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So the idea of being psychic
is often something that many people scoff at.
Literally millions of people have claimed
to have supernatural abilities,
and while many of them have been
debunked as frauds, there are still
a number of psychic powers that
still cannot be explained today.
So that's exactly what we're going
to talk about today, those extraordinary
talents that have been witnessed
all around the world and have yet to be explained.
So without further ado, here they are.
Ten Amazing Psychic Abilities People
May Actually Have.
Number one is hypnosis.
Let's start with the ability that thousands
of doctors and scientists have been
researching and debating for over 200 years.
In the late 1700s, Austrian Physician Franz Mesmer
developed a form of forced meditation
he believed connected both the user
of the ability and their uh, patient.
He called this mystical link animal magnetism.
When put into a trance-like state,
the patient is said to be easily influenced
by suggestions of the hypnotist.
The actual act of hypnosis is named
after Dr. Mesmer, which is why
we call is mesmerize.
Many physicians use different variations
of hypnosis to treat people.
Many of them backing up these actions
with scientific data that it does, in fact, work.
Just like this.
Oh yes, you're getting sleepy, sleepy, ahh.
This is the stuff of nightmares.
Number two is astral projection.
Imagine being able to leave your body
and travel through your home
or wherever you fall asleep into seeing
and hearing things well out of your physical range.
Well, that's astral projection, and it's been
demonstrated by a number of people
and has been said to often happen accidentally,
especially during stressful rest periods
such as having surgery and being under anesthetic.
Doctors have actually reported having
patients being aware of conversations
that they had completely outside
of the operating room.
According to Jerry Gross, a noted practitioner
of astral projection, this power is not
one people are born with, but one
that they can develop through practice.
Watch.
Ah yes, I can see you behind your screen,
just chillin' and, oh God, you're not
wearing pants, okay, come back.
Come back to reality, Matt.
Number three is enhanced vision.
Bashful people beware.
While there are many people suffering
from either nearsightedness or farsightedness,
there are some people that have visions
so incredible that they can't be limited
by any one obstacle, including skin.
I see you.
Enhanced vision is an ability that does
just what the name implies.
It gives the individual uncanny sight
that's beyond what science can fully explain.
One person who's proven to have
this ability is a Russian woman named
Natasha Demkina who, at only 10 years old,
could see inside a person's body.
She could even describe and locate
ulcers, bone scars and even organs.
This power has led to her having
the moniker the girl with the X-ray eyes.
Well, better start selling lead underwear
in Russia, or this girl's gonna see
your gibbily bits.
Number four is channelling.
The power that's received, quite possibly,
the most scrutiny because of the amount
of fake practitioners is channelling,
which involves allowing another spirit to enter
the psychic, which is called a medium,
and control their body, their hands,
their face and their vocal chords.
Often, when a spirit enters an individual,
the medium becomes unconscious,
unaware of what the spirit is doing or saying.
One of the most famous mediums in the world
is George Anderson, who spent decades
communicating with dead loved ones
grieving families to help bring them closure.
Anderson actually holds the title
of the most scientifically tested
medium of the century.
In fact, he was the only medium
that was ever invited to Holland
by the Holocaust-surviving family of Anne Frank.
I do not like the idea of people being able
to read my thoughts.
I mean, what would you guys think
if you found out that my dream
is to sit in a bathtub full of cheese
while holding a sloth?
(upbeat music)
Did I say that out loud?
Number five is clairvoyance.
This ability gives new meaning
to the idea of pulling a fact
out of thin air.
Clairvoyance is known as a sixth sense
and completely non-physical.
Some clairvoyants can gain
information about a specific location
or event simply by thinking of it,
while others get their information involuntarily.
Some clairvoyants can gain
information about a specific location
or event simply by thinking about it,
while others get their information involuntarily,
having sudden visions of locations.
The first person ever documented
to have this ability was a dull-witted
peasant named Victor Race who,
in 1784, was witnessed by medical
professionals entering a trance
and coming out of it suddenly articulate.
He had completely altered his personality
with information about other locations
that he had never visited.
I wanna do that to mentally visit
the UK so that I can improve my British accent.
'Ello govna, top of the day to you.
As you can see, I could use it.
Number six is telepathy.
The ultimate method for passing
a note in class, telepathy is the ability
to transfer a message, image or information
from one person to another using only the mind.
The word telepathy comes from the Greek
word tele meaning distant and pathos
meaning feeling or experience.
A fantastic example of people documenting
this incredible power happened just recently.
On March 28, 2014, Dr. Michel Berg
was in northeastern France, while over
7,400 kilometers away Dr. Alejandro Riera
was in Kerala, India, both men performed
one experiment, sending an intercontinental
communication without using any
form of communication outside of their own brains.
According to multiple scientists involved
in the experiment, each of the men
were able to successfully send
one word to each other.
Okay, I'm gonna try really hard right now.
Ready? Here we go.
Did you get it?
The word was fart.
I'm an adult.
Number seven is psychic surgery.
Why have expensive operations
when a psychic can simply pull that
nasty tumor right out of your body?
Psychic surgeons are world-famous
for their ability to reach right into the human
body and remove anything that's not
supposed to be there.
Mostly found in Brazil and the Philippines,
people with these talents tend to have
a strong connection to the spirit world
and, through that, they are not actually
entering the body in any capacity.
Their abilities have been said to have
an incredible effect on many who
have believed in them.
One such surgeon, a Brazilian native who
calls himself John of God has been
healing people since 1958.
The difference between him
and other psychic surgeons?
Well, after he performs the operation,
scars can be found inside the body via X-rays.
This is some Indiana Jones kalima, kalima stuff.
I don't like it.
Freaks me out.
Number eight is psychokinetic abilities.
This one's right outta Star Wars.
Use the force, Matt?
I heard it.
Psychokinesis, also called telekinesis,
is the power of physical manipulation over matter.
With this ability, a psychic can reach out
with their mind and move objects
without actually touching them.
Matthew Manning, a British author and healer
is one of the world's most well-known
psychokinetics, and although he's faced
skepticism from the scientific community,
many of the abilities he's demonstrated
cannot be explained.
After testing Manning in the late 1970s,
psychologist William Braud of the Mind Science Foundation
concluded that the results were better than chance.
In other words, it's not exactly conclusive,
but it's definitely not a no.
It's probably better that most people
don't have this ability, 'cause this would
take pranks on YouTube to a whole nother level.
You could be pinchin' butts with your mind.
Ha ha, and shade thrown, all right.
Number nine is psychometry.
If you want to know your family history
or who owned an antique coffee table
before you did, you'd ask a grandparent
or maybe Google it, but if you had
the gift of psychometry, all you would
have to do is come in contact with the table.
Psychometry is the ability to read an object
or person's history by simply placing
a hand on them.
One of the most famous psychometrists
is Stefan Ossowiecki.
He's a psychic from Russia who stunned
thousands of people when he took on a test
that was set up by a wealthy Hungarian man
named Dionizy Jonky.
After simply holding a sealed envelope,
Stefan correctly identified its contents
and identified the fact that the man
had been guarding the envelope
for up to eight years.
Could you imagine if every single person had this?
Every time somebody shook someone
else's hand you'd know exactly
what they thought of you.
That is a dangerous game.
Hey Matt, nice to meet you.
This guy is way balder and shorter than I expected.
Yikes.
And number ten is precognition.
When people hear that someone is psychic,
they usually believe the individual possesses
the power to describe events that are yet to occur.
Well, those who practice precognition are
often referred to as precogs and have the ability
to sense the future of a person, animal or object
through either touch or description.
Sometimes a focus item is required,
such as a jewel, a bowl of liquid or a classic crystal ball.
Precogs have been known to receive not only
visions of the future, but steps that must
be taken to either ensure that it happens
or if it's a foreboding warning, how to stop it.
One of the most famous documented cases
of precognition happened in 1912 when
multiple people came forward with visions
that the Titanic was going to sink
before the ship sank.
Well, too bad they didn't pay attention
to that because it did.
It did make for a good movie, though.
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