[gocats]

http://www.edifyingspectacle.org/gullibility/blog/archives/asian/doubts_about_fasting_budd.php
Maybe he left because he was going to be investigated

[King Prout]

ah, good: empiricism.

iirc, there is a quite active group in India dedicated to exposing "mystics" and "fakirs" as con-men.

One particular gambit I clearly recall is the "levitating fakir" scam, which involves a metal armature and suspended seat, all covered by the "holy" man's robe... except for the sole vertical support - a rod disguised as a staff and planted very firmly into the ground.

Much like "spiritualists" here in the US, the con-artists over there do not like being examined by the debunkers.

perhaps this "buddha boy" was one such.

thanks for the link.