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Holy Man Claims to Have Lived Without Food, Water for 70 Years
Foxnews.com ^
| April 29, 2010
Posted on 04/29/2010 9:30:16 AM PDT by inflorida
Indian doctors are studying an 83-year-old holy man who claims to have spent the last seven decades without food and water.
Military doctors hope the experiments on Prahlad Jani can help soldiers develop their survival strategies.
The long-haired and bearded yogi is under 24-hour observation by a team of 30 specialists during three weeks of tests at a hospital in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad.
Two cameras have been set up in his room, while a mobile camera films him when he goes outside, guaranteeing round-the-clock observation.
His body will be scanned and his brain and heart activity measured with electrodes.
"The observation from this study may throw light on human survival without food and water," said Dr. G. Ilavazahagan, who is directing the research. "This may help in working out strategies for survival during natural calamities, extreme stressful conditions and extra-terrestrial explorations like future missions to the Moon and Mars by the human race."
Since the experiment began on April 22, Jani has had no food or water and has not been to the toilet.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: 70years; fasting; guru; holyman; india; lyingliar; napl; prahladjani
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To: inflorida
83-year-old holy man who claims to have spent the last seven decades without food and water. Crack will do that to you.
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posted on
04/29/2010 10:20:23 AM PDT
by
humblegunner
(Pablo is very wily)
To: humblegunner
42
posted on
04/29/2010 10:26:03 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The hysteria of Matthewsism and Andersonism has led to a Tea Party Scare that is unAmerican.)
To: GOPJ
Is this kind of like Kim Jong Il claiming to have made 11 hole-in-ones in his first ever round of golf?
To: a fool in paradise
44
posted on
04/29/2010 10:30:37 AM PDT
by
humblegunner
(Pablo is very wily)
To: inflorida
WE all know that is impossible, but look how many clicked...
45
posted on
04/29/2010 10:31:14 AM PDT
by
Freddd
(CNN is down to Three Hundred Thousand viewers. But they worked for it.)
To: humblegunner
I thought PCP users had a “whack attack”.
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posted on
04/29/2010 10:36:58 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The hysteria of Matthewsism and Andersonism has led to a Tea Party Scare that is unAmerican.)
To: US_MilitaryRules
So, no bathroom breaks either? The guy is super human!
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posted on
04/29/2010 10:52:57 AM PDT
by
cameraeye
(A happy kufir!)
To: TChris
Yours would seem to be the logical conclusion.
To: inflorida
About par for most of India’s population. The country where there are more mobile phones than toilets.
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posted on
04/29/2010 12:39:22 PM PDT
by
Moltke
(DOPE will get you 4 to 8 in the Big House - HOPE will get you 4 to 8 in the White House.)
To: inflorida
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posted on
04/29/2010 9:53:25 PM PDT
by
BushCountry
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To: BushCountry
Same hospital from 2003 appears to have conducted the tests.
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posted on
04/29/2010 9:56:40 PM PDT
by
BushCountry
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To: a fool in paradise
Holy man goes hungry for 70 years?
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posted on
04/30/2010 5:09:57 AM PDT
by
Cvengr
(Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
To: inflorida
If Muslims claim they fast for a month, but eat every evening after the sun goes down, I can see this fellow only spending 5 minutes a day eating, and then claiming at age 73 he’s gone 70 yrs without food.
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posted on
04/30/2010 5:15:37 AM PDT
by
Cvengr
(Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
To: Cvengr; Daffynition
Holy man goes hungry for 70 years? He don't look Hungarian to me.
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posted on
04/30/2010 7:10:37 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The hysteria of Matthewsism and Andersonism has led to a Tea Party Scare that is unAmerican.)
To: BushCountry
Same hospital from 2003 appears to have conducted the tests. Can their offices prepare a Hawaiian birth certificate too?
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posted on
04/30/2010 7:11:35 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The hysteria of Matthewsism and Andersonism has led to a Tea Party Scare that is unAmerican.)
To: ReneeLynn
I would hate to be an astronaut in their space program.....
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posted on
04/30/2010 7:19:41 AM PDT
by
Brett66
(Where government advances, and it advances relentlessly , freedom is imperiled -Janice Rogers Brown)
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