{"id":13375,"date":"2024-07-17T19:38:58","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T19:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=13375"},"modified":"2024-07-17T19:38:58","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T19:38:58","slug":"seven-humans-who-have-real-life-superpowers-leave-scientists-baffled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=13375","title":{"rendered":"Seven humans who have ‘real-life superpowers’ leave scientists baffled"},"content":{"rendered":"

From going decades without food to having X-ray vision, these individuals are true medical marvels.<\/h2>\n

Real life can be stranger than fiction, as hard as it is to believe sometimes.<\/p>\n

These seven wild\u00a0stories<\/a>\u00a0all showcase real humans who have baffled scientists with their extraordinary abilities, and who might just represent humanity taking small steps forward in evolution, for all we know.<\/p>\n

Prahlad Jani<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This Indian monk claimed he lived without needing any food whatsoever for some 76 years, and while that might be hard to believe, he passed multiple interesting\u00a0tests<\/a>.<\/p>\n

From being observed in a closed room for 10 days and then a second for 15 days, he suggested that it might be possible to go without normal sustenance, and also didn’t need to use the toilet – hard to believe, but it’s seemingly true.<\/p>\n

The monk, who died in 2020, claimed the Goddess Amba sustained him with water through a hole in the roof of his mouth.<\/p>\n

Wim Hof<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Wim Hof is probably the most recognizable name on this list, otherwise known as the Iceman. He holds multiple world records for his ability to survive in extremely cold temperatures – crediting breathwork for helping him get through.<\/p>\n

He’s done some truly wild things, including staying in ice water for nearly two hours and climbing Everest without a shirt.<\/p>\n

Hof’s efforts have hugely impressed some\u00a0healthcare<\/a>\u00a0professionals, who say his meditation and breathwork techniques could be effective at stopping inflammation.<\/p>\n

Natasha Demkina<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Facebook\/Natasha Demkina – the girl with X-RAY EYES<\/cite><\/div>\n

This Russian woman became famous after seeming to be able to diagnose conditions in people just at a glance, suggesting she had some sort of\u00a0X-ray<\/a>\u00a0vision.<\/p>\n

This has been questioned repeatedly, though, as her record is far from perfect and involves a fair few misses – but if it’s remotely real, it’s pretty seismic.<\/p>\n

David Browning Smith<\/strong><\/p>\n

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David Browning Smith – AKA The Rubberboy – is well-known for being hyper-flexible, able to bend and contort his body into wild shapes and positions that would look incredibly painful to most people.<\/p>\n

He suffers from hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, which technically explains how incredibly flexible he is, but that doesn’t stop his contortions from blowing people’s minds.<\/p>\n

Stephen Wiltshire<\/strong><\/p>\n

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David Levenson \/ Contributor \/ Getty<\/cite><\/div>\n

This artist has an incredible photographic memory – he’s been able to look at the skyline of a city and then reproduce it with startling accuracy many times.<\/p>\n

Having been tested with even dense landscapes like New York’s skyline, it’s clear that his memory is something truly special.<\/p>\n

Ben Underwood<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This young man lost both his eyes to cancer, but then seemed to be able to navigate around the world using a sort of rudimentary echolocation, by clicking his tongue.<\/p>\n

While there’s no way to test this since Underwood has since passed away, if he really was echolocating it would be a pretty massive ability.<\/p>\n

Ngoc Thai<\/strong><\/p>\n

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YouTube\/Cu\u1ed9c S\u1ed1ng Mi\u1ec1n Trung<\/cite><\/div>\n

While Ngoc Thai’s claims haven’t been\u00a0tested<\/a>\u00a0nearly as rigorously as some of those we’ve spotlit above, if they’re true then they’re pretty wild.<\/p>\n

He says he hasn’t slept a wink in over 35 years and doesn’t feel the need to after all this time. That’s a superpower that many of us normal folks would doubtless love to have on a Monday morning!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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