to the woman. Then Eric was hung with almost all the cutlery to make sure he had an unusual ability.

Unusual abilities remain to be unraveled

Also, the famous German clairvoyant Wolf Messing became the owner of his unusual abilities after spending a long time in a state of clinical death. This happened when Messing was eleven years old.

There are many cases where people, having recovered from clinical death, acquired the ability to read minds and speak in previously unknown or even dead languages. An amazing incident happened to the polar explorer pilot Grigory Popov. While repairing the plane, Grigory heard some rustling behind him, turned around and saw a polar bear - one of the most dangerous predators. The pilot did not have time to understand anything, as he already found himself at a two-meter height - on the wing of the plane. He climbed there in one leap.

Does every person have some hidden abilities or are they possessed only by exceptional individuals? Why were these abilities given to them? Do these people have some kind of purpose from above? Modern science is not able to provide answers to the questions posed, since they lie in a plane that is not yet within the scope of serious scientific research.

“Psychokinesis” is a term that combines the phenomena of the influence of thought on matter. There is a theory that an abnormal ability can be congenital or acquired. Almost everyone can develop it in themselves. The process is long, painstaking, labor-intensive. Decisive role harmony plays peace of mind. By wasting energy on the negative aspects of existence - anger, envy, selfishness, rudeness, people have lost their natural capabilities. Psychokinesis includes:

Telekinesis

The term appeared back in 1914. Proponents claim that the phenomenon has been known since antiquity. Despite the obvious evidence, there are enough opponents who claim that telekinesis as a phenomenon does not exist.

A striking example confirming unique abilities person - the phenomenon of Kulagina.

Ninel Kulagina became famous in the 1960s. On March 10, 1970, the most famous experiment took place. Kulagina, psychokinetically influencing the frog, changed its pulse, and then stopped its heart. This caused a sensation among domestic and Western scientists. According to eyewitnesses, Kulagina’s phenomenal abilities consisted of:

moving small objects;

movement of the compass needle;

scattering the laser beam with your hands;

changes in liquid acidity;

exposure of photographic film;

the appearance of a burn from the touch of her hand.

Skeptics attributed these magical abilities to the release of histamine from her sweat glands, forming a charged aerosol. Many accused her of quackery. However, there is no evidence of deception. We couldn’t find anything suspicious in the photo from Kulagina’s experiment.

Pyrokinesis

The ability to cause and control fire with the power of thought. Known real cases sudden combustion of people, when the temperature of the human body reached three thousand degrees, and a person turned into a handful of ash within a few seconds. The nature of such fire is different from the usual process associated with oxidation. Things and flammable objects around remained intact if pyrokinesis was not directed at them.

Levitation

Lifting people, animals, objects into the air, despite the force of gravity - levitation. There are a number of videos confirming the phenomenon of levitation. The ability to soar in the air is characteristic of yogis, shamans, Tibetan monks, mediums. Teleportation is separate from levitation. Real cases of teleportation, both controlled and sudden, have been recorded.

The power of thought

Particularly popular in modern world acquired teachings about the power of thought and the materialization of thought forms. Many scientists became interested in the topic. A number of practices, seminars, and techniques for developing a person’s ability to manage thoughts are publicly available. They have no scientific validity or evidence, but they really work. Replacing negative thoughts with positive ones is the first step to achieving harmony.

Each of the contradictory anomalous phenomena has great amount opponents, but there is also plenty of evidence of its existence. The confrontation is explained by the fact that a person is afraid to believe in what he cannot explain from a scientific point of view. It is important that strengthening faith in supernatural abilities does not benefit the rulers of this world; it is much easier to control the ignorant, gullible masses.

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 display 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 recite 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.

About people with such amazing abilities The world found out 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 Peak, 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 are famous for their amazing and truly incredible abilities to 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 flat 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 is 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, but 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 tear 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, people-magnets were even able to attract members to themselves research groups. In addition, they shared their “charges of energy” with those around them, giving them the ability to also attract objects for a while. Appearance in last years large number Scientists explain people with amazing “magnetization” abilities with a complication 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 Guy 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 drawing up genetic maps;
when determining the influence of radiation;
to practice 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 saved it at the same time. more lives than any doctor can do.

In means mass media There are often stories of people who are capable of incredible feats. Tissue regeneration, weather control and levitation - is there anything impossible? Of course, many abilities are the invention of a science fiction writer, but it is no secret that you can develop some of them. There is an opinion that many skills were inherited from our ancestors, who were more receptive to exoteric knowledge. So, we dodge an unexpectedly falling object, we feel an inexplicable danger from some person. What superpowers do people have today?

Clairvoyance

This is the ability to see events in the past and future, as well as in parallel worlds. To transfer images to a conscious level, it is necessary to use one more skill - claircognizance. People with superpowers in these areas can simulate the likelihood of actions and their experience at a fast pace. In reality, the individual uses the experience gained and can change the future. It is believed that such a gift can be developed using various techniques and exercises. When passing through the stages of knowledge, the mind opens, and thinking becomes multifaceted, and not linear, like ordinary people.

Extrasensory perception

There are superpowers in people who are distinguished by their extraordinary sensitivity to all types of energy. This phenomenon is called extrasensory perception. The owner of this skill sees auras, chakras, feels disturbances in energy level. The psychic can cure the detected changes, but only with the help of words.

Insensitivity to cold and heat

The famous Wim Hof, nicknamed “The Iceman,” spent his entire life developing the ability to control the autonomic functions of the body. Thanks to the use of special techniques and meditations, he became a world record holder in many categories. For example, I spent several hours in an ice bath without any consequences for my body, and climbed Mount Everest in only shorts. Scientists, after conducting a series of studies, came to the conclusion that Wim Hof controls the level of stress hormone and anti-inflammatory molecules in the blood, thereby allowing vegetative processes to accelerate. But this is not the only case of insensitivity to aggressive environmental factors. Ordinary people, without any preparation, also survived after encountering the cold. Thus, pilot Yuri Kozlovsky ejected in winter. In the fall, he received an open fracture of both legs, but was able to survive in the tundra, spending three days there.

Here is the opposite example of human superpower. African-American Willie Jones, having received heatstroke at an air temperature of 32.2 degrees, was able to survive. Although his body heated up to 46.5 degrees, and he was already 52 years old. An extraordinary “friendship” with fire was recorded by the Guinness Book of Records. Reg Morris, a professional fire-eater, managed to exhale a burning flame 9.4 meters long from himself, after which he extinguished 22,888 torches in his mouth in two hours. The results of scientific experiments have shown that the maximum temperature with which a person can come into contact is 841 degrees Celsius. It is to this temperature that the coals and stones are heated on which ritual dances and barefoot walks are performed.

Absolute memory

No less well known are people’s superpowers in memorizing a lot of material and pictures of the world around them. For example, in 1974 in Burma, Bhandanta Visachara recited 16 thousand pages of Buddhist texts by heart. Gu Yang Lin from China was able to memorize 15 thousand phone numbers of the city of Harbin, and Barbara Moore from America sang 1852 songs in 19 days. In 1990, the Guinness Book of Records included in its list Samvel Gharibyan from Yerevan, who the first time remembered 960 out of 1000 unfamiliar words dictated to him.

You can remember not only numbers and words, an example of this is the artist Wiltshire, who has a phenomenal photographic memory. Flying in a helicopter over New York, he was able to recreate on canvas the picture he saw in every detail. Kim Peek, who suffers from Opitz-Kaveggia syndrome, could read two pages of a book at the same time, and even several years later, retell them exactly.

Analyzers work at a super level

There are people in the world with superpowers who are able to sense taste most vividly and intensely. They are called supertasters. The reason for this phenomenon is a large number of special papillae on the tongue. Oddly enough, this ability is most characteristic of women from Asia and Africa. Typically, people with superpowers of this type refuse to eat foods containing bitterness, since for them this is the most noticeable taste.

A person who has absolute pitch is able to reproduce a sound without mentioning it, name the notes of a chord, recognize pitch everyday sounds. To have this skill, you need to mentally classify sounds into categories. According to research conducted in this issue, we can conclude that absolute pitch is most common in sound language environment and with pitch accent. Such regions include Japan, Vietnam, and areas of China where Mandarin and Cantonese are spoken. People who have superpowers in this area are most often either blind from birth or suffer from a mental disorder.

Another unusual skill that has been repeatedly recorded in the world is tetrachromatism. This is the ability to see not only the red, green and blue regions of the spectrum, but also additional regions, which leads to the ability to perceive 100 million colors. This phenomenon occurs most often in women, and the ability can be transferred to a man, but in the form of color blindness.

Echolocation

People's superpowers are especially clearly manifested as a result of any violations. Thus, to navigate in space, blind individuals can recreate sound and determine the location of objects by echo. You can make sounds by clicking your tongue or knocking with a stick. An example of a person who has this ability is Daniel Kish. He lost his sight as an infant, but was able to compensate by clicking his tongue. As an adult, he taught his way of understanding the world to about 500 children. Magnetic resonance imaging studies have shown that the brains of people who have learned echolocation have undergone a number of changes. Thus, the visual cortex adapts to process echoes, distance and direction of sound waves. This development of human superpower allows one to move long distances in any conditions.

Chimerism

Human superpowers may seem incredible at first glance, but they are easily explained scientifically. Chimerism is extremely rare and is caused by the fusion of two fertilized eggs early in pregnancy. In this type of intercourse, each population of cells retains its genetic character, and the resulting embryo becomes a mixture of the two parental DNAs. No more than 40 cases of chimerism have been recorded in the world. There is an assumption that chimeras are people of a new generation, whom nature adapts to global changes on the planet in the future.

Synesthesia

People's superpowers can manifest themselves in the association of letters, numbers, and words with certain colors and tastes. The phenomenon is explained by the stimulation of certain sensory or cognitive channels, which leads to an involuntary reaction of other channels. Synesthesia most often manifests itself in grapheme-color form. There are other forms of this phenomenon - seeing a certain location of a date in space, or perceiving sounds in color. According to the results of studies conducted in 2006, scientists concluded that one in 23 people has synesthesia. Among famous people Vladimir Nabokov, Nikola Tesla and others were with this phenomenon.

Human counters

You can often see on TV that a person can almost instantly multiply huge numbers in his head. Research in this area has suggested that the cause of superpowers is increased blood flow in a certain part of the brain. An example of a person who can count quickly is Shakuntala Devi from India. In front of the commission, the woman multiplied two thirteen-digit numbers, taken at random, in 28 seconds. And Alexander Nekrasov from Lipetsk was able to extract the thousandth root from a number consisting of 547 digits in 61 seconds. The list of “Human Superpowers” in the field of counting is not so small; in almost every country you can meet an individual with such a phenomenon.

"Powerful Fist"

Gino Martino is the owner of superpowers. A professional wrestler could easily break hard objects with his head, such as iron rods and concrete blocks. Gino Martino's skull even withstood the impact of a bowling ball thrown from a height of five meters.

Masutatsu Oyama was distinguished by incredible strength. He was a martial artist that no one could defeat. In addition to his invincibility in battles, Masutatsu Oyama became famous for knocking down some with a blow from an angry bull.

Buddhist monks have always been distinguished by skills beyond the control of ordinary people. Thus, thanks to the practice of “inner fire,” they could significantly increase their body temperature. Master Zhou could heat objects with his own hands, for example, he could easily dry clay or bring water to a boil. He was also distinguished by his ability to heal seriously ill patients, including those suffering from cancer, through simple touches.

Incredible abilities

In France there lived a man who could eat anything. His name was Michel Lotito. Between 1959 and 1997, he consumed approximately nine tons of metal, in the form of televisions, bicycles, shopping carts, a coffin, an airplane, parts Eiffel Tower. This phenomenon scientific world calls "pica" or an eating disorder, expressed in an unusual craving for inedible things.

Do people have superpowers that allow them to recognize a person’s illness at a glance? It turns out there is. At the age of 10, a girl named Natasha Demkina discovered that she had the gift of seeing through a person’s skin. Numerous studies have confirmed its ability. People began to come to her for a diagnosis. Natalya was nicknamed “The Girl with X-Ray Eyes” and even the Discovery Channel released documentary about her superpowers.

Fantasy in real life

Real people with superpowers, the list of which we will continue, are represented by the ability to ignite objects and soar above the ground. Many of us dreamed of learning to fly and feeling freedom of movement. Scotsman Daniel Hume made this dream come true. Witnesses confirm the fact that he left the ground and could have hung near the ceiling. In 1867, a psychic and spiritualist, in front of numerous spectators, flew out of a third-floor window and returned back. D. Hume's speeches were attended by famous people(Napoleon Bonaparte), researchers, scientists, but no one was able to catch him in a lie. Nelly Kulagina had another amazing and inexplicable ability. She could separate the yolk from the white without touching the egg, and she could also stop the hearts of animals. During experiments, scientists could only record her rapid heartbeat, reaching up to 250 beats.

Science-fiction films tell us about heroes who can set things on fire with just a glance. It turns out that this is not fiction. In Mongolia, there really was a girl named Batmukhin Unurme who possessed such a gift, but, unfortunately, she was never able to control her ability. She spent the end of her life in the hospital with a nervous breakdown.

Development of human superpowers

Incredible skills can appear from birth and have no explanation. But scientists have identified a number of reasons that can help in the emergence of superpowers. These include brain injuries, mental disorders, compensation for dysfunctional senses, and autism.

How can you develop your abilities? In fact, there are quite a lot of techniques, starting with breathing exercises and meditation, and ending with hypnosis. Some organizations even invite you to “Human Superpowers” training. If we combine information on methods for developing special skills, we will come to the following conclusion: the most important condition is compliance healthy image life. The spirit must also be healthy. Give a way out negative emotions needed on time physical activities, having understood the reasons why they were caused. You need to undergo training regularly, without succumbing to laziness. It must be remembered that the stronger a person becomes, the greater his responsibility to the world.