Verified: Indian holy man has spent 70 years without food and water

[Vision]

This guy is superman --

An 83-year-old Indian holy man who says he has spent seven decades without food or water has astounded a team of military doctors who studied him during a two-week observation period.

Prahlad Jani spent a fortnight in a hospital in the western India state of Gujarat under constant surveillance from a team of 30 medics equipped with cameras and closed circuit television.

During the period, he neither ate nor drank and did not go to the toilet.

"We still do not know how he survives," neurologist Sudhir Shah told reporters after the end of the experiment. "It is still a mystery what kind of phenomenon this is."

The long-haired and bearded yogi was sealed in a hospital in the city of Ahmedabad in a study initiated by India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), the state defence and military research institute

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[Theo]

But could he live that long without domains?

 

[Credit]

"(Jani's) only contact with any kind of fluid was during gargling and bathing periodically during the period."

He survived 15 days without food, not without water, which is not all that impressive.

 

[INVIGOR]

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[james2002]

The story could all be scam including the staff there.

 

[fab]

An 83-year-old Indian holy man who says he has spent seven decades without food or water has astounded a team of military doctors who studied him during a two-week observation period.
Prahlad Jani spent a fortnight in a hospital in the western India state of Gujarat under constant surveillance from a team of 30 medics equipped with cameras and closed circuit television.

During the period, he neither ate nor drank and did not go to the toilet.

 

[Theo]

The article says he didn't go to the toilet. It doesn't mention he didn't shit his pants

 

[Melly]

TMI Acro! No more malt balls for me.