British twat is a magnet:
Sept. 2) -- If Brenda Allison's refrigerator door should ever get too covered in metal trinkets, she can always start adding them to her forehead.
That's because Allison, 50, happens to be a human magnet.
A recent report in The Sun states the bizarre British woman can hold coins, safety pins and magnets to her head and chest for nearly 45 minutes, and her presence can blow light bulbs and set off car alarms.
Robin Bell, Whitehotpix / ZUMA Press
A British mother is so magnetic, metal objects can stick to her for 45 minutes. It looks like an elaborate practical joke, but this assortment of metal objects stays on Brenda Allison's skin because she apparently has a heightened electromagnetic current running through her body.
"Metal objects appear to stay put more on my bones than muscles," she told The Sun. "It makes people laugh when I show them. I feel like a fridge covered in magnets."
Allison also says she'll set off her son's battery-operated toys simply by walking into his room.
The Daily Mail reports she discovered her unusual abilities in nursery school. As a child, her family made constant calls to the television repairman because she caused interference with the set. And wristwatches simply didn't work.
Allison says doctors have suggested her magnetism is caused by stress. However, electromagnetic expert Kathy Geminiani, director of the Bemer Health Centre in Surrey, England, says everyone has an electromagnetic field in their body, and Allison's may simply be heightened.
While the magnetic mother has attracted her share of press over the past week, according to Ripley's Believe It or Not, she's not alone in possessing such powers.
"It's only come to my attention in the last 10 years," said Edward Meyer, vice president of exhibits and archives.
"I've been at Ripley's for over 30 years. We've got archives dating back to the early teens, almost 100 years now, and I don't recall ever seeing it till up until 10 years ago," he told AOL News.
Liew Thow Lin, 79, of Gunung, Malaysia, for example, is known as Mr. Magnet. He is able to lift more than 60 pounds of metal attached to his stomach, including a household iron on his chest with three bricks balanced on top of it.
Despite his nickname, Lin doesn't believe he has any magnetic powers. "His skin literally causes a suction," Meyer explained. "So when he goes to pull the stuff off, it's like they're stuck to him, there's a suction noise and probably a little bit of pain."
In 2002, Mr. Magnet pulled a car 210 feet along a level surface using only an iron chain hooked to an iron plate sticking to his stomach. That's some serious suction.
Poland's Jan Hatlas can hold coins, power tools and even a video recorder on his chest. Called the "Polish Magnet," he has no explanation for his power.
In Romania, 43-year-old Bucharest hospital worker Aurel Raileanu can stick spoons, lighters and a 50-pound television set to his chest. "He's literally glued to the TV," Meyer said.
Even wood bonds to Raileanu's flesh.
And in Pulaski, N.Y., 14-year-old Joseph Falciatano has been called "Magneto" because his very presence causes computers to crash. If he gets too close to his Xbox console, it freezes.
"So what we can safely say is that there's a few of these out there, and it's something that deserves a little more attention and explanation," Meyer said. "Nobody seems to understand it very well -- they're just amazed it actually happens."
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Sept. 2) -- If Brenda Allison's refrigerator door should ever get too covered in metal trinkets, she can always start adding them to her forehead.
That's because Allison, 50, happens to be a human magnet.
A recent report in The Sun states the bizarre British woman can hold coins, safety pins and magnets to her head and chest for nearly 45 minutes, and her presence can blow light bulbs and set off car alarms.
Robin Bell, Whitehotpix / ZUMA Press
A British mother is so magnetic, metal objects can stick to her for 45 minutes. It looks like an elaborate practical joke, but this assortment of metal objects stays on Brenda Allison's skin because she apparently has a heightened electromagnetic current running through her body.
"Metal objects appear to stay put more on my bones than muscles," she told The Sun. "It makes people laugh when I show them. I feel like a fridge covered in magnets."
Allison also says she'll set off her son's battery-operated toys simply by walking into his room.
The Daily Mail reports she discovered her unusual abilities in nursery school. As a child, her family made constant calls to the television repairman because she caused interference with the set. And wristwatches simply didn't work.
Allison says doctors have suggested her magnetism is caused by stress. However, electromagnetic expert Kathy Geminiani, director of the Bemer Health Centre in Surrey, England, says everyone has an electromagnetic field in their body, and Allison's may simply be heightened.
While the magnetic mother has attracted her share of press over the past week, according to Ripley's Believe It or Not, she's not alone in possessing such powers.
"It's only come to my attention in the last 10 years," said Edward Meyer, vice president of exhibits and archives.
"I've been at Ripley's for over 30 years. We've got archives dating back to the early teens, almost 100 years now, and I don't recall ever seeing it till up until 10 years ago," he told AOL News.
Liew Thow Lin, 79, of Gunung, Malaysia, for example, is known as Mr. Magnet. He is able to lift more than 60 pounds of metal attached to his stomach, including a household iron on his chest with three bricks balanced on top of it.
Despite his nickname, Lin doesn't believe he has any magnetic powers. "His skin literally causes a suction," Meyer explained. "So when he goes to pull the stuff off, it's like they're stuck to him, there's a suction noise and probably a little bit of pain."
In 2002, Mr. Magnet pulled a car 210 feet along a level surface using only an iron chain hooked to an iron plate sticking to his stomach. That's some serious suction.
Poland's Jan Hatlas can hold coins, power tools and even a video recorder on his chest. Called the "Polish Magnet," he has no explanation for his power.
In Romania, 43-year-old Bucharest hospital worker Aurel Raileanu can stick spoons, lighters and a 50-pound television set to his chest. "He's literally glued to the TV," Meyer said.
Even wood bonds to Raileanu's flesh.
And in Pulaski, N.Y., 14-year-old Joseph Falciatano has been called "Magneto" because his very presence causes computers to crash. If he gets too close to his Xbox console, it freezes.
"So what we can safely say is that there's a few of these out there, and it's something that deserves a little more attention and explanation," Meyer said. "Nobody seems to understand it very well -- they're just amazed it actually happens."
Filed under: World, Weird NewsTagged: bemer health centre, electromagnetism, human magnet, jan hatlas, joseph falciatano, liew thow lin, mr magnet, polish magnet, ripleys, ripleys believe it or not, weird england, brenda allison, edward meyer, magnetism
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