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The Human Magnet
Malaysian farmer Tan Kok Thai claims that he's a human magnet. Anything will stick to him including plastic bottles, bananas, biscuits, books, remote controls, knives, tubes of toothpaste, and rocks. The pictures of him showing off of his ability are quite amusing, especially this one of him with a giant boulder stuck to his chest. It looks to me as if he's leaning quite far back, which alone could explain why the objects aren't falling to the ground. Friction could explain the rest of this mysterious phenomenon. But those are the boring explanations. I'm sure Tan Kok Thai is having far more fun by chalking it up to his inner magnetism. (via The Anomalist)
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Categories: Body Manipulation, Health/Medicine Posted by Alex on Mon Aug 16, 2004 |
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A rock that size would be well over a hundred pounds, and probably over 200. Ergo, it seems unlikely to me that it's a real rock. The other photos don't look especially convincing, either.
Posted by Terry Austin in California on Mon Aug 16, 2004 at 06:19 PM
On a semi-related (well, actually, less than that) note, there have been instances of people receiving magnetic implants covered in silicon.
Posted by Mary on Mon Aug 16, 2004 at 06:44 PM
Anyone notice that he always has his hands up when he is doing this? It looks like he is holding the objects up with hard-to-see string/wire.
Posted by Tim on Mon Aug 16, 2004 at 08:06 PM
oh please...
Posted by Darren on Tue Aug 17, 2004 at 03:09 PM
It's called adhesive. Just ask any 'magnetic' person to perform the same feat while covered in talcum powder, and they will always make up an excuse.
Posted by Drunk Stepdad on Tue Aug 17, 2004 at 03:55 PM
i saw something like this on the discovery channel. some asian dude stuck an iron to his chest and it stayed. it was off.
Posted by john in NH on Tue Aug 17, 2004 at 09:29 PM
Mate this guy is freaky i just check him out he's 4 real my friend at USM is checking him out and it seem that... well ummm... wish i could say really.
-Chris-
Posted by Chris in Malaysia on Tue Aug 24, 2004 at 08:06 PM
-Chris-
HEY ASSHOLES. Good now that i have you undivided attention i should probably look this up somewhere else before calling it a hoax and letting the stupid gullible people believe you. Ive seen this on many other RELIABLE resources. and it is very real. his skin isnt magnetic, but it does posess suction cup type abilitys. Anyway to tim i say "NO WIRE" HAHAHAHA. and to Terry Austin the rock only weighs 85 pounds and if you tell me that's impossible to lift you are a little girly man. Oh and about that whole hes leaning backwards thing you try at like 4 DEGREES back and make it stick. dear stepdad you're an idiot. glue wouldnt hold. Darren... shut up. all of you are stupid except for john and mary. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
Posted by cliffy the omnipresent mailman in Somewhere on Sun Sep 19, 2004 at 05:57 PM
AND CHRIS
Posted by CLIFFY AGAIN on Sun Sep 19, 2004 at 05:58 PM
What's Cliffy's deal? Even though it's real, the picture is bloody funny.
Posted by DRU on Thu Apr 07, 2005 at 03:34 AM
I apologize for not remembering where I came across this, but I think it was "live" TV footage. They said his family had the same ability, and it was an odd skin mutation that made it more sticky/friction...frictive? whatever. They explained it was not really anything magnetic.
Posted by Piet Van Allen in San Jose, CA on Mon Jan 23, 2006 at 04:57 AM
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