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    Boy Attracts Attention With 'Magnetic Body'

    Sky News – Sat, Jul 9, 2011

    An 11-year-old boy in Brazil has been dubbed "Magnet Boy" because metal objects apparently stick to his skin.

    Paulo David Amorim, from Rio Grande do Norte state, can carry spoons, scissors and even casserole pots on his body, according to footage shown on TV Globo.

    The boy's father claimed he discovered his son's magnetism when he asked him to bring him a knife and fork "and much to my surprise, they stuck".

    Paulo David said classmates have started calling him "Magnet Boy" and ask him to demonstrate his "powers" with objects in class.

    "In school, everyone asks me to put things on my body, they think it is a trick," he said.

    Doctor Dix-Sept Rosado Sobrinho told TV Globo he had never seen anything like Paulo David's case in his 30 years in medicine.

    However, he said the boy's health is not at risk.

    "We can see that there is a certain adhesiveness, that he does manage to make several objects stick to his body, some of which are pretty heavy, but it is not completely out of the ordinary," he said.

     

    28 comments

    • Whoo
      Whoo  •  10 months ago
      No shock there then... the media getting drawn to this boy !!!! lol
    • The Worker
      The Worker  •  10 months ago
      But some of these items attached are non ferrous metals, saucepans are normally aluminium or stainless steel, non ferrous coins too, so how does this work then ? sounds like a con to me, super glue perhaps.................................................
      • raymond
        raymond 10 months ago
        stainless steel contains no iron?
      • raymond
        raymond 10 months ago
        stainless steel contains no iron?
    • Vulcan
      Vulcan  •  10 months ago
      This must be the Current issue of the day
    • Bill Orrell
      Bill Orrell  •  10 months ago
      If he bought an electric car he could run it free without having to use batteries.
    • Craig
      Craig  •  10 months ago
      Art - You sound so clever with your undersanding of magentic and conductable items, what you fail to realise is this is Brazil, where chances are both the utensils and currency are both made of different materials than we would use in the UK/US, thus it's quite possible the boy can do it. Also to all of you who think this is a con, have you never done a science experiment where YOU conduct the electricity, this boys body is just clearly generating an electro-magnetic field many times greater than the average human does, just one more case of human evolution taking a different track.
      • Juggy
        Juggy 10 months ago
        Sorry mate, its been proved many times over, its a case of sticky skin. Also there are not going to be any x-men in the next few years...
      • David
        David 10 months ago
        Quite right, Juggy!
      • Juggy
        Juggy 10 months ago
        Sorry mate, its been proved many times over, its a case of sticky skin. Also there are not going to be any x-men in the next few years...
    • MADMAX
      MADMAX  •  10 months ago
      THE DOCTOR'S COMMENT IS "I HAVE NOT SEEN A CASE LIKE THIS IN 30 YEARS
      OF MEDICINE". HIS NEXT OBSERVATION IS "....IT IS NOT COMPLETELY OUT OF THE ORDINARY" WHICH ONE ARE WE TO BELIEVE??
    • Chris
      Chris  •  10 months ago
      I think this is a mix of a protruding belly and a sweaty skin. If he was really magnetic they would demonstrate trying to pull off a bar magnet. Cell phones and cameras aren't significantly magnetic. Cutlery is curved and light so it could hang on. For the most impressive demo if the saucepan the boy's belly seemed to support it and he was even cradling the saucepan with his hand at some point.
    • dghfhdrg
      dghfhdrg  •  10 months ago
      So could you stick him to a metal roof?
    • suma
      suma  •  10 months ago
      This story is just shocking, I tell you!
    • suma
      suma  •  10 months ago
      With luck he'll get a job as a waiter in a restaurant and then we'll know where the missing spoons went, won't we?
    • Slogger
      Slogger  •  10 months ago
      An astonishingly powerful magnetic personality.

      He ought to capitalise on the west's interest in this phenomenon and go into films. Go for it Paulo.
    • john sloop b
      john sloop b  •  10 months ago
      mmmm! if only they had not mentioned Brazil in this story, seem to remember they have lots of these kind of stories from Brazil.
    • Sandpot
      Sandpot  •  10 months ago
      Would not liike to be like him. Must be some sort of nightmare.
    • nowinnofee
      nowinnofee  •  10 months ago
      What a wonderful ability? He wouldn���t have any problems how to tackle iron hearted girls then?
    • Piscasco
      Piscasco  •  10 months ago
      mmmh... Magneto.
    • Juggy
      Juggy  •  10 months ago
      Can't believe how thick some people are, the items stick to him because his skin his slightly sticky, if you wipe his skin the items don't stick to him anymore. This is why non-frerrous objects also stick to him. Everytime someone claims that they have magnetic powers they always fail the wipe test
    • ZIONIST
      ZIONIST  •  10 months ago
      Bet he can't do it if he has a bath LOL.
    • Leon
      Leon  •  10 months ago
      Magpie, magnet, eat.
      Paulo, "I like metal shiney things"
      Dad, "You like magpie or magnet"
      Paulo, "Pie? Eat? NmNmNmNm. Hic. Horseshoe pie."
    • Dextrous
      Dextrous  •  10 months ago
      So if he spun around in a wire coil, would he create electricity?

      If you want to see something really weird, try searching "gaussian gun" on youtube - it's quite a phenomenon to get your head around.
      • Dextrous
        Dextrous 10 months ago
        The explanation of how the gauss gun works is that it is pretty much the same principle as Newton's cradle (you tube or google image this - you'll probably recognise it when you see it). Sure, the ball bearing seems to roll gently towards the magnet, and indeed it does until the very last moment when the magnet pulls it and causes a huge acceleration and thus a huge final velocity at impact. Thus, by the same principle as Newton's cradle, the ball bearing at the other end is jettisoned off at the same initial speed (those doing a-level science can use either conservation of momentum or kinetic energy formula to recognise this.).

        Impressive to see, nevertheless.
      • Dextrous
        Dextrous 10 months ago
        The explanation of how the gauss gun works is that it is pretty much the same principle as Newton's cradle (you tube or google image this - you'll probably recognise it when you see it). Sure, the ball bearing seems to roll gently towards the magnet, and indeed it does until the very last moment when the magnet pulls it and causes a huge acceleration and thus a huge final velocity at impact. Thus, by the same principle as Newton's cradle, the ball bearing at the other end is jettisoned off at the same initial speed (those doing a-level science can use either conservation of momentum or kinetic energy formula to recognise this.).

        Impressive to see, nevertheless.
    • "*"
      "*"  •  10 months ago
      I remember seeing a documentary about this kid a few years ago, probably on Channel 5 or something. Interesting, but it seems Sky are rehashing old news. Takes our mind off the Murdoch scandal? Nope, didn't think do...
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