Angélique Cottin the ‘electric girl’
🎓 Academic research
French Academy of Sciences · permanent secretary Arago read it out and formed a committee · France, Paris · 1846
Around a 14-year-old Norman glove-weaver, tables and chairs were ‘thrown’ and paper drawn to her hand; Arago read the observations to the Academy and a committee tested her at the observatory.
VerdictThe committee observed nothing anomalous and closed the case.
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Slaviša Pajkić the ‘battery man’
📜 On record
Guinness World Records · Serbia · 1983 / 2003
Passes current through his body to light bulbs and heat water, holding multiple Guinness records.
VerdictA stunt of high skin-callus resistance, not electric discharge.
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Street-light interference (SLIders)
📜 On record
UK ASSAP · Hilary Evans · UK · 1993–
Some claim street lights go out as they approach; never verified under control.
VerdictConsistent with sodium lamps’ periodic cycling plus confirmation bias.
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