Boy Gets Zapped by Electricity, Wakes up Magneto - Update

[loa]

Come back when you have photos of him attracting stuff at an angle greater than 90°.

 

[Crash_7]

From the looks of him, I'd say he's always had the ability to attract cheeseburgers.

 

[Scarim Coral]

If I were him, I would stay away from anything eletrical like a pc.

 

[Atary77]

He may not be Magneto, but more like Jim Varney from "Ernest Goes to Jail"

 

[Dr_Fred]

I simply cannot understand how this gets relayed as "news" on this website. I used to flag The Escapist content as interesting and thought provoking, and it looks like there's more and more of this... stuff.

I mean, just look at the given source website. Look at it !

Not to mention the fact that if a jolt could make you a big walking magnet, that'd be common knowledge by now. (And people being people, they'd probably touch plugged wires just for teh lulz afterwards.)

...oh well. Now that Jim's gone, there's still Shamus, Critical Intel and Yahtzee... reason enough to come I guess.

 

[Vigormortis]

James Randi debunked this magnetic man with a little talcum powder:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTVWMY8EZCA

I agree that the boy is probably sticky.

Aw. You beat me to it. I was literally seconds from posting that video.

But yeah. The kid ain't magnetic, folks. Even the very notion that he might be is so fundamentally dumb I'm amazed anyone believes it.

It's more likely the zap of electricity burned off his hair or caused the follicles to shrink to the point that his hair doesn't stick out on his abdomen. This, coupled with sticky, pasty skin would allow smooth, metallic objects to stick to him. You could probably do the same with certain plastic objects.

This is a thing that's happened before. Many times. And debunked just as often.

Unless someone want's to tell me talcum powder defeats magnetism.

Besides, my bullshitometer spiked well past the maximum the moment I saw this part of the story:
"... the lamppost contained a faulty wire which promptly shocked him with enough electricity to send him flying across the street."

Uh....no. That doesn't happen. Unless this is some crappy Hollywood action or horror film.

Boy Gets Zapped by Electricity, Wakes up Sticky.

I was thinking more - "Boy Gets Zapped by Electricity, Hasn't Taken a Bath Since."

 

[Right Hook]

From the looks of him, I'd say he's always had the ability to attract cheeseburgers.

I was waiting for something of the sort, I hope this kid doesn't surf the internet, haha.

 

[MorganL4]

Until he goes to a lab and gets tested by doctors and they publish a paper I am calling BS.

 

[ron1n]

From the looks of him, I'd say he's always had the ability to attract cheeseburgers.

hahaha was thinking the same thing. Looks like that fat kid from the movie Ted.

 

[008Zulu_v1legacy]

I call total unfairness on this. I have been electrically shocked most of my life and I can't do crap like this.

 

[gunny1993]

If anything, its possible though highly unlikely that the kid has an abnormally high iron content in his blood which after the shock became magnetized enough to attract metal. And its more likely the general consensus of not washing properly since a high iron content like that would be borderline lethal, if not passing out of the body with the passage of time as it is replaced through waste cycles.

Actually turns out to be hemachromatosis

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[FirstNameLastName]

His magnetism attracted coins you say, what the fuck are coins made of in Russia? I thought coins weren't magnetic, at least, here in Australia they aren't.

Also, i was expecting some strange scientific phenomenon to be explained here, but considering it is apparently only whispers from the other side of earth, and since it seems the only interaction the scientific community has had with previous similar cases was to piss on their parade and prove it all bullshit; yeah, I'm not convinced this isn't just some attention seeking kid.

 

[lacktheknack]

He may not be Magneto, but more like Jim Varney from "Ernest Goes to Jail"

I understand this reference.

Why on Earth do I understand this reference? ;_____;

 

[OldNewNewOld]

Okay, that means it's time to put my finger in the socket in the wall. Wish me luck.

 

[martyrdrebel27]

I dont know about Russia's coins, but I know that American currency is non-magnetic. I think its a matter or stickiness. After a long walk, I can stick coins, ID cards, plating cards, knives, any number of flat objects, to myself and they stick, same as Vlad here.

 

[Jorpho]

It's more likely the zap of electricity burned off his hair or caused the follicles to shrink to the point that his hair doesn't stick out on his abdomen.

It is still more likely that he was never zapped with electricity in the first place and they made that up completely to add extra verisimilitude.

 

[camazotz]

I'm so happy The Escapist got rid of Jim Sterling, Son so we could get high quality Russian National Enquirer level reporting here.

I know y'all need clicks for da' ads but seriously, not coming back here again if this is the future of Escapist news bits.

 

[EHKOS]

The only part of this article that would make it legit, is the transferring of the power. And I call BS on that until he touches me and I can stick myself to some scaffolding.

In the meantime, while waiting for this to turn into a hoax, keep him away from my DS please.

 

[Vigormortis]

It is still more likely that he was never zapped with electricity in the first place and they made that up completely to add extra verisimilitude.

Well, of course. I was just offering a more likely scenario had the kid actually been shocked. That's all.

Personally, I'm operating under the assumption that the whole story was made up, save for the objects sticking to the kid. But that bit's been explained away countless times by now.

 

[Strazdas]

His magnetism attracted coins you say, what the fuck are coins made of in Russia? I thought coins weren't magnetic, at least, here in Australia they aren't.

coins are moade from variuos metals in different countries for different values (not worth making 1 cent coins that are worth 20 cents in metal, but 2 cents in metal - aint nobody is going to bother melting them) and longevity (some metals wear slower than others thus the coin can live longer in circulation. This means that throughout the time there were many metals used.

I got old russian money (not defunct, soviet union currency) that are attracted by metals. i dont have new russian money so i cant test that.