Good or bad, a person is a magnet. Magnet children: There are more and more of them

PEOPLE ARE MAGNETS

In recent decades, newspapers, magazines, radio, and television have repeatedly surprised us with reports of the supposedly previously unknown extraordinary ability of individuals to hold a wide variety of objects on various surfaces of the body (palms, soles, back, chest, forehead, legs, thighs). Among them were knives, forks, spoons, coins, strainers, glasses, combs, keys, books, pocket watches, irons, scissors, metal, porcelain and earthenware dishes, tubes of toothpaste, tubes of lipstick, metal trays, frying pans, brushes, fountain pens, compasses, metal sheets, massage brushes, key chains, dumbbells, cameras, powder compacts, matchboxes, hammers, gold rings, pieces of paper, tape cassettes, glass plates, purses, tin lids, rulers and God knows what else!

The first report of such a phenomenon came in 1988 from Belarus: it was successfully demonstrated by a sixth-grader from one of the Grodno schools, Inga Gaiduchenko. Soon the number of such craftsmen grew into hundreds, and scientists became interested in them. It turned out that in the overwhelming majority of cases, adhesion is due to sweaty skin and a slightly positive inclination of the surface to which the object is stuck relative to the vertical; Its smoothness also mattered. However, for a small part of the craftsmen, objects still continued to seem to be attracted to the surface of the body even when these and some other suspicious moments were eliminated.

Soon the first publication about the phenomenon appeared in a scientific publication: Doctor of Biological Sciences A.P. Dubrov published in the first issue of the journal “Parapsychology in the USSR” in 1992 the article “Bioattraction-biogravity?”, in which he made some generalizations. The main conclusion is this: the phenomenon objectively exists and has been found in many people. Dubrov proposed calling the phenomenon bioattraction or bioadhesion “until its true nature is established.”

“The force of gravity,” the scientist wrote, “can be so strong that it is very difficult to tear an object away from the body even for an adult, and the experiment showed a person’s ability to hold a load weighing 50 kilograms on his chest.” For example, the “magnet man” Yuri Tkachenko from Sochi demonstrated the following: he put a 30-kilogram metal plate to his chest and, after waiting for it to “stick” in a vertical position, he accepted a 20-kilogram metal plate handed to him by an assistant and placed on top of the first one. It also got stuck. Both lasted 10-15 seconds.

And here is a description of a similar demonstration by 13-year-old Inga Gaiduchenko: “Here she stretches out her hand, puts the bottom of a large aluminum frying pan against her palm, and it... hangs, as if magnetized. Dad brings 2 kilogram dumbbells to the frying pan one after another, which stick to the bottom with a clang. Then he adds a 300-gram hammer there. Total weight objects “hung” above the floor contrary to all laws – about four kilograms.”

The bioadhesion zone, notes Dubrov, is almost the entire human body.

At the same time, the size and shape of objects, the material from which they are made does not matter: people simultaneously held metal, wooden or plastic objects of various sizes and shapes. The age range of “bioadhesive” is quite wide – from 4 to 67 years.

“The discovery of the property of bioattraction in humans,” Dubrov points out, “is a fundamental discovery in parapsychology.” He also writes about “the discovery in people of a previously unknown ability to ‘bioattract’ (‘bioadhesion’) of objects to the body.” Let us ask ourselves: “previously unknown” to whom? Parapsychologists? Probably yes. Indeed, such a phenomenon is almost never described either in the foreign or domestic press. Almost, because there were at least several precedents. In 1969, the head of the magnetobiology laboratory, R. Khomeriki from Tbilisi, discovered the effect of objects sticking in A. Krivorotov, one of the few psychics of that time (magazine “Technology for Youth”, 1969, No. 3). But the very first detailed description the phenomenon was most likely made back in 1853; in 1895 it was published in Russian. The uniqueness of this observation lies in the fact that bioadhesion appeared as one of the symptoms of a poltergeist - a symptom that is extremely rare even for this unusual phenomenon.

That remarkable poltergeist outbreak began on January 1, 1852 and continued until at least May 15, 1853. The events took place in the small town of Bergzabern in Bavaria. They are described in detail in two brochures under the same title “The so-called knocking spirit in Bergzabern”, published by the editor of the “Berschabern newspaper” F. A. Blank in 1852 and 1853. Translated into Russian, both issues are presented in the book of the leader of Russian spiritualism A. N. Aksakov “Harborgs of Spiritualism over the Last 250 Years” (St. Petersburg, 1895).

Poltergeist “dirty tricks” were observed in the house of tailor Peter Zenger and were associated with his 11-year-old daughter Philippine. It was a teenage poltergeist, complicated by manifestations of hysterical obsession. When the girl was transferred to other rooms of the house, to neighbors, when she was placed in the hospital, strange misfortunes followed her constantly. The main symptoms of the “disease” were manifested in the occurrence of inexplicable sounds near the Philippines (knocking, blows, scratching, buzzing, whistling) and in the self-movement of objects: inexplicable movements occurred, furniture moved and tipped over, and things were thrown.

The phenomenon of bioadhesion was observed in October and November 1852. Here is how his manifestations are described in the original source: “On the evening of October 26, among other people in the room were: Licentiate of Rights Ludwig Söhne, Captain Simon, both from Weissenburg, and Mr. Siewert from Bergzabern. Philippika Senger was at that time in a state of somnambulism. Mr. Seaver handed Philippine his hair wrapped in paper, wanting to see what she would do with it. She unfolded the paper, without removing her hair, and brought it closer to hers. closed eyelids, then took her aside, as if examining her. “I would really like to know,” she said, “what is in this paper... It’s the hair of a lady I don’t know... If she wants to come, let her come... I can’t invite her because I don’t know her.” . She did not answer the questions addressed to her by Mr. Sievert. She placed the paper on the palm of her hand, which she extended and turned over, but the paper did not fall. Then she put the paper on the end of her index finger and, saying: “don’t fall,” she described a semicircle with her hand, and the paper remained on the end of the finger. Then, without making the slightest movement conducive to the fall, she said: “now fall,” and the paper came off. Turning to the wall, she said: “Now I want to attach you to the wall,” she applied the paper to the wall, and the paper remained attached for 5-6 minutes, after which she took it away. Upon careful examination of the paper wall, no reason for this adhesion was found. It should be noted that the room was well lit, which gave us the opportunity to report all these details.

The next day in the evening she was given other objects: keys, coins, a cigarette case, watches, gold and silver rings, and all these things, without exception, stuck to her hand and hung in the air. At the same time, it was noticed that silver stuck better than other substances: silver coins were difficult to take away, and, apparently, this caused pain to the child.

Here is one of the most remarkable phenomena of this kind. On Saturday, November 11th, one of the officers present gave her his saber and sword belt, which, upon examination, all weighed 4 pounds, and the whole remained hanging under the finger of the medium, swinging in the air. No less strange is the fact that all objects, no matter what substance they were made of, stuck to the hand. This magnetic property was communicated by a simple touch of the hand to those persons who were receptive to this transmission; we have seen several examples of this.

Captain Zentner, who was in Bergzabern at that time and witnessed all these phenomena, came up with the idea of ​​placing a compass near the child and observing his vibrations. During the first experiment, the needle slanted by 15°, but during subsequent experiments it remained motionless, although the child held the compass in one hand and moved it with the other. This experiment proved to us that these phenomena cannot be explained by the action of magnetic current, especially since magnetic attraction does not apply to all bodies without exception.

Before the start of her sessions, the little somnambulist usually called everyone who was in the house to her room. “Go, go” or “come on, come on,” she said. Often she would not calm down until everyone, without exception, gathered around her bed. With obvious impatience, she then asked to be given some thing; the object handed to her immediately stuck to her fingers. It happened that 10-12 people were present, and each one handed her several objects."

As you can see, the main features of the phenomenon, noticed by A.P. Dubrov in 1992, were also present in 1852, that is, in both cases, observers were dealing with the same phenomenon.

In April 1990, one of the authors of this book, Igor Vinokurov, encountered the phenomenon of poltergeist bioadhesion. It was an ordinary Moscow teenage poltergeist who became attached to a 10-year-old boy. Main symptoms: self-movement of objects, spontaneous combustion, appearance of puddles and streams of water.

One day, poltergeist researchers and colleagues of the teenager’s father gathered in that “bad” apartment. The latter was clearly pleased with the attention shown to him. But since neither fire nor water appeared anywhere, and the objects still did not want to move on their own, the boy offered the adults a new fun: try to “glue” a cigarette or a cigarette to his palm. The smokers immediately took out what they were looking for. To the surprise of those present, cigarettes, cigarettes and even empty boxes from them actually stuck to the boy’s palms, even if the palm was turned down - horizontal to the ground. They made the boy wash his hands hot water with soap - he did this under adult supervision. But the result remained the same. Moreover, when trying to tear a cigarette or cigarette from the boy’s palm, resistance was felt - the object seemed to be glued to the palm at one or two points, and when trying to tear it off, the skin at those points was stretched. After a few days, the bioadhesion stopped, to the chagrin of the teenager and adults.

Poltergeist phenomena in pre-revolutionary Russia were called spontaneous mediumistic phenomena, that is, akin to those observed in spiritualistic séances, and therefore bioadhesion is sometimes exhibited by mediums at such séances. So, in one of them, the outstanding English medium D. D. Hume (1833-1886) once put his hand, palm down, on a heavy book lying on the table, then lifted it - the book followed his hand, as if glued. Hume began to move his hand from side to side - the book moved after it. However, in spiritualistic séances this phenomenon is observed as rarely as in poltergeists.

...In fact, the phenomenon of bioadhesion has long been known to people, only some scientists learned about it recently. But people didn’t know what to call it, so they just talked and demonstrated. Some - for decades, as, for example, V.D. Nikulichev did. In August 1942, he, a naval sailor, was wounded. In the medical unit, surgeons, while treating the wound, noticed that the metal instruments placed on the wounded man’s bare chest seemed to be magnetized to the skin and did not fall off even when the body was laid on its side. Then, having recovered and returned to the front, Vasily Dmitrievich, in the interval between battles, showed his comrades “tricks”: he “glued” all sorts of objects to his body. Since then, he has done this countless times, and in 1990 - in the presence of correspondents from the newspapers Adygeyskaya Pravda and Pravda. The latter spoke about this incident in the issue dated March 5, 1990.

The number of people who seem to be able to magnetize a wide variety of metal objects to themselves is growing from year to year. Scientists are puzzled by the spread of this phenomenon, which has still not found a full scientific explanation.

There are more and more people-magnets

Each of us can magnetize ourselves to our favorite sofa or a comfortable chair in front of the TV, but only real magnet people can hold a couple of irons or frying pans on their chest while in an upright position. Every year there are more and more of them. Scientists are puzzling not only over the phenomenon itself, but also over the speed of its spread.

What's happening? Why are newspapers and magazines full of photographs of women, men and children with spoons, ladles, frying pans and irons seemingly stuck to their chests? Maybe people began to reveal their superpowers en masse, or, having eaten too much GMOs, dyes and various chemical additives, we began to mutate and will soon turn into real people X, performing miracles in famous blockbusters?

Perhaps not everything is as alarming as it seems, because the first magnet people appeared back in the 19th century. The first written evidence of magnetism is believed to have appeared in 1853 in the pamphlet “The So-Called Knocking Spirit at Bergzabern.” It mentioned the case of 11-year-old Philippine Zenger. In front of numerous witnesses, the girl “...put a sheet of paper in the palm of her hand, pulled it out and turned it over, but the sheet did not fall. Then she put the paper on the end of her index finger and, saying “Don’t fall,” she made a semicircle with her hand, but the paper remained on the end of the finger. Then, without making the slightest movement conducive to a fall, she said: “Now fall,” and the paper came off.” As you can see, magnet people can attract not only metal, but also non-metallic objects.

It is curious that simultaneously with the ability to attract objects, a real poltergeist became attached to the Philippines. Creaks, knocks, moans, screams, moving things and furniture accompanied the girl wherever she went. To the delight of the child’s parents, all these “miracles” lasted a little over a year, and then everything stopped as if by magic.

Fingers as magnets

Another famous human magnet of the 19th century was Louis Hamburger from the American state of Maryland. In 1890, at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, this 16-year-old student demonstrated his unusual abilities. With only the tips of three fingers he held a glass jar with metal filings weighing about 2.5 kilograms in the air. Then he began to move his finger along the outside of the jar, and the sawdust, like a magnet, obediently followed him. In the same way, he could remove metal balls from a glass by moving his finger along its outer side from bottom to top.

At the same time, Canadian Caroline Claire became famous, whose mysterious gift arose after a protracted illness. Various small metal objects constantly stuck to Caroline’s hands, this irritated the girl and caused her a lot of inconvenience. Claire, like Hamburger, was tested more than once by scientists and doctors, trying to convict them of fraud. They were forced to thoroughly wash their hands, their clothes were removed, trying to find hidden magnets in them, but attempts to catch them in deception were in vain.

The unfortunate “favorite” of the Earth

If someone invented an anti-gravity device, he would be able to hover above the earth, but the planet attracts us, we walk on it, and do not soar in the skies. However, in late XIX centuries, our Earth had one favorite, whom it attracted from much greater strength than everyone else. He was Frank McKinstry from Missouri (USA). However, it is not yet clear who attracted whom, but Frank suffered greatly from this.

According to him, every morning he felt like a magnet on a metal sheet, the soles of his feet stuck very tightly to the ground. The poor guy had to move only at a fast pace, because when he stopped, his legs seemed to fall into thick resin, Frank simply could not lift them off the ground, he had to call friends or passers-by for help. When they grabbed McKinstry to lift him off the ground, there was usually a faint flash and the magnetization effect disappeared.

Frank was examined by doctors at his request, and newspapers often wrote about him in 1889. Scientists were also interested in it, but no one was able to identify the reason for its mysterious “sticking”. Doctors did not find any abnormalities in his body. Fortunately for McKinstry, his troubles ended as suddenly as they began. He again began to walk freely on the earth, like any ordinary person.

McKinstry's modern "heirs" were the Americans Lulu Hearst and Annie Mae Abbott from Georgia, who demonstrated their abilities in the 20th century. True, unlike Frank, they knew how to control their magnetic force. Lulu Hearst could not only attract various items, but also, at will, reliably “stick” to the ground. This helped her conduct a rather interesting demonstration of her gift. Several big guys grabbed one end of the billiard cue, she held on to the other and invited them to pull the cue and her at the same time. However, nothing came of this; without Lulu’s consent, she simply could not be lifted off the ground.

Annie Mae Abbott traveled to almost all countries demonstrating her abilities in the 80s and 90s of the last century. The girl, who weighed 98 pounds, walked onto the stage, smiling welcomingly, sat down on an ordinary chair, then sumo wrestlers appeared next to her. The heavyweights tried to move the chair with the girl, but they never succeeded, Annie was so attached to the stage.

Is the era of the X people coming?

There are many magnet people in Russia, the most famous of them is Mikhail Vasiliev, a resident of Cheboksary. His record is even recorded in the Guinness Book of Records. The man, with his own weight of about 60 kg, managed to hold a reinforced concrete slab weighing 133 kg on his chest. However, he also broke this record - he “magnetized” a slab weighing 165 kg!

Igor Svalov lives in the Urals. In 1988, he literally visited the next world after a serious injury. Having recovered, Igor felt new abilities. After watching a popular film about psychics, Svalov began to develop them. He began to attract not only metal objects, but also porcelain plates and even books. In addition, he discovered the ability to predict the future.

It should be noted that scientists take the phenomenon of magnet people much more seriously than other “anomalies”. Many scientists recognize the reality of the phenomenon and try to explain it. One of the first to state the reality of the phenomenon and make a number of generalizations about it was Doctor of Biological Sciences A.P. Dubrov. In 1992, in one of his articles, he wrote the following about people-magnets: “The force of attraction can be so strong that it is very difficult for an object to be torn from the body even for an adult, and the experiment shows the ability to hold a load on the chest weighing 50 kilograms.”

How do scientists try to explain the mysterious ability of magnet people? Physicist V. Mokronosov suggested that the skin of some people, for a still unknown reason, is capable of drawing air into itself, that is, it’s all about ordinary vacuum suction. By the way, scientists from the Technological University of Malaysia came to the same conclusion after examining a 70-year-old human magnet, Lew Toy Lin, who is capable of holding metal objects weighing more than 30 kg on his chest. They did not detect any special magnetic or electromagnetic fields around his body.

However, such a hypothesis does not explain the fact that during a demonstration of the abilities of the human magnet Yuri Tkachenko, he attached a second plate weighing 20 kg to the 30-kilogram metal plate already on his chest, and it stuck to the first. This can hardly be explained by the properties of the skin. It turns out that some magnetic people can still generate a strong electromagnetic field in themselves?

But according to Yuri Fomin, a leading expert at the Association of the Unknown, at the end of the 20th century, under the influence of a number of mutagens, the most effective of which is radiation, a new biological species of man with extrasensory abilities gradually began to emerge on our planet.

Maybe after some time only X people will live on Earth?

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“Electric” people are able to attract metal objects to themselves and even magnetize them. Even a human phenomenon has been described who can act as charger for your own phone. The mystery of these phenomena has not yet been solved by modern science.

One of the first cases of “magnetism” described in history dates back to 1846. On January 15, fourteen-year-old French girl Angelique Cotin suddenly felt that objects began to bounce as she approached. Even heavy furniture began to spin and jump around the room, and light objects twitched and slipped out of their hands. This went on for 2 whole weeks. A research group was created led by physicist Francois Arago. Scientists found that the compass needle behaved unusually when the girl began to approach it. Angelica's strength increased in the evenings and was concentrated on the left side of her body, especially her left wrist and elbow. As the magnetic properties in the body increased, the poor thing sometimes even convulsed, then her heart rate was 120 beats per minute. Caroline Clare from Ontario became seriously ill with a strange disease in 1877. mental disorder, she constantly had visions. The girl was sick for 1.5 years, and lost 50 kilograms. And after the visions disappeared, her life turned into sheer torment. All metal objects she touched became magnetized. At times she had difficulty tearing the knives and forks from her hands. Nowadays, the phenomenon of magnetism in the human body appears very often. There are especially many reports about the unusual ability of some people to hold a wide variety of objects on the surface of the body, most often spoons, forks, and irons. This phenomenon is even called the “sticking phenomenon.” Here many were disappointed, as it soon became clear that in most cases, adhesion occurs on sweaty skin, as well as when the surface to which the object is stuck is tilted. The smoothness of the object also mattered. There were even scammers who, in pursuit of fame, treated objects or their own skin with a special adhesive solution. In fact, under certain conditions, almost anyone can demonstrate holding objects on the body. The main thing is not to wash longer. Such scammers discredited the phenomenon. But even scientists cannot deny that the amazing abilities of magnet people really exist. Etera Orutunyan near Anapa cannot wear any jewelry on her body - they put pressure on her skin. But a woman can hold a dozen spoons and forks on her body. At first she was afraid of her ability, but then she got used to it. He says that there is no benefit from magnetism in everyday life, but there is no particular harm either. True, over the years her magnetism intensified and she noticed that even the TV remote control began to stick to her. A resident from Revda, Igor Svalov, was in a terrible accident and experienced clinical death. After he recovered, he began to attract iron, plastic and even books. Further - more: it began to attract mobile phones and even charge them. This property is especially useful when fishing. One day in the forest, Igor’s mobile phone battery ran out, and he needed to call his wife. The man stuck the phone to his forehead, waited a little and soon announced that he would soon arrive home with his catch. Young Nasiba Rasulova from Uzbekistan read an article in a children's newspaper about human magnetism and decided to try it herself - maybe she could do it too. I started with forks and spoons, then plastic and wooden objects followed. Soon Nasiba discovered the ability to relieve pain. Her first patient was her older brother, who hurt his back in gym class. Nasiba simply stroked his spine - the pain disappeared as if by hand. Then the girl cured her father of kidney disease by running her palms over his lower back. After just three sessions, Nasiba’s father forgot what physical suffering was. At the same time, this is completely ordinary child: modest, diligent. True, Nasiba’s mother says that her daughter is quick-tempered and easily excitable. In addition to the ability to heal illnesses, some magnet people have the ability to inspire thoughts. For example, thirteen-year-old Inga from Belarus. The girl claims that she can make a person walk backwards or do other ridiculous things. Just like Nasiba, she is able to relieve pain. But sometimes the opposite effect occurs, as heat emanates from the girl’s hands, which she cannot control. Leonid Tenkaev was born in 1928 and discovered his unusual abilities in old age - after the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. However, these abilities manifested themselves in all members of his family, but in him - especially strongly. The force of attraction is so strong that Leonid, in a standing position, holds an iron block weighing up to eleven kilograms. The attending doctor says that it takes enormous force to separate the block from his body. In the case of the Tenkaevs, the amazing thing is that they all have the ability to manage these extraordinary talents. It is enough to concentrate and direct brain effort to increase body temperature.

Over the past decade, photographs of people who held not only spoons and forks, but also frying pans and even irons on their bodies have repeatedly appeared on the pages of newspapers and magazines. Such unique people are called magnet people, their abilities are recognized by scientists, but the mystery of these living magnets is still far from being solved.

UNIQUES OF THE XIX-XXI CENTURIES

It is believed that the first case of magnetism was mentioned in 1853 in the brochure “The so-called knocking spirit in Bergzabern.” The brochure told the story of 11-year-old Philippine Zenger. The girl, in front of numerous witnesses, “... put a sheet of paper on the palm of her hand, pulled it out and turned it over, but the sheet did not fall. Then she put the paper on the end of her index finger and, saying: “Don’t fall,” she described a semicircle with her hand, but the paper remained on the end of the finger. Then, without making the slightest movement conducive to the fall, she said: “Now fall,” and the paper came off.”

In 1889, newspapers wrote a lot about Frank McKinstry from Missouri. He told doctors that every morning he felt magnetized, his feet simply stuck to the ground. Frank had to move at a fast pace, as soon as he stopped, his legs seemed to fall into thick tar, he could not tear them off the ground. It was necessary to resort to the help of friends or passers-by, when they grabbed McKinstry to lift him off the ground, a weak flash occurred and the magnetization effect disappeared.

Another famous human magnet of the 19th century was Louis Hamburger. In 1890, at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, this 16-year-old student demonstrated his unusual abilities. With only the tips of his three fingers he held a glass jar with metal filings weighing about 2.5 kilograms in the air. Then he began to move his finger along the outside of the jar, and the sawdust, like a magnet, obediently followed him.

Today in Russia there are many people who are magicians, the most famous of them is Mikhail Vasiliev, a resident of Cheboksary. His record is even recorded in the Guinness Book of Records. The man, who is already over forty, with his own weight of about 60 kg, managed to hold a reinforced concrete slab weighing 133 kg on his chest. However, he also broke this record - he “magnetized” a slab weighing 165 kg!

STILL ONLY HYPOTHESES

Many scientists recognize the reality of the phenomenon of magnet people. The first attempts to study it showed that in most cases various small objects stick to the body due to sweaty skin and a slight inclination of the surface. Of course, there is no miracle in this, but you can’t hold the iron this way.

Since some people who are magnets are capable of attracting not only metal objects, but also items made of paper, wood, and plastic, it has been suggested that the phenomenon is associated not with the electromagnetic field generated by a person, but with the unusual properties of his skin. Physicist V. Mokronosov suggested that the skin of some people, for a still unknown reason, is capable of drawing air into itself, i.e. it’s all about ordinary vacuum suction.

It is curious that scientists from the Technological University of Malaysia, after a study of 70-year-old Liew Tow Lin, who is capable of holding metal objects weighing more than 30 kg on his chest, completely rejected the “magnetic” hypothesis, not finding any special magnetic or electromagnetic fields around the body of the unique person. They came to the conclusion that Liu's skin is capable of sucking metal objects, holding them on itself.

However, this hypothesis does not explain the fact that during a demonstration of the abilities of the human magnet Yuri Tkachenko, he attached another 20 kg metal plate to the 30-kilogram metal plate already on his chest, and it stuck. This can no longer be associated with the properties of the skin, just like the fact that Louis Hamburger forced metal filings to move with his finger through the glass surface of the jar.

It turns out that some people who are magnets can still generate a strong electromagnetic field in themselves, how does this happen? This question remains unanswered for now. It remains to be assumed that the phenomenon may be based on both an unusual property of the skin and the ability to generate a strong electromagnetic field.

REASON FOR THE PHENOMENON

One of the first to state the reality of the phenomenon and make a number of generalizations about it was Doctor of Biological Sciences A.P. Dubrov. In 1992, in one of his articles, he wrote the following about people-magnets: “The force of attraction can be so strong that it is very difficult for an object to be torn from the body even for an adult, and the experiment showed the ability to hold a load on the chest weighing 50 kilograms.”

Professor V. Volchenko, studying this phenomenon, noted that subjects during experiments are even able to attract those who study them. In strong people-magnets, scientists noticed the ability to transfer their “charges of energy” to the people around them, who also became magnets for a while, although before that they could not hold even a penny in their vertical palm.

Revaz Vladimirovich Khomeriki, head of the magnetobiology laboratory in Tbilisi, managed to install another interesting feature magnet people. For more than 20 years, he examined many people who were capable of attracting objects. It turned out that their temperature difference between the center of the palm and the tips of the middle finger is 5 and sometimes 10 times greater than that of ordinary people, for which it does not exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius. By the way, Revaz Khomeriki believes that the recent appearance of large quantity people-magnets are not accidental, but are caused by the deterioration of the environmental situation, which leads to a disruption in the stability of normal wave interactions in the body.

Russian worker from Saratov Leonid Tenkaev, when he wanted, could be completely irresistible - in the literal sense. His wife, daughter and grandson had exactly the same “attractiveness.”
According to Saratov University professor Valery Lepilov, these four had only to concentrate and direct their brain efforts to increase their body temperature, and they acquired the ability to attract metal objects to themselves. The force of attraction was very strong - especially among the three members of the Tenkaev family. Leonid, born in 1928, held an iron block weighing up to eleven kilograms while standing. To separate it from his body, says Dr. Lepilov, “the same force was required as if it were a magnet.”

The Tenkaevs claim that they discovered this gift in themselves in 1987, a year after the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
They are not the only ones in Russia or Eastern Europe, whose amazing ability to attract objects has recently been reported in the press.
For example, in June 1990, Nedelya wrote about policeman Nikolai Suvorov, fifty-five years old, who could also hold metal objects on himself. And in 1991, the Bulgarian agency Sofia-Press reported on the competition of “human magnets”, which attracted at least three hundred participants.

Where do such abilities come from? This still remains a mystery, as does the ability to consciously control this power. Even more surprising is that this effect is not strictly magnetic in nature. Unlike a conventional magnet, a person can hold not only iron and other ferrous metals on his body. Let's say, policeman Suvorov attracts glass and plastic in the same way.
Inga Gaiduchenko from the city of Grodno (Belarus) became famous for the fact that, despite her young age, she can hold a three-kilogram sledgehammer on herself, and also attracts plastic, wood and paper - but not glass. Apparently, here we are dealing with attractive forces rather than electrical or magnetic ones. But still, why don’t they work on glass?

History has preserved a lot of written evidence of this phenomenon. In 1889, for example, they wrote about Frank McKinstry of Joplin, Missouri, who felt “charged” every morning: his feet began to stick to the ground. If someone else tried to lift his feet off the ground (sometimes he had to resort to outside help), there would be a faint flash, after which the effect would dissipate. Interesting detail: McKinstry also had a reputation as a capable dowser.

In 1890, the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy studied the abilities of sixteen-year-old student Louis Hamburger, who challenged conventional wisdom by holding a glass jar containing metal filings weighing about five pounds with three fingertips. A characteristic detail: the fingers had to be dry, since water is a conductor of electricity (it’s not for nothing that children are told not to touch the switch with wet hands). Hamburger's signature trick was to run his finger along the outside of a glass jar: sawdust obediently followed his finger up and down.

And here is a more recent report: speaking to members of the board of the Society for Psychical Research in New York, a certain Mrs. Antoine Timmer, by the power of magnetism, caused knives to stick to her hands; they could only be torn off with a strong tug.

Electroshock

For some, the supernatural ability to generate electricity is not a blessing, but a curse. Oxford University professor Michael Shallis discovered the presence of static electricity ten times higher than normal in the body of Jacqueline Priestman from Manchester. Its destructive effect on objects household items It first appeared when she was twenty-two years old. The victims of this impact were three dozen vacuum cleaners, five electric irons and two washing machines. With just one touch from Mrs. Priestman, the electric stove went out of order, and the TV switched to another channel when she approached.
Dr. Shallis commented: “We cannot yet say with certainty what exactly contributes to the excessive accumulation of static electricity. Perhaps such people emit miniature lightning, and these lightning pierces the insulation of electrical appliances.”
The scientist could not explain why electricity began to accumulate in Mrs. Priestman's body at the age of twenty-two and why this unusual phenomenon was not observed outside her home. Ironically, her husband Paul worked as an electrician. Could this be the poltergeist's passion for jokes?
Perhaps further observations of the Priestman family would have clarified the matter, but the couple clearly preferred to get rid of the misfortune rather than help parapsychologists develop ingenious theories.

Unexpected manifestations of individual electrical power are not that uncommon. In early 1988, boilermaker Su Dibo from Urumqi, China, accidentally discovered that when he touched someone, he would give them an electric shock, sometimes even knocking them down.

Invulnerability

Not everyone finds his supernatural abilities inconvenient. Young Lulu Hearst, nicknamed the “Miracle of Georgia,” at the instigation of her parents, began performing in public at the age of fifteen, defying the immutable laws of physics. She was able to attract various objects at will, including non-metallic ones (for example, a straw hat), and with the same ease resisted physical force. Her signature trick was to line up several hefty men on the other side of a billiard cue and ask them to pull the cue. Lulu always emerged victorious; in the same way, it was impossible to lift the girl above the ground against her desire.

Annie Mae Abbott, “Georgia’s little magnet,” became even more famous, and traveled all over the world at the turn of the eighties and nineties. The girl weighed only 98 pounds, but not even Sumo wrestlers could move the chair she was sitting on. She also knew how to stop moving objects with a light touch of her finger.

Not so long ago (in 1952) the number one sensation was Welshman Brian Williams from Cardiff. In a photograph that circulated in newspapers around the world, he takes an electric light bulb with two fingers and it flashes; the source of nutrition is his body.

Another “human torch” showed up at the Asian Games in Beijing in September 1990 - he spoke to guests who filled the Olympic Hotel. Chun Tian-chao inserted his fingers into the socket and applied a screwdriver to his temple; it was starting to heat up. He then walked around the audience and shook their hands, while regulating the flow of electricity in the body. Spectators experienced a variety of sensations - from a slight tingling sensation to a real painful shock.

Li Qinghong was a qi gong master and a physician: he worked at the hospital of the Ministry of Railways. The first surprising result of training in qi gong was his discovery of the ability to adjust the volume of the radio without touching the tuning knob. Lee improved his skills: standing in a puddle of water, he connected to a 220-volt power supply. Having successfully survived this test, he now acts as a human transformer. Li Qinghong developed not only immunity to electricity, but also the ability to change the current strength and voltage in the electrical network. He placed frozen fish on two electric spits that turned on at his touch; soon the fish began to hiss, smoke and crackle. But Lee’s hands remained cold during the experiment.

Inner strength

The presence of electricity in the human body is not surprising: without instantaneous electric charges, which maintain communication between nerve cells, we could not think, much less marvel at the strangeness of the world. The ability to accumulate electricity is also inherent in some animals. For example, an electric eel can deliver a shock of 500 volts—enough to kill a medium-sized predator or stun a person. So the existence of "electric people" - few in number and isolated - need not be seen as a violation of the laws of nature, even if we do not understand the nature of such abilities.

There is another possible explanation - or clue - for this phenomenon through the concept of "qi" - the vital energy that is produced and successfully controlled by Dr. Li Qinghong and others.
This is by no means a simple phenomenon: in an article published in the 27th issue of the Foreign Times, scientist Steve Moore wrote: “It is extremely difficult to define using modern scientific terminology. It is at the same time “breath”, and “spirit”, and extra-muscular energy, or “inner force”. This energy "flows" along the acupuncture meridians; it is accumulated in themselves by adherents of martial arts.”

Moore cites many cases of manifestation of this ability. So, while walking with a friend, a coach was hit by a pedicab, but immediately flew ten feet away and overturned. And the coach, without interrupting the conversation for a second, moved on as if nothing had happened. Another trainer, Yan Chengfu, had the ability to “magnetize, or attract, an opponent’s hand so that it seemed to be glued to his own.

Western scientists have yet to explain the mechanism of acupuncture in the language of their science. The very fact that they were able to perceive the concept of “qi” at all was a challenge to the traditional Western worldview. The conclusion is that we would know much more about supernatural phenomena if scientists understood that everything that is “mysterious” and “incomprehensible” is not necessarily impossible. But for most scientists who prefer to follow dogma, this tempting and promising area of ​​research remains inaccessible.