He has now spent six days without food or water under strict observation and doctors say his body has not yet shown any adverse effects from hunger or dehydration.
Mr Jani, who claims to have left home aged seven and lived as a wandering sadhu or holy man in Rajasthan, is regarded as a 'breatharian' who can live on a 'spiritual life-force' alone. He believes he is sustained by a goddess who pours an 'elixir' through a hole in his palate. His claims have been supported by an Indian doctor who specializes in studies of people who claim supernatural abilities, but he has also been dismissed by others as a "village fraud."
India's Defence Research Development Organisation, whose scientists develop drone aircraft, intercontinental ballistic missiles and new types of bombs. They believe Mr Prahlad could teach them to help soldiers survive longer without food, or disaster victims to hang on until help arrives.
"If his claims are verified, it will be a breakthrough in medical science," said Dr G Ilavazhagan, director of the Defence Institute of Physiology & Allied Sciences.
"We will be able to help save human lives during natural disasters, high altitude, sea journeys and other natural and human extremities. We can educate people about the survival techniques in adverse conditions with little food and water or nothing at all."
There's a news video here.
2 comments:
If you're not careful, you might get the impression the military scientists are testing this mans lie about not eating or drinking for 70 years and they are looking for ways to make soldiers who don't need food or water at all. What is likely to be true, is that the old man has exceptionally slow metabolism, and the scientists are investigating that. Otherwise the director wouldn't be talking just about medical breakthroughs, but about the groundbreaking, physics-shattering and changing-pretty-much-everything-we-know-about-the-reality implications of the work.
Indeed Insolitus! Words of wisdom buddy!
Post a Comment