Superheroes are not just fictional characters, there are people who have superhuman abilities in real life too. Some of them can scale tall buildings, some others (only one actually) can EAT an entire aircraft!
Read on to find out more.
1. Ben Underwood, the real life “Daredevil”
Famous as: The most famous echolocator OR the real life ‘Daredevil’
Super abilities:
Diagnosed with retinal cancer at the age of 2, had to get his eyes removed
Taught himself echolocation by the age of 5
He could detect the location of objects by making clicking noises with his tongue
He could do all things like normal kids, like basketball, cycling, moving around without the help of a stick or guiding dog. Watch him in action here
Sadly, this brilliant kid passed away at the age of 16, fighting same cancer that cost him his eyes
Wim Hof – Iceman
Famous as: Iceman
Super abilities:
Can withstand extremely cold temperatures,
Reached top of Mount Kilimanjaro in his shorts,
Climbed 6.7 km altitude of Mount Everest, however, he wasn’t able to reach the summit due to foot injury
Guinness World record for longest ice bath
Rajmohan Nair- The electric man
Famous as: The electric man
Super abilities:
Can withstand large amounts of electricity passing through his body
Can withstand electricity upto 30 times the capacity of a normal human being
Jyothi Raj- Indian spiderman
Famous as: The Indian Spiderman
Super abilities:
Climbed Chitra Durga fort without harness
Rock climber who doesn’t use any support or harness
Climbed Karnataka’s highest fall in opposite direction of the flow without harness
Tom Cridland, the torture king
Famous as: Zamora the Torture King
Super abilities:
Can subject his body to extreme pain
His stunts include skewering his body parts, fire eating, sword swallowing etc
Tibetan Monks- Practicing Tummo
Famous as: Monks who can vary their body temperature
Super abilities:
Can increase their body temperature by the power of meditation
Master Zhou
Famous as: The Jewel of China
Super abilities:
Can generate heat to the boiling points from his hands
Can stand on thin sheets of paper
Michel Lotito- The guy who ate a whole aircraft
Famous as: Monsieur Mangetout OR “Mr. Eat-All”
Super abilities:
Could eat anything which normal humans cannot, including objects made of metal, glass, rubber etc.
Famously ate a whole aircraft Cessna 150
Had eaten 9 tons of metal
Isao Machii- Modern day super samurai
Famous as: Modern day Super Samurai
Super abilities:
Holds a number of Guinness world records for his sword skills
Famously split a bullet travelling at the speed of 200 mph in half with his sword
Fastest tennis ball cut at the speed of 708 km/h
Daniel Browning Smith- The rubber boy
Famous as: The rubber man
Super abilities:
Famously known as the most flexible person in the history
Has 7 Guinness world records to his name
Can fit his whole body through an unstrung tennis racket
Rathakrishna Velu- King of Teeth
Famous as: King of Teeth
Super abilities:
Pulls heavy objects with his teeth
Famously pulled a train with 6 coaches weighing about 297 tonnes to a distance of 2.8 meters
Had his name registered in Guinness book of world records
Magnetic man Liew Thon Lin
Famous as: Magnetic man
Super abilities:
Can stick metallic objects to his body
Pulled a car with magnetic force
Studies found out that his body does not actually exhibit magnetic fields, but his skin has very high rate of friction
Do you know any more superhumans which we might have missed?