Nikolai Kryaglyachenko, 12, claims metal objects stick to him like they do to X-Men character Magneto
A schoolboy who was almost killed when knocked out by a massive electric shock now claims the accident gave him superpowers like those of X-Men's Magneto.
Nikolai
Kryaglyachenko, 12, had been walking home after school when he lent
briefly against a lamp post that was live from a faulty wire, and was
blasted across the pavement.
He said: 'When I came round I felt groggy but managed to get home and told my mum what had happened.
Nikolai pictured with a load of
cutlery and coins sticking to his back. He claims he woke up with the
'superpower' after he suffered an electric shock
Stories about living magnets such as Nikolai (pictured) began to appear in the middle of the 19th century
The schoolboy
claims to have powers similar to Magneto, from X-Men. Pictured is Sir
Ian McKellan, who played the character Magneto in the movie X-Men: The
Last Stand
'When
I woke up the next day and got out of bed I found some coins that had
been lying on the mattress had stuck to my body. Then when I was having
breakfast and dropped my spoon, it stuck to my chest.'
He
said he is a keen fan of comics and, believing that maybe he had
developed some sort of super magnetic power to attract metal like
Magneto, had decided to put it to the test.
He
said: 'I can do things I couldn't do before, but I don't have a lot of
control over it. Even when I do not want to do it, I still attract
things. Once I even attracted a glass - it just moved towards me.'
Nikolai
added that he has now decided he wants to be a superhero when he is
older, saying that he would want to do something that helped people.
He
has also found himself one of the most popular boys at school with many
of his classmates asking him to demonstrate his superpowers.
Stories about 'living magnets' began to appear at least in the middle of the 19th century.
Nikolai pictured with his classmates, who he says constantly ask him to show off his new 'superpower'
Factory worker Leonid Tenkaev pictured
in 2004. He claimed to have obtained the ability to attract metal
objects following the Chernobyl nuclear disaster
In
2004, the story of a Russian factory worker Leonid Tenkaev and his
family received extensive media coverage when he appeared to obtain the
ability to attract objects after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
Although
people who have the ability to attract metal items are commonly
referred to as 'magnets', many of them can also hold plastic, glass,
wood and paper items on their body.
Only some of them develop a 'preference' for a particular material.
In
1990, as many as 300 'living magnets' gathered for a conference in
Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, after young woman Marinela Brankova
demonstrated her amazing ability on TV. The woman could hold 7kg of
metal on a vertical palm.
Scientists say however that rather than people being magnetic, it is probably nothing more than unusually sticky skin.
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