VietNamNet Bridge – Hoang Ngoc Hung in the central province of Nghe An unexpectedly discovered his special ability - free from electric shock – when a 220V electric wire fell onto his neck.



Mr. Hung, 32, in Tan Ky district, discovered this ability five years ago. While connecting electricity up from a public electric pole to his home, the 220V public electric wire was broken and fell onto his neck.

Hung was panicked. He grasped the electric wire to throw it away. The man only felt a little numb on his fingers.

Villagers came to help and they found out that the broken electric wire was still connected to the power source but Hung was not electrocuted. Hung did not believe in that fact. He returned home and made a test by holding an electricity wire by a bare hand. Nothing happened.

Since then, Hung has become a voluntary electrician in his village. He has never cut off the power source when he does this task.

“I’m not superstitious so I don’t believe that my ability comes from mysterious things. But since the day I knew it, I have kept wondering about my difference though I’m still healthy,” Mr. Hung says.

About this phenomenon, a physicist from the Technological Teachers Training University of Vinh City, Nghe An province, says that Hung’s body has high resistance so he is not electrocuted.

However, he warns that human being’s resistance is not a constant. It can change owing to different reasons, so this ability can disappear anytime.

Previously, a man in the southern province of Ca Mau was famous for not being electrocuted. He was introduced on a television show about odd stories in Vietnam. However, he got an electric shock and killed while fixing electric devices with bare hands.

Hung also has another ‘talent’: taming buffaloes. He has helped break in hundreds of hard-headed buffaloes in his village. For his own buffalo, he has taught it to creep, walk on its knees, shake hands, etc.

Na Son