Brazil boy seems to attract metal objects

W460

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."

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.

Comments 2
Default-user-icon Anonymous Lebanese (Guest) 11 July 2011, 22:31

Soon he'll be a chick magnet...

Thumb benzona 11 July 2011, 23:09

Goodness gracious, another green meteor freak, Watch out Clark!