Case two: plane
Another unpleasant incident in the life of a Croatian music teacher was an incident on an airplane in 1963 year. What happened then? Jet airliner Douglas DC 8 made a flight from Zagreb to Rijeka. Frane, not indifferent to the fair sex, decided to have an affair with a flight attendant, unfastening the seat belt. Suddenly, the cabin was depressurized and the plane door opened. It turned out, due to dense fog Douglas DC 8 accidentally hit the ledge of the mountain, because of what the door of the salon and opened. Some passengers were sucked out, including that stewardess, whom the music teacher wanted to get to know better. He fell out of the plane and Lovelace Selak. 19 people became victims of this tragic incident. Frania was miraculously lucky to fall on a large haystack, he got off with fright and abrasions. Lucky for the stewardess: she fell on the deciduous part of the tree. true, I didn't manage to get to know the girl better. But he remained safe and sound. This amazing case was entered in the Guinness Book of Records.
Japanese, victim of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
6 августа 1945-го года Цутому Ямагучи находился в Хиросиме по делам, связанным с работой. Он собирался покинуть город и уже был в пути, when I suddenly remembered, that I forgot to put one seal, formally allowing him to travel. Ямагучи вернулся в офис, а затем снова поспешил прочь из Хиросимы. Когда он выходил из трамвая, примерно в трёх км от него взорвался «Малыш» — сброшенный американцами ядерный заряд.
При взрыве у Цутому лопнули барабанные перепонки, на некоторое время он практически полностью ослеп и получил серьёзные ожоги. Проведя ночь в бомбоубежище, японец уехал домой… в Нагасаки.
Через несколько дней Ямагучи сидел в кабинете своего начальника и рассказывал об ужасах, которые ему пришлось пережить во время бомбардировки Хиросимы. Как раз в это же время США сбросили вторую бомбу «Толстяк». Эпицентр также находился примерно в трёх км от здания, но на этот раз японец практически не пострадал.
Цутому Ямагучи скончался в родном Нагасаки от рака желудка в 2010-м году.
Case four. Is the car safer?
After 3 from previous unpleasant incidents Frane Selak decided not to risk anymore and got behind the wheel of his own Skoda car, considering, that it will be safer on its own. You think, this time carried? Not at all. IN 1970 year, driving by car turned into another unpleasant incident. On the track, his car suddenly began to smoke, and then completely caught fire. Frane, without delay, immediately jumped out of the car. After a few seconds he watched, how his car's gas tank explodes. And once again I managed to get off with a few abrasions and a slight shock. The surprised friend of Fran, who learned about this incident, could not stay away and uttered a rather memorable phrase: “You or the unluckiest, or the luckiest person in the world!”
Lightning rod man - it turns out there is such
8. Lightning rod man photo
They say, lightning never strikes twice in the same place. Lie! Roy Sullivan, caretaker (forester) Shenandoah National Park in Virginia (USA) got into the Guinness Book of Records after, how lightning hit him seven times.
No living thing can survive after electric shocks of this magnitude., and Roy survived. Roy was struck by lightning for the first time, when I was at the fire tower. As a result, his toenail came off.. After the second hit, when the poor man was driving in a thunderstorm on a mountain road, he was left without eyebrows and lost consciousness. The third time lightning overtook Sullivan on the lawn near his own house. The result was a paralyzed hand. After the fourth incident, Roy always took a bottle of water with him - his hair was burnt. For the fifth and sixth times he burned his hair again and suffered injuries of varying severity. Last, seventh, the incident happened on a fishing trip. The old man just wanted to fish, and got burns to the abdomen and chest. Hard!
Roy Sullivan dies at age 71 years - shot himself in the stomach because of unrequited love.
7. Sinister bullet
Luck is a changeable business. Today you can be on the verge of death and survive, and tomorrow - to die by an absurd accident. Henry believed, that he is lucky. No matter how ...
It all started in 1883 year, when Mr. Seiland broke off relations with his beloved. The girl's heart was so deeply hurt, that she broke down and committed suicide. Her brother blamed the incident on Henry and vowed to kill him., whatever it costs him. Watching the victim at the house, the avenger shot at Zeyland, he fell to the ground unconscious. Brother decided, that the mission was completed and committed suicide with a shot from the same pistol. If he knew, how wrong - the bullet only slightly touched the head, leaving a scratch on the face, and stuck in a tree behind. From then on, Henry considered himself lucky.. Until one tragic day, when I decided to cut down that very tree, in which the bullet is stuck. The barrel was very durable. Seiland did not come up with a better idea, how to destroy it with dynamite. Installed checkers, he blew them up and died - under the action of the explosion, the bullet was freed from the wooden shackles and hit the poor man right in the head.
Lucky people practice "counterfactual thinking"
Counterfactual thinking is thinking, counterintuitive. Psychologists often use this term, when they talk about our ability to imagine something, what could have happened instead, what happened.
In the case of lucky people, this term means, that when some trouble happens to them, they interpret the event as, that in their view of the world there is, what are they lucky.
In one psychological experiment, Weisman asked subjects to imagine, that they got into one of the situations he described, and watched their reaction.
So, once he asked them to introduce, that they were injured during a bank robbery.
What do you think, how lucky and unlucky people react to such an event? Here's what the researcher says:
"Usually, unlucky people said, what, if they got into such bindings, they would consider, that they were very unlucky, once they ended up in a bank during a robbery. Lucky people believed, what if in such a situation they would just get off with injury, they would consider themselves lucky, because the alternative could be much worse.
As one member of the lucky group commented, “I would consider, that i'm lucky, because I could have been killed. I could also sell the rights to my story to newspapers and make some money. ".
Перевод статьи People who are always lucky follow these 4 basic principles, according to science via Клубер
Woman, struck by five hurricanes
American Melanie Martinez knows them, like the back of your hand: Betsy, Juan, George, Катрина и Исаак. Это не имена друзей, а названия ураганов, которые последовательно разрушали дома Мелани в хронологическом порядке: в 1965-м году по штату Луизиана, где Мартинез живёт до сих пор, walked Betsy, в 1985-м это был ураган «Хуан», в 1998-м настал черёд «Джорджа», а печально известная «Катрина» свирепствовала в 2005-м.
В 2012-м году историей американки заинтересовалось известное американское реалити-шоу «Hideous Houses» (TV channel A&E), which highlighted $20 тыс на ремонт, но судьбу обмануть не удалось: всего через несколько месяцев после окончания строительных работ «в гости» к Мелани заглянул ураган первой категории «Исаак».
Woman refuses to leave her home, как она заявила в одном из интервью: «Я здесь родилась. This is my house".
Lucky people never miss a chance to chat
They are not afraid of meeting new people., because they know: new people are always new opportunities, and new opportunities are good.
Weisman recalls one experiment participant, decided, that he should break the habit of hanging out with the same people at parties, meetings and others. Having made a decision, he did the following: before, how to go to the event, he chose a certain color, and after that he spoke only with people in clothes of this color, even if they were completely unfamiliar to him!
Lucky people, usually, are extroverts, and enjoy connecting with others and making new connections. Being surrounded by other people, they do not limit their social circle to just people, whom they know. They are ready to chat with anyone..
Top most unlucky people
Alexander Mandon from Colombia can compete with Eric Norrie. He has already been struck by lightning four times.
If you stumble a couple of times, caught in dirty splashes, cars flying out from under the wheels in rainy weather, or missed the train and think, that you are the unluckiest person on the planet, believe me, this is not true! Today we will introduce you to some people, with whom luck is certainly not friends. so, here they are:
9. Poor Kostisa ...
Up to 1771 of the year, the celebration of Christmas in Spain begins with a cash lottery, fondly called by the Spaniards "Fat Man" (или The Fat). The tradition is very strong and incredibly popular, it's kind of a national holiday. On the eve of the next draw, residents of the tiny village of Sodeto (primarily, farmers, builders, unemployed) purchased lottery tickets. All, except one. Costis Mitsotakis decided, that luck won't smile on him. And he was right - everything 70 families were among the lucky ones, the winning amount was 950 million dollars!
Poor, poor Kostis Mitsotakis. Bad luck, the old man was so unlucky ...
TOP-5: The only person who didn't win the lottery
An ordinary resident of a small Greek town somehow distinguished himself from all the other residents of his city. The name of this person is Kostis Mitsotakis, by his occupation he is a director.
The incident occurred in the village of Sodeto. There was a lottery draw, where the prize pool was a record high amount of money. And this man became the only inhabitant of the town, who didn't win a single cent. And all because of that, that his house was not accidentally noticed by those, who sold the lottery tickets.
They did not notice the only house in the city. As a result, all other residents (70 families) became the owners of a part of the winnings, since all purchased tickets turned out to be winning. Such a sad and curious incident happened to a man.
TOP-3: Man, attracting lightning
If bad cases happened to the previous participants of this top once, then with the owner of the middle position as much as seven times. That is how many lightning strikes he received in his life and survived all of them.. The name of this "lucky" Roy Sullivan.
The first time it happened to him was in the observation tower., at work. He received subsequent discharges in various places and under various circumstances.. Lightning struck him once even in the middle of the building.. And one more time, together with Sullivan, his wife got a shake. They then, just together they hung out the washed things on a wire of steel.
After the first cases, the man became circumspect and started taking a bottle of water with him everywhere. He did this in order to quickly extinguish the fire on himself., if necessary. Since I was convinced, that clouds are always gathering over him, wherever he goes.
His prejudices can be justified and even understood. After all, according to science, chance of being struck by lightning is 3000 to 1. А семь ударов — это уже необъяснимый феномен. The most curious thing is, that Roy died of suicide. He committed suicide at an advanced age because of unrequited love.
TOP-1: Hurricane woman
And the top losers in life is a woman, which attracts hurricanes. The fact, that during her life she was left without a roof over her head several times due to the most powerful hurricanes. After, how Melanie Martinez lost her fifth home to the disaster, she was titled "the most unlucky woman in the United States".
A large number of fellow citizens are watching her life, who sincerely sympathize with her
After, how hurricanes tore four of her roofs, a solid television show drew attention to her trouble. The owners of this program took pity on the victim and built a new home for her at their own expense.
But Melanie did not have time to rejoice for long. In just three months, after moving into a brand new house, его отобрал сильный ураган Исаак. Even though the woman was genuinely upset, but this did not surprise her at all. She is already used to this and takes it for granted..
TOP-2: A woman on a ship - unfortunately, especially if this woman is Violetta Jessop
Woman, who found themselves at this stage of the rating, confirms the saying about, that women bring misfortune to ships. She already managed to make sure of this in full. The fact, that she stayed on the last flights at the Olympic, British and Titanic. And she safely survived all three of the greatest shipwrecks. Hugh Williams who is three times.
It all started with that, that the young girl Violetta Jessop got a job on the largest cruise ship "Olympic", she was a maid. On her first flight, she became an eyewitness, how the liner went down, after collision with cruiser.
She was among the saved, and with her the captain of the sunken ship. After that, the two of them got a job on the Titanic, for the same positions, previously held. This time, the largest ship hit an iceberg and also sank..
This time the captain did not leave his ship. But the maid was back in the lifeboat. A little later, during the First World War, a woman got a job on a large hospital ship "Britanica". And very soon the ship ran into a mine hidden under water. He sank very quickly and nearly dragged the boat with the rescued people behind him. But, Violet was not taken aback and jumped out of the boat. So she was saved again.
Soon she was picked up by a passing ship. This incident did not affect the interests of the favorite shipwreck. She continued to work for the rest of her life as an attendant on a wide variety of ships.. She died of heart problems in old age.
TOP-4: Only person, hit by a meteorite
More, than costis, distinguished by an ordinary housewife named Annie, who dozed off on the couch after dinner. As usual, at this time, she and her husband dined and she, removing from the table, lay down to rest.
By chance, at that time, a meteorite was approaching the earth, which split into three pieces. One of these pieces landed right on a peacefully sleeping woman. He hit her thigh and scared her hard. Fortunately, she did not suffer much.
Theoretically, there is nothing strange about this., if not for the fact, that before that, cosmic bodies had never fallen into people. At the moment, Mrs. Hodges is the only person, on which the meteorite fell.
But after that, how the victim recovered from the shock, her troubles, related to this incident, are not over. A huge number of people appeared immediately, who tried to take possession of the stone.
Naturally, Annie and her husband wanted to keep this heavenly body, as a memory. But the local authorities began to claim him, and also the mistress of the house, whose roof was damaged by a falling body from space and other lovers of profit. After several courts and scandals, the family couple gave the meteorite to the possession of the Alabama Natural History Museum.
Case Seven. Oh, this Skoda…
The last unpleasant incident in the life of the luckiest man in the world occurred in 1996 year. And again driving the ill-fated Skoda car. This time Frané toured the highlands, through a narrow gorge. Suddenly after turning, he saw with horror, that a UN peacekeeping force truck is rushing towards it at high speed. Turning sharply to the side, Selak broke through the fence with his car. The car hung on the edge of a cliff. Horvath jumped out of the car seconds before, how his car crashed to the bottom of the gorge, where it exploded. And this time it was all scared and scratched. Frane Selaku's life was saved by, that the seat belt was not fastened.
Ocean liner stewardess, survivor of the Britannic crash, "Olympic" and "Titanic"
For many, this remained an accident., successfully completed, но история Вайолет только начиналась.
Через год девушка поднялась на борт другого судна компании «White Star Line» ("Olympic" belonged to her), perhaps, самого знаменитого корабля в мире — «Титаника». О той печальной истории сейчас знает весь мир, а стюардесса Джессоп была в числе пассажиров, которым удалось выбраться с корабля на спасательной шлюпке.
Во время Первой Мировой войны Вайолет Джессоп служила стюардессой на плавучем госпитале «Британник» (по странному совпадению также принадлежавшем «White Star Line»). В Эгейском море, недалеко от острова Кеа, судно подорвалось на мине и моментально затонуло, since almost all portholes were open. Живучая стюардесса смогла выбраться из корабля и избежать смерти от винтов «Британника». После третьего крушения она ещё много лет работала стюардессой и умерла от сердечной недостаточности в 1971-м году.
Frane Selak
Frane Selak is the luckiest man in the world, who outsmarted the death of the whole 7 time, which is very difficult to believe. For the first time, a man had to face mortal danger in 1962 year, when the derailed train crashed into the river. Frane escaped with only a broken arm and several bruises. After just a year, a man fell out of the open door of a falling plane and landed directly in a haystack. Three years later by bus, which he was driving, fell into the river. Lucky swam safely to the shore, escaping with minor injuries. IN 1968 year Selak taught his son to shoot a weapon, as a result of which he shot himself a scrotum, although it could have ended more badly. Several years later, he was in several accidents., surviving. Then fate tested the man for strength again, he was hit by a bus, he escaped a collision with a truck. Frane was not only able to escape death many times, but in his old age he also became the owner of a large sum of money, winning the lottery for his 73rd birthday.
Lucky people see opportunities there, where others do not notice them
To discover this ability in lucky people, Weisman conducted a very simple and funny experiment.. He asked the participants to flip through the newspaper and find out, how many photos are printed in it. It was a simple and boring task for careful counting., which the, at first sight, had nothing to do with luck.
On that, to count the total of all photos, it took a group of unlucky people about two minutes ... the lucky people did it in two seconds.
Why?
“Because, that on the second page of the newspaper was printed the message “Stop counting. In this newspaper 43 photos". This message was half a page, and it was printed in huge letters. It was impossible not to notice him, but unlucky people, usually, overlooked him, and the lucky ones noticed right away ", - Wiseman writes.
But that's not all.
To make the experiment even more interesting, about the middle of the newspaper another big message was posted. It said “Stop counting, tell the experimenter, what did you see this message, and get 250 dollars ". And again, no one from the group of unlucky people noticed him, because they were too keen on finding photos.
Frane Selak escaped death seven times
First time Selak, Croatian music teacher, was in mortal danger in 33 of the year: a train, which the man was riding, in an accident fell into an icy river. Seventeen passengers died, Selak escaped with bruises, abrasions and got hypothermia. A year later, Frane got into a plane crash.. Passengers had no chance of escape when the plane crashed, but there was a fatal accident: in the liner the door opened by itself, and the man fell out of the burning plane.
He pleased in a haystack and thus survived. After that the fate of the whole 3 haven't tested a man for a year. And then Frane went on a trip - and the bus with tourists fell into the river. Miraculously Selak survived. Then there was a burning car, scalp burn, Traffic accident and car accident - but the Croat miraculously survived. Selak considers his last luck to be winning the lottery - the man got almost 600 thousand. pounds!
Aquarius
Representatives of the sign Aquarius are distinguished by unconventional thinking. These people see the world differently, perceive surrounding objects and events in a completely different way, like most other signs. Accordingly, Aquarius react to these events in a completely different way.. Because of this, the personalities of this sign are in a more advantageous position and more often achieve success..
People around them characterize Aquarius as "do not care", who do not worry in those cases, where others panic. It's just that Aquarians don't lose their minds in unforeseen situations., see perspective and know, where to panic, where is it pointless to waste energy. But these people grab onto ideas., which others have long given up on. Aquarians know, it might work! And if it happens, others say: "Here's the lucky one"!
Lucky Zodiac Signs
Sagittarius
Sagittarius are versatile and extremely addicting personalities. maybe, so they always end up in the right place, when you really need it. Everyone, close acquaintance with Sagittarius, will confirm, that this person has a real flair for successful ventures.
Worth saying, that luck largely depends on the character of Sagittarius. This is a selfless person, loving risk and never giving up in the face of difficulties. Sagittarius are more likely than others to agree to risky operations, the price for which could be as complete collapse, and instant enrichment. The personalities of this sign know for sure - the stronger the self-confidence, the more chances of catching the bird of luck by the tail!
Further destiny
The luckiest person in the world today 88 years. He is a retired music teacher, lives in the town of Petrinya, what is south of Zagreb. Life presented him with many unpleasant surprises.. However, at the end of this path “luck” he was in for real luck. IN 2003 year Frane Selak decided to try his luck in the lottery. As a result, he hit the jackpot, winning the amount, equal 1 million dollars. Unheard of reward for long trials by fate. Some would immediately run to put that kind of money in the bank, others would start spending them.
Frane Selak, which by then was 74 of the year, decided for myself, that he is too old for that, to put money aside. Plus, the old Croat was literally head over heels in debt.. And the passion for travel has not been canceled. Paying off debts, he spent most of the money on a new house, car and boat, and also married for the fifth time.
IN 2010 year, tired of travel, Frane returned to Petrinho, sold previously purchased, had a hip replacement surgery, and donated the remaining amount to charity. Today, the 88-year-old pensioner is swimming in debt again. However, the luckiest person in the world has no regrets about wasted money left and right.. He considers that lucky win to be a kind of gift for those trials., which he had to go through. Including for the saved life of the old woman, when in 1962 year the train derailed.
Crab
Cancers can be called the most unlucky among all zodiac signs.. They are rather shy individuals., who hide in their shell even from luck attacking them! Just take a look at Cancers. They regularly receive interesting offers, concerning new work, dating or a pleasant stay. But the eternal doubts of Cancers make them refuse such offers and close the door., leading to happiness.
In fact, Cancers are no more and no less lucky., than the personalities of other zodiac signs. They just need to relax and stop thinking bad things., start believing in yourself and, opening your soul, let the knocking luck into her!
short biography
Frane Selak was born in 1929 year on the territory of what was then Yugoslavia. The birth of the future lucky guy happened quite unexpectedly and in an unusual place. The birth took place… in a boat during one of the child's father's fishing trips, to which he often went. The baby was also born seven months old. The vacation at sea was immediately interrupted. The child's condition did not inspire optimism. The baby was born weak and was on the verge between life and death. Parents took the baby to the hospital, but they counted, that the boy cannot be saved. But the mother was not at all going to part with her newborn baby.. She wrapped him in a shirt and took him to church, sprinkled with holy water. Only after that, the child's state began to change in a positive direction.. In this way, the hand of the lady of luck already then touched the shoulder of the future unlucky lucky. Since childhood, Frané was fond of music, therefore, the choice of a future profession was, naturally, associated with this particular area of art. He became a music teacher and children's choir director. However, fate has prepared him many deadly trials., who definitely didn't let him call his life boring.
Unlucky zodiac signs
Taurus
Taurus is called one of the most unlucky personalities. maybe, everything would be different, but after all, the Taurus themselves are sure, that luck bypasses them. The representatives of this sign have enormous potential.. They are distinctive and independent, they are used to achieving everything on their own and can boast of incredible tenacity. But at the same time, a rare Taurus achieves something meaningful in life.!
They are always missing something, sometimes fearlessness, sometimes quick decision making, but anyway, the inconsistency of potential and position in the world deprives Taurus of peace and suggests thoughts, that fatal bad luck is to blame. maybe, these people just need to think less about the bad.
Lucky people never miss a chance to chat
They are not afraid of meeting new people., because they know: new people are always new opportunities, and new opportunities are good.
Weisman recalls one experiment participant, decided, that he should break the habit of hanging out with the same people at parties, meetings and others. Having made a decision, he did the following: before, how to go to the event, he chose a certain color, and after that he spoke only with people in clothes of this color, even if they were completely unfamiliar to him!
Lucky people, usually, are extroverts, and enjoy connecting with others and making new connections. Being surrounded by other people, they do not limit their social circle to just people, whom they know. They are ready to chat with anyone..
