'magnetic' Boy Shows Off Skills

[Num7]

I didn't really know where to post this one! I wonder what's up with this kid. Is it even real?

Six-year-old Croatian boy Ivan Stoiljkovic can hang up to 25kg of metal from his chest, including cutlery, coins and even a non-stick frying pan.

Make sure you take a look at the video:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8512931/Magnetic-boy-shows-off-skills.html

 

[NerdyGilr3]

Do you think he ate a magnet? That's kinda weird... He must be eating too much spinach!!
I wonder if any medical condition could do that.. Hmmm

 

[tuvok50]

Are their coins made of magnetic material? I know that ours arn't. At one point it seems like the boy want to cry, hope they're not using some kind of super glue!!

 

[kcwildman]

do not appear to be glue cause the boy just pulls the stuff off no skin sticking like glue would. seems to be more like gravity than simple magnetics. wonder if he puts a piece of wood or do it work on stone or glass

 

[Harte]

Not magnetic, just tacky.

Heh. That was a good one.

Harte

 

[kcwildman]

uuummm could be but not likly if just tacky it wouldn't hold the wieghts that would take super glue

 

[ifeelittoo]

how is it that these things always wind up being 'researched' by 'journalists' (filming it like a freak show of old), rather than doing what you can imagine would be some pretty simple and possibly ground-breaking scientific testing?

 

[Num7]

Here's another similar story, this time in Brazil.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011...snews/feed+(CBSNews.com)&utm_content=My+Yahoo