Man 70 years with no food/drink

[Sharon]

A team of scientists and doctors are studying the bizarre case of a man in India who says he has survived without food or water for the last 70 years.

Prahlad Jani, 82, also known as Mataji, is being examined in a hospital in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. He claims that special powers from Hindu goddess Amba have allowed him to shun food and water since the age of eight.

A spokesperson for the Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences says that Mataji may help with working out strategies to combat water and food shortages during natural disasters.

He added that soldiers may also benefit from the study if they face situations, "when they are left in the deserts or in forest or in high altitude areas."
Mataji has not taken on any liquid or food since entering the hospital. But Sudhir Shah, a Neurophysician from Sterling University says this is unremarkable: "A person can live without food and water for three, four, seven to twelve days."

There are unusual aspects to Mataji's case. Since being placed under observation he has not passed urine, which Mr. Shah describes as a "unique phenomena." Investigations into Mataji will last for a total of 20 days.

Don't think I believe it but yeah okay whatever you say ...

http://news.uk.msn.com/world/article...ntid=153216380

[=Lizzy]

70 years, i think its a bit werid, and i also think it is untrue, but then again it could be true, it says about up to 12 days with out food or water, that sounds mroe likely than 70 years, i would of thought, he would of been dead if he didn't eat. he must of had rain or something i'm guessing.or its just a publicity stunt.

[kuzkasate]

sounds like a load of bull tbh, but hey, you never know. would be cool if it turned out to be true tho!

[Jordy]

Hmm I've heard stories before of an old woman being able to recall practically every day of her life and another old man in Asia who went a decade without sleeping, but no food/drink is just a step too far

[Smits]

Very very unlikely. In fact i'd say it's impossible.

[dirrty]

sounds pretty farfetched, but depending upon how long he allows, they could 'study' him for years to get an accurate reading on atleast those times.

[Wig44.]

A vietnamese man http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_Ngoc stayed awake for 33 years despite being put on several very powerful drugs.

[Hitman]

I would doubt it, but remember, some odd things happen. The chances of this are like what, 1 in so many billion. There are ~6.6billion people on earth, so if the odds of this are 1 in 6.6billion then it could/would happen to somebody.

[jackass]

Hmm I've heard stories before of an old woman being able to recall practically every day of her life

Yeah, but that's basically just an extreme version of eidetic memory.

[FlyingJesus]

I would doubt it, but remember, some odd things happen. The chances of this are like what, 1 in so many billion. There are ~6.6billion people on earth, so if the odds of this are 1 in 6.6billion then it could/would happen to somebody.

No that would be the odds of it happening to him if there was definitely one human alive who could survive without food and water the actual odds of it happening are uncalculable as thus far there's never been proof of it having occurred