Re: Electricity guy on Ripley's Believe it or Not

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Original poster: "Mercurus2000" <mercurus2000@xxxxxxx>

This is interesting, do you know the episode number? I would like to see
this, I'm very skeptical myself, but there are alot of fakirs (not fakers)
in india that can do some pretty crazy things with their body, but passing
large currents harmlessly thro their body is a first as far as I've heard,
it's probably a hoax, but I would like to get more info on it to see just
how he did it, even if it is a hoax.
Adam
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Subject: Electricity guy on Ripley's Believe it or Not


> Original poster: "David Rieben" <drieben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I just happened to catch a segment of a rerun of
> Ripley's Believe It or Not on TV last night and there
> was some guy on there in India that could SUP-
> POSEDLY pass electrical current through various
> parts of his body to light up light bulbs, TVs, and
> even run a waffle iron. I found this quite suspicious
> as I could detect no involuntary muscular contraction
> in him upon contact. He was supposedly even passing
> what I would assume to be either 120 VAC or 220 VAC
> (not sure what India's appliances voltage requirements are)
> through his tongue to turn on these various appliances.
> In this case, I personally have to go with the "NOT" of
> Ripley's Believe It or NOT. Irregardless of a person's
> so-called immunity to the pain of electrical current
> passing through their tissues, they are NOT going to
> break Ohm's Law and I don't see 120 or 220 volts
> being able to overcome the body's resistance enough
> to push sufficient current through it to power common
> household appliances. And if that much current did
> actually pass through the body, it would  most certainly
> cause severe thermal damage to the affected  body tissues
> and almost certain death if passed through any vital area
> of the body. I think Ripley's was trying to
> "hoodwink" us on this one or maybe they were hoodwinked
> theirsleves by this gentleman from India. I figure that
> he was probably using a sensitive capacitive feedback
> circuit that was triggered by his touching with any part
> of his body, much like a touch lamp circuit. Thoughts?
>
> David Rieben
>
>