In the arms of a tornado
Rene Truta survived after a terrible hurricane lifted her 240 meters into the air and, 12 minutes later, lowered her 18 kilometers from her home. As a result of an incredible adventure, the unfortunate woman lost all her hair and one ear, broke her arm, and also received many minor wounds.
“Everything happened so quickly that it seems to me that it was a dream,” Renee said after being discharged from the hospital on May 27, 1997. I posed in front of the camera and then something caught me like a dry leaf. There was a noise like a freight train. I was in the air. Dirt, debris, sticks hit my body and I felt a sharp pain in my right ear. I was lifted higher and higher and I lost consciousness."
When Rene Truta came to her senses, she was lying on a hilltop 18 kilometers from her home. Above, a freshly plowed strip of land sixty meters wide was visible - it was the tornado that "worked".
The police said that no one else in the district was hurt by the tornado. As it turned out, such cases have already happened. In 1984, near Frankfurt am Main (Germany), a tornado lifted 64 schoolchildren into the air and lowered them unharmed 100 meters from the take-off site.
Survive in the desert
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1994 year. Mauro Prosperi from Italy was discovered in the Sahara Desert. Incredibly, the man spent nine days in the exhausting heat and survived. Mauro Prosperi took part in the marathon race. Due to the sandstorm, he lost his way and lost his way. Two days later, he ran out of water. Miro decided to open his veins and commit suicide, but he did not succeed, because due to the lack of water in the body, the blood began to clot very quickly. Nine days later, the athlete was found by a family of nomads. By this time, the marathon runner was practically unconscious and lost 18 kilograms.
Nine hours at the bottom
The owner of a pleasure yacht, 32-year-old Roy Levin, was incredibly lucky, his girlfriend, cousin Ken, and most importantly, Ken's wife, 25-year-old Susan. They all survived. The yacht was quietly drifting under sail in the waters of the Gulf of California, when a squall unexpectedly came from a clear sky. The ship capsized. Susan, who was in the cabin at that time, went down with the yacht. It happened not far from the coast, but in a deserted place, and there were no eyewitnesses.
“It's incredible that the ship sank without being damaged,” said rescuer Bill Hutchison. And one more accident: while diving, the yacht turned over again, so that it lay on the bottom in a “normal” position. The "swimmers" who were overboard did not have life jackets and belts. But they were able to hold out on the water for two hours until they were picked up by a passing boat. The owners of the boat contacted the coast guard, and a group of scuba divers was immediately sent to the scene of the disaster.
Several more hours passed. “We knew that one passenger remained on board, but there was no hope of finding her alive,” Bill continued. "One could only hope for a miracle."
The windows were tightly battened down, the cabin door was hermetically closed, but water still seeped out, thereby displacing the air. The woman with her last strength kept her head above the water - there was still an air gap under the very ceiling. “As I leaned to the window, I saw Susan’s white as chalk face,” Bill said. Almost 8 hours have passed since the disaster!"
Freeing the unfortunate woman turned out to be difficult. The yacht was at a depth of twenty meters, and giving her scuba gear would mean letting the water inside. It was necessary to do something urgently. Bill went upstairs for an oxygen tank. His colleagues signaled to Susan that she should hold her breath and open the salon door. She understood. But it turned out differently. The door opened, but a lifeless body in a smart cocktail dress floated out. She nevertheless took water into her lungs. The count went in seconds. Bill grabbed the woman, rushed to the surface and made it! The doctor on the boat literally pulled Susan out of the afterlife.
Great hover
Yogi Ravi Varanasi from the city of Bhopal, right in front of the amazed audience, quite deliberately hung himself on eight hooks, hooking them over the skin of his back and legs. And when, three months later, he moved from a hanging position to a standing position, then as if nothing had happened he began to perform a set of physical exercises.
During the "Great Hover" Ravi Varanasi was one meter above the ground. To increase the effect, the students pierced his hands and tongue with needles. All this time the yogi ate quite moderately - a handful of rice and a cup of water throughout the day. He hung in a tent-like structure. In the rain, a tarp was thrown over the wooden frame. Ravi readily communicated with the public and was under the supervision of the German doctor Horst Gröning.
“After hanging, he remained in great physical shape,” said Dr. Groning. - It is a pity that science to this day does not know the methodology of self-hypnosis, which is used by yogis to stop bleeding and relieve pain.
Wing mechanic
On May 27, 1995, during tactical maneuvers, the MiG-17, having left the runway, got stuck in the mud. Ground service mechanic Pyotr Gorbanev, together with his comrades, rushed to the rescue. Through joint efforts, the plane was able to push to the GDP. Freed from the mud, the MiG began to quickly pick up speed and a minute later rose into the air, "grabbing" the mechanic, who was bent around the front of the wing by the air flow.
During the climb, the fighter pilot felt that the plane was behaving strangely. Looking around, he saw a foreign object on the wing. The flight took place at night, so we could not see it. From the ground gave advice to shake off the "foreign object" by maneuvering.
To the pilot, the silhouette on the wing seemed very human and he requested permission to land. The plane landed at 23 hours 27 minutes, having stayed in the air for about half an hour. All this time Gorbanev was conscious on the wing of the fighter - he was firmly held by the oncoming air flow. After landing, it was found out that the mechanic got off with a severe fright and a fracture of two ribs.
Girl - night lamp
Nguyen Thi Nga is a resident of the small village of Antheong, Hoanan County, in Binh Dinh Province (Vietnam). Until recently, the village itself and Nguyen did not differ in something special - the village is like a village, a girl is like a girl: she studied at school, helped her parents, and collected oranges and lemons with her friends on the surrounding plantations.
But one day, when Nguyen went to bed, her body began to glow brightly, as if phosphorescent. A huge halo enveloped the head, and golden yellow rays began to emanate from the arms, legs and torso. In the morning they took the girl to the healers. They did some kind of manipulation, but nothing helped. Then the parents took their daughter to Saigon, to the hospital. Nguyen was put in for examination, but no health abnormalities were found.
It is not known how this story could have ended if Nguyen had not been examined by the famous medicine man Thang. He asked if she was concerned about the glow. She replied that no, but the only thing that worries is the very incomprehensible fact that happened on the second day of the new year according to the lunar calendar.
“The most favorable time for the grace of the Most High,” the healer reassured her. - At this time, God gives what he deserves. And if you have not earned anything yet, then you will still deserve it. Peace of mind returned to Nguyen, but the glow remained.
Living microscope
During the experiment, a piece of meat and a leaf of a plant were placed in front of 29-year-old artist Jody Ostroyt. Nearby was an ordinary electron microscope. Jody carefully examined the objects for a couple of minutes with the naked eye, then took a sheet of paper and depicted their internal structure. Then the researchers could go to the microscope and make sure that the artist zoomed in, but did not distort the essence of what was being depicted in any way.
“It didn't come to me right away,” Jody said. - At first, for some reason, I began to scrupulously draw the texture of various objects - trees, furniture, animals. After that I began to notice that I see much finer details, elusive to the normal eye. Skeptics say I use a microscope. But where can I get an electron microscope?"
Jody Ostroyt sees the smallest cells of a substance, as if photographs them, and then transfers them to paper with ultra-thin brushes and a pencil. “It would be better if my gift went to some scientist. Why do I need him? While my pictures are being sold out, but the fashion for them will pass. Although I can see deeper than any professor, but only in the literal sense of the word."
Captain behind the windshield
Fastening a seat belt is important not only for motorists: the commander of the BAC 1-11 Series 528FL of British Airways, Tim Lancaster, probably remembered this elementary safety rule forever after June 10, 1990.
While flying the plane at an altitude of 5273 meters, Tim Lancaster relaxed his seat belt. Shortly thereafter, the airliner's windshield snapped. The captain immediately flew out through the opening, and he was pressed with his back to the aircraft fuselage from the outside. Lancaster's legs got stuck between the helm and the control panel, and the cockpit door ripped off by the air flow landed on the radio and navigation panel, smashing it.
Flight attendant Nigel Ogden, who was in the cockpit, was not taken aback and firmly grabbed the captain by the legs. The second pilot managed to land the plane only after 22 minutes, all this time the captain of the plane was outside.
The flight attendant holding Lancaster believed that he was dead, but did not let go, because he was afraid that the body would get into the engine and burn it, reducing the plane's chances of a safe landing. After landing, they found out that Tim was alive, doctors diagnosed him with bruises, as well as fractures of his right hand, a finger on his left hand and a right wrist. After 5 months Lancaster again sat at the helm. Steward Nigel Ogden escaped with a dislocated shoulder, frostbite on his face and left eye.
Used materials by Nikolai Nepomnyashchy, "Interesting Newspaper"