We all should know the story and background of Magneto, the most known villain in the X-Men universe. His story is all fiction. The story of this Russian kid, however, may not be as exciting but he is the real deal.
The human magnet is 12-year-old Nikolai Kryaglyachenko. His new found powers seem to come straight out of a comic book storyline or movie plot. Apparently, he was walking home one day and managed to lean against a lamppost when it shocked him.
The boy went home and told his mother what had happened. After going to bed and waking up in the morning, he began to realize that metal things are sticking to his body.
"When I came round, I felt groggy, but managed to get home and told my mum what had happened. When I woke up the next day and got out of bed, I found some coins that had been lying on the mattress had stuck to my body. Then when I was having breakfast and dropped my spoon, it stuck to my chest," Nikolai recalls.
Interestingly enough, Nikolai did what any child at that age would have done. He chose to go ahead and test what else he could do. Needless to say, he is unable to attract metal objects by just swinging his hands, but they will stick to his body quite easily.
One time a glass just moved over to his person without him doing a thing. Obviously, he has no control over his new superpowers, and probably may never have control. You see, humans only use 10 percent of brain power, and it is said that if we could use more, there's a chance for us to do great things like the stuff we see in movies.
Look at dolphins, for instance; they use around 20 percent of their brain power, allowing them to communicate using sonar.
Nikolai is not the first person in the world with this condition. In 1987, an entire family of Russians had it, too, and since then, we've heard of many other real-life human magnets.
