Raoul Pop

Reuters is running a video on a man named Lechi Vataev, a Chechen refugee currently in Russia. He can channel 220-volt electricity through his body naturally, without damage or convulsions. He doesn’t know why he can do it, or how he came into his powers. After seeing the video, I have to say the fellow is surprisingly un-electrifying for a man with electric super-powers. His current motto: “I feel tired and I have a headache sometimes.” If that’s not enough to get you running to see him, then you’re not alone. At least it’s still pretty cool to watch him light a bulb while holding live wires plugged into an electric outlet.

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