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 10 Most Bizarre People on Earth 1. Ngoc: three decades without sleep Sixty-four-year-old Thai Ngoc, known as Hai Ngoc, said he could not sleep at night after getting a fever in 1973, and has counted infinite numbers of sh eep during more than 11,700 consecutive sleepless nights. "I don't know whether the insomnia has impacted my health or not. But I'm still healthy and can farm normally like others," Ngoc said. Proving his health, the elderly resident of Que Trung commune, Que Son district said he can carry two 50kg bags of fertilizer down 4km of road to return home every day. His wife said, "My husband used to sleep well, but these days, even liquor c annot put him down." She said when Ngoc went to Da Nang for a medical examination, doctors gave hi m a clean bill of health, except a minor decline in liver function. Ngoc currently lives on his 5ha farm at the foot of a mountain busy with farming and taking care of pigs and chickens all day. His six children live at their h ouse in Que Trung. Ngoc often does extra farm work or guards his farm at night to prevent theft, saying he used three months of sleepless nights to dig two large ponds to raise fish. Bhagat: had his twin brother on his stomach  Sanju Bhagat's stomach was once so swollen he looked nine months pregnant and could barely breathe. iving in the city of Nagpur, India, Bhagat said he'd felt self-consciou s his whole life about his big belly. But one night in June 1999, his problem erupted into something much larger than cosmetic worry. Mehta said that he can usually spot a tumor just after he begins an operation. But while operating on Bhagat, Mehta saw something he had never encountered. As he cut deeper into Bhagat's stomach, g allons of fluid spilled out ² and then something extraordinary happened. "First, one limb came out, then another limb came out. Then some part of genitalia, then some part of hair, some limbs, jaws, limbs, hair."  At first glance, it may look a s if Bhagat had given birth. Actually, Mehta had removed the mutated  body of Bhagat's twin brother from his stomach. Bhagat, they discovered, had one of the world's most bizarre medical conditions ² fetus in fetu. It is an extremely rare abnormality that occurs

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10 Most Bizarre People on Earth

1. Ngoc: three decades without sleep

Sixty-four-year-old Thai Ngoc, known as Hai Ngoc, said he could not sleep at night after getting a

fever in 1973, and has counted infinite numbers of sheep during more than 11,700 consecutive

sleepless nights. "I don't know whether the insomnia has impacted my health or not. But I'm still

healthy and can farm normally like others," Ngoc said. Proving his health, the elderly resident of 

Que Trung commune, Que Son district said he can carry two 50kg bags of fertilizer down 4km of 

road to return home every day. His wife said,

"My husband used to sleep well, but these days, even liquor cannot

put him down." She said when Ngoc went to Da Nang for a medical

examination, doctors gave him a clean bill of health, except a minor

decline in liver function. Ngoc currently lives on his 5ha farm at the

foot of a mountain busy with farming and taking care of pigs and

chickens all day. His six children live at their house in Que Trung.

Ngoc often does extra farm work or guards his farm at night to

prevent theft, saying he used three months of sleepless nights to dig two large ponds to raise fish.

Bhagat: had his twin brother on his stomach  Sanju Bhagat's stomach was once so swollen he looked nine

months pregnant and could barely breathe. iving in the city of 

Nagpur, India, Bhagat said he'd felt self-conscious his whole life

about his big belly. But one night in June 1999, his problem erupted

into something much larger than cosmeticworry. Mehta said that he

can usually spot a tumor just after he begins an operation. But while

operating on Bhagat, Mehta saw something he had never

encountered. As he cut deeper into Bhagat's stomach, gallons of 

fluid spilled out ² and then something extraordinary happened."First, one limb came out, then another limb came out. Then some

part of genitalia, then some part of hair, some limbs, jaws, limbs,

hair."

 At first glance, it may look as if Bhagat had given birth. Actually, Mehta had removed the mutated

 body of Bhagat's twin brother from his stomach. Bhagat, they discovered, had one of the world's

most bizarre medical conditions ² fetus in fetu. It is an extremely rare abnormality that occurs

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 when a fetus gets trapped inside its twin. The trapped fetus can survive as a parasite even past

 birth by forming an umbilical cordlike structure that leaches its twin's blood supply until it grows

so large that it starts to harm the host, at which point doctors usually intervene.

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okoi: spent 28 years hidden after WWII 

Shoichi Yokoi was a soldier, conscripted into the Imperial Japanese

 Army in 1941 and sent to Guam shortly thereafter. In 1944, as

 American forces reconquered the island, Yokoi went into hiding.

On January 24, 1972, Yokoi was discovered in a remote section of 

Guam by two of the island's inhabitants. For 28 years he had been

hiding in an underground jungle cave, fearing to come out of hiding

even after finding leaflets declaring that World War II had ended.

"It is with much embarrassment that I have returned alive," he said

upon his return to Japan, carrying his rusted rifle at his side.

Mehran: lives at the Airport since 1988

Mehran Karimi Nasseri, also known as Sir, Alfred Mehran (yes,

including the comma), is an Iranian refugee who has been living in

the departure lounge of Terminal One in Charles de Gaulle Airport

since August 8, 1988. After he was later imprisoned, tortured and

expelled from his country, he applied for asylum in many Europeancountries without luck.

 When he decided to go to the United Kingdom, he claimed that he was mugged, and his shoulder

 bag stolen while waiting at the RER platform to go to Charles de Gaulle Airport to take a flight to

Heathrow. Nasseri managed to board the plane, but when he arrived at Heathrow without the

necessary documentation, Heathrow officials sent him back to Charles de Gaulle. Nasseri was

unable to prove his identity or his refugee status to the French officials and so he was moved to

the Zone d'attente (waiting zone), a holding area for travellers without papers.

Nasseri was reportedly the inspiration behind the 2004 movie The Terminal. Unlike Tom Hanks'

character in the movie, and since at least 1994, Nasseri does not live in the duty-free transit area but simply in the departure hall, in the circul ar boutiques and restaurants passage on the lowest

floor. He can at least theoretically leave the terminal at any moment, although, since everyone

knows him, his departure might not remain unnoticed. He does not seem to speak with anyone

normally. With his cart and bags, he almost looks like a traveler, so people either do

not notice him or ignore him as if he were a homeless person.

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Mitsuo: a japanese Jesus Christ  Matayoshi Mitsuo is an eccentric Japanese politician with

the conviction that he is the God and Christ.According to his

program, he will do the Last Judgement as the Christ but the way to

do this is totally within the current political system and its

legitimacy. His first step as the Savior is to be appointed the prime

minister of Japan. Then he will reform Japanese society and then

the United Nations should offer him the honor of its General

Secretary. Then Matayoshi Jesus will reign over the whole world

 with two legitimate authorities, not only religious but also political.

He has presented himself in many elections but he has not won yet.

He has become well-known for his eccentric campaigns where he

urges opponents to commit suicide by hara-kiri.

Bihari: most officially dead person  Lal Bihari (born 1961) is a farmer fromUttar Pradesh, India who was

officially dead from 1976 to 1994. He founded Mritak Sangh or the

 Association of the Dead in Uttar Pradesh, India. He fought Indian

government bureaucracy for 18 years to prove that he is alive.

 When Lal Bihari tried to apply for a bank loan in 1976, he found out

that he was officially dead. His uncle had bribed a government

official to register him as dead so he would get the ownership of 

Bihari's land.

Bihari discovered at least 100 other people in a similar situation, being officially dead. He formed

Mritak Sangh in the Azamgarh district. He and many other members were in danger of being

killed by those who had appropriated their property. Nowadays the association has over 20,000

members all over India. By 2004 they had managed to declare four of their members alive. In

2004 he ran for a seat in the parliament of Lal Ganj.

Icke: our salvation from Reptilian Humanoids  David Icke, is a former professional football player, BBC televisionsports presenter, andBritish Green Party national spokesperson.

Since 1990, he has been what he calls a "full-time investigator into

 who and what is really controlling the world.": reptilians.

He dresses only in turquoise and sustains that the world was ruled

 by a secret group called "The Elite": a race of reptilian humanoids,

known in ancient times as the Babylonian Brotherhood, and that

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many prominent people are descended from them, including George W. Bush, Queen Elizabeth II,

and Kris Kristofferson. He believes that descendants of the reptiles engage in child molestation

and Satanism. He is the author of 15 books explaining his views. After a five-hour speech to

students, he received a standing ovation at the University of Toronto in 1999.

Bawden: the self-elected Pope Michael I, from

Kansas David Allen Bawden (born 1959), is an American citizen who was

elected "Pope Michael I" by a group of six Conclavist or post-

Sedevacantist Catholics, arguing that the elections of the last 6

popes were invalid because they are all modernists.

Sedevacantists argue that if the College of Cardinals will not or

cannot elect a valid pope, ordinary Catholics can do so, under the

principle of "Epikeia" (Equity). Acting on the basis of this, DavidBawden was elected Pope by six people on 1990 (including himself 

and his parents). He is still on the job to this day.

Nakamatsu: photographed and analyzed every 

meal for 34 years   Yoshiro Nakamatsu (born June 26, 1928), a.k.a. Dr. NakaMats, is

the Japanese inventor claiming to hold the world record for number

of inventions with over 3,000, including the floppy disk and"PyonPyon" spring shoes. He has being photographing and

retrospectively analyzing every meal he has consumed during a

period of 34 years (and counting). The goal of Nakamatsu is to live

over 140 years old.

Lotito: mister eat-it-all Michel Lotito (born June 15, 1950) is a French entertainer. Lotito,

 who was born in Grenoble, is famous as the consumer of 

undigestables, and is known as Monsieur Mangetout (Mister Eat-it-all). Lotito's performances are the consumption of metal, glass,

rubber and so on in items such as bicycles, televisions, a Cessna 150,

and smaller items which are disassembled, cut-up and swallowed.

The aircraft took roughly two years to be 'eaten' from 1978 to 1980.

He began eating unusual material while a child and has been

performing publicly since 1966.

Lotito does not often suffer from ill-effects due to his diet, even after the consumption of 

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materials usually considered poisonous. When performing he consumes around a kilogram of 

material daily, preceding it with mineral oil and drinking considerable quantities of water during

the 'meal'. He apparently possesses a stomach and intestine with walls of twice the expected

thickness, and his digestive acids are, allegedly, unusually powerful, allowing him to digest a

certain portion of his metallic meals.