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Post by swamprat on Jul 12, 2011 10:13:52 GMT -6
USA Today
Brazil boy seems to attract metal objects
Posted 7/9/2011 8:41 PM ET SAO PAULO (AP) — An 11-year-old boy in Brazil's northeastern city of Mossoro is drawing attention with his purportedly magnet-like qualities. The Globo TV network has broadcast images of Paulo David Amorim demonstrating how forks, knives, scissors, cooking pans, cameras and other metal objects seem drawn to his body and remain stuck on his chest, stomach and back. The boy's father tells Globo that he decided to test his son after learning of a boy in Croatia with a similar ability. Junior Amorim says he was surprised to find "a fork and knife stuck to his body." The youth says classmates call him "magnet boy." VIDEO: Boy's body acts like magnet www.usatoday.com/video/index.htm?bctid=1044492557001 - /Boy%27s+body+acts+like+magnet%2C+attracts+metal/1044492557001 Dr. Dix-Sept Rosado Sobrinho tells Globo it is the first time in his 30-year career that he has seen a case like this. Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. content.usatoday.net/dist/custom/gci/InsidePage.aspx?cId=tallahassee&sParam=49246374.story
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Post by paulette on Jul 12, 2011 11:34:09 GMT -6
Wow - I would think that he would have big problems using a computer (which is affected by magnets). And he might wipe out his charge cards' magnetic strips and any magnetized tapes. Going through scanners at air ports might be interesting as well.
I'm surprised that his skin isn't gritty with magnetite sand. If he lived in an area where that exists (and the dark patterns of beach sand in areas where the sand is rock derived rather than coral or sheel) he would gradually accumulate black stuff. Since he can't "turn off' his magnetism, this might be very problematic.
Hope he doesn't end up in a carnival.
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