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Champs & chumps: MF scours the globe and finds who's on top and who's not - News

Men's Fitness, March, 2004

FUEL-EFFICIENT FAKIR--CHAMP Physicians in Ahmedabad, India, were stunned by a holy man--or fakir-who claimed he had not eaten or drunk any thing for decades but still appeared to be in perfect health. Thinking it was a hoax, the 70-plus-year-old Prahlad Jani was placed under close observation for 10 days in an Indian hospital, during which time he didn't eat or use the bathroom but remained in good mental and physical condition.

COUPLE CARRIED AWAY--CHAMPS Canadian couple Brandon Ronson and Jenny Aspden beat 14 other couples through a 278-meter obstacle course to win the fourth-annual North American Wife-Carrying Championships in Maine. With the missus dangled over his back, Ronson completed the course in a minute and a half. Their prize? Aspden's weight in beer (six cases) and five times her weight in cash ($650)

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MAN GETS THE BIRD--CHUMP

A middle-aged man in Australia was buried up to his head by a turkey after the bird mistook him for a mate. He accidentally fell into the turkey's mating hole in Burleigh Heads National Park, after which the bird started burying him in a bizarre mating ritual. "Male brush turkeys build a massive mound or hole to attract the opposite sex, and the mound is later used to incubate the eggs," explains Queensland Parks ranger Sergio Norambuena. Rescue crews fought back laughter as they extricated the man from the bird's love nest.

PUSSY AT LARGE--CHUMP

A 56-year-old Lumberton, Texas, man repeatedly called 911, demanding cops come and arrest his outlaw cat. Lloyd Gregory Coleman insisted his eat had outstanding warrants. When the police arrived, he invited them to search his house for the fugitive feline--and for roaches, since he said he had a lot of them. No sign of the cat, but they did find a bottle of marijuana seeds. Coleman was arrested for abusing the 911 lines and possession of drug paraphernalia.--NM

Champs & chumps: MF scours the globe and finds who's on top and who's not - News

Men's Fitness, March, 2004

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