Chun Tianzhao from China performed in front of guests at the Asian Games in Beijing. The performance was very original: the "artist" inserted his fingers into an electrical outlet, applied a screwdriver to his temple and, waiting for it to glow red-hot, walked around the audience, shaking their hands. Some viewers experienced a faint tingling sensation in their fingers, while others experienced a real painful shock
Unexpected manifestations of individual electrical force are more common than you might expect. For some unknown reason, people with "electrical" abilities mostly live in China. For example, Zhang Deke, a 72-year-old pensioner from China, fearlessly picks up a bare wire under current and accumulates electrical energy in himself! Having “recharged” enough, he can … fry fish on his own body!
In early 1988, China's boiler-maker Su Dio accidentally discovered that when he touched another person, he was electrocuted and sometimes even knocked down!
Another Chinese, Li Qinghong, was a physician for the time being. Suddenly, he discovered the amazing ability to adjust the volume of the radio without touching the tuning knob! Gradually, Li Qinghong increased the electrical resistance of his body and reached the point where, standing in a puddle of water, he was connected to a 220-volt power grid! Then he began to act as a human transformer in the treatment of patients!
Record holders among the unique
Englishwoman Pauline Shaw involuntarily disables the electrical appliances around her, and electric bulbs simply explode from just one touch of a woman's hands! And no wonder: sometimes Pauline's fingers "spark" with electric discharges up to eight centimeters long! Once, she accidentally boiled fish in an aquarium, touching a water heater with her hand!
José Rafael Marquez Ayala, 44, from Puerto Rico, uses his "electrical" abilities in his work as a telemaster. He successfully repairs TVs without disconnecting them from the network. This man discovered his gift in childhood, when he was accidentally hit with a high voltage current. And the child felt nothing! According to experts, there are dozens of "electric" people in the world who are not even aware of their amazing abilities.
Electricity or poltergeist?
The famous French physicist and astronomer of the 19th century, Dominique Francois Arago (1786-1853), tried to understand this issue. The object of his research was the owner of simply magical abilities - "electric girl" Angelica Koten.
On her birthday, January 15, 1846, at eight o'clock in the evening, the massive oak table, at which Angelica was sitting, suddenly began to "sway by itself and move so that it was impossible to keep it in place." In the following days, "everything moved around the girl as if by magic." Meanwhile, Angelica was extremely apathetic. But as soon as she approached any object, he instantly bounced off her! “For heavy furniture to start spinning and jumping around the room,” wrote Arago, “the lightest touch of her hand or dress was enough.”
It was impossible to hold in your hands anything that Angelica touched - the object immediately began to twitch and jumped out of the hands holding it. When this force manifested itself with particular activity, Angelica would convulse. At the same time, the frequency of her heartbeat reached 120 beats per minute! The girl was so scared of what was happening that she often ran away from home in horror.
Intervention of the priest
In the village they said that Angelica was possessed by evil spirits and even named the person who "spoiled" her. We turned to the local priest for help. Convinced of the reality of what was happening, the venerable clergyman doubted the advisability of using the rituals of the Catholic Church in this case and advised the parishioners to call on medicine for help.
Curé was able to convince superstitious fellow countrymen of the high probability that here they are dealing not with the tricks of evil spirits, but with an unusual state of the body, although extremely rare, but subject to the conduct of non-spiritual authority, but medicine.
The news of the unusual girl soon reached Paris and the pilgrimage of scientists and researchers to the abode of Angelica began. The culprit of the incident began to be called the "electric girl" in accordance with the then widespread hypothesis about the nature of the manifesting unknown forces. Some scientists, who were inclined to believe that these forces are identical to electricity, brought with them even the simplest electrical devices to test this hypothesis. The check did not confirm the electrical background of what was happening, although the manifestation of an unknown force continued. However, when the researchers put glass under the chair on which Angelica was sitting and under her legs, the unknown force disappeared (as if it were based on electricity)! As a version of the reason for this discrepancy, it was suggested that, possibly,The "clever" sight of the research equipment brought in confused the girl, and this circumstance oppressed the manifestation of an unknown force.
An attempt at a scientific approach
Some "electric" people say that they receive "charges of vigor" from electric shocks, while others seem to gain excellent health and even treat patients with their radiation.
The observed deviation of the state of "electrical" people from the norm is recognized by physicians as a specific disease, the nature of which is not clear. Most of these people experience bouts of weakness, dizziness, and feeling unwell.
Doctors are trying to answer the question of what causes this unusual disease and how it can be cured. The authoritative American researcher and well-known biologist John Carter sees the cause of the disease in a violation of the chemical balance of the body - the content of sodium ions in it is increased, and the content of potassium ions is low. As a result, high-intensity electrical discharges occur inside the body. According to John Carter, people with this disease are at risk, since their vital functions are excited: their pulse, arterial and intracranial pressure constantly exceed the norm, the inhibition reactions of the nervous system are impaired. Therefore, "electric" people are more likely to be at risk of cardiovascular and other dangerous diseases. Their heart can stop from their own electrical impulse.
Dr. Suwan Jayasingh of University College London, a specialist in cell regeneration and electrical properties, has recently joined the search for salvation from the "electrical" disease. He became famous for his work on stem cell transplants, and now announced that he would try to find the cause of the "electrical" disease.
