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  • Is This The World’s Luckiest Man?

    15 May 2014 by Jasmine Stone in Very Cool, Vibe, World
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    Frane Selak is undoubtedly the luckiest human being alive. Here’s what makes him different though: he is not a happy chap, albeit having the life-story you would only ever associate with a very far-fetched fictional narrative.

    Selak has, believe it or not, cheated death. Not once, but seven times!

    This, from the BBC

    According to newspaper interviews, his run of near escapes began back in 1962, when the Sarajevo-to-Dubrovnik train he was on derailed and hurtled into a river – but he saved both himself and his grandmother.

    Six more brushes with death followed. He plunged into the river on a bus, walked away from not one but two exploding cars, and survived a plane crash by landing on a haystack after being thrown clear. A protruding tree saved him when he drove off a cliff – and he bounced back from being hit by a bus. Then, as if to prove that he was the luckiest – rather than unluckiest – man in the world, Selak won around $1m (£600,000) in a lottery, giving most of it away to friends and family.

    [more here]

    So why is he so unhappy then? Well apparently David Ransom, a New-York based animator needed some inspiration for a new short film. He created a 3-minute cartoon based on Selak’s story and uploaded it to Youtube. It got a crazy number of views, 1.2 million to be exact. Selak’s reaction was, well, let’s just say – unlikely.

    In his words,

    The Americans have no idea, they drew a moustache on me and mixed up all my accidents. Maybe they will earn big money, while I live on a pension. At least send me a thousand dollars.

    Hmmm…maybe you shouldn’t have given away all your lottery winnings then, Frane? Unlucky.

    [SOURCE] BBC

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