A Russian psychic thought he could step in front of a train and stop it with his mind. Guess what happened?

A Russian psychic thought he could step in front of a train and stop it with his mind. Guess what happened?

E. Frenkel was one of many psychic healers in the Soviet Union. Frenkel claimed that he could heal people with his mind, and stop moving objects with his psychic ability.

He stopped cars and bicycles, but he had bigger plans in mind. (Mind, psychic, get it? It's a pun.)

An engineer of the train that Frenkel tried to stop, noticed that Frenkel was standing on the side of the tracks in white clothing. At the last second, Frenkel stepped onto the tracks, the trains emergency brakes didn't work - and Frenkel was hit by the train.

His briefcase was found nearby with a note on the inside that read "First I stopped bicycles, cars, and a street car. Now I'm going to stop a train."

Well, you've got to respect the man for putting his money where his mouth is. Unfortunately, he was wrong about his psychic abilities and had to find out the hard way.

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