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.
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 get off with just 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 the newspapers and make some money. ".
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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 this did the child's state begin 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.
Personal life
As mentioned above, Frane Selak has never been indifferent to the fairer sex. What is the only chance on the plane, which only miraculously ended well for him. Apart from his many intrigues, he was married four times, but all marriages after a while ended in divorce. Last, 5-th marriage, was concluded already in old age, some time after that biggest cash win, and the man is still happy. His chosen one is called Katarina. She is younger than Franya by 20 years old. The Croatian pensioner himself considers his wife the greatest success in his life..
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 struck 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. Lightning struck Sullivan for the third time on the lawn near his 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. Zeiland broke off relations with his beloved. The girl's heart was so deeply hurt, that she broke down and committed suicide. Her brother shifted all the blame for what happened to Henry and vowed to kill him, whatever it costs him. Watching the victim at home, 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.
Case two: aircraft
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 touched a mountain ledge, 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 flight attendant: she fell on the deciduous part of the tree. truth, 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.
TOP-2: A woman on a ship - unfortunately, especially if this woman is Violetta Jessop
Female, which appeared on 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 settled on the Titanic, for the same positions, previously held. This time, the largest ship stumbled upon 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 a maintenance personnel on a wide variety of ships.. She died of heart problems in old age.
Lucky people never miss a chance to socialize
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 participant in the experiment, 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-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 US".
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-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, along with Sullivan, his wife got a shake. They then, just together on a wire of steel they hung out the washed things.
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 substantiated 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 due to unrequited love.
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Seven disasters of Frane Selak:
Train and ice river
The first time a Croat was really lucky in 1962 year, when the train, on which he rode from Sarajevo to Dubrovnik, сошел с рельсов и упал в ледяную реку. Тогда семнадцать человек утонули, and with them Frane Selak almost died. He managed to swim ashore, getting severe hypothermia, shock, bruises and broken arm.
Airplane and haystack
A year later, he fell out of a DC-8 plane between Zagreb and Rijeka - during the flight, the plane door suddenly opened. As a result of this disaster, died 19 man. Selak landed on a haystack and escaped with shock, bruises and cuts.
Bus and river
AT 1966 year bus, in which he rode to the city of Split, banked and fell into the river. Four people died. The peasant swam ashore, getting cuts, bruises and this time even more shock.
Burning car
Catastrophe number four happened to a Croat in 1970 year. Car, in which he was driving on the highway, suddenly caught fire. Selak managed to get out of the car a few seconds before the gas tank exploded..
After this incident, his friend began to call the lucky Croat "Lucky". “He told me then, - says Selak. - "You can look at everything, what's going on with you, on both sides. Or you are the unluckiest person in the world, or the luckiest one ". I preferred the latter ".
Hair and a faulty pump
Three years later Frane Selak suddenly lost almost all his hair. A leaky fuel pump sprayed gasoline directly onto his car's red-hot engine, blowing the flame through the breather.
Road accident
AT 1995 the sixth disaster of Frane Selak happened. On one of the streets of Zagreb he was accidentally hit by a bus. This time the lucky Croat got off with a "slight fright" - he received minor bruises and an inevitable shock.
UN Truck and Mountain Gorge
The next year, Selak was driving his car in the mountains, when suddenly, breaking the bend, he saw a UN truck, rushing straight at him.
His Skoda crashed into a road fence, broke it and hung on the edge of the cliff. Selak managed to jump out of the car at the last moment. After a short flight, he landed on a tree, from where he was able to trace the flight into the mountain gorge of his car, exploded in 90 meters below him.
Frane Selak married four times unsuccessfully. After winning the lottery, he philosophically noted: "I guess, my marriages were also disasters ". Apparently, fifth marriage, post-raffle prisoner, still successful.
A person with the opposite sign is also known: unluckiest Briton, 58-summer farm worker Mick Vilari, in total received over 30 bodily harm, including fractures 15 bones. But he, apparently, happier in marriage - at least, chroniclers of Mika Vilari's life do not report any divorces.
“Life next to him is full of adventure. If something has to happen, that only happens to Mick ... He's just one of those people ... You know, when his friends want to know, Is there an electric current through the fence?, they always ask Mika to touch. But nothing unsettles him, and he never blames others for his failures. The family misses him, especially grandchildren. I miss him - he's my stone wall. I cannot find a place for myself without him ", - said his wife.
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, got 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 extremely popular., it's kind of a national holiday. On the eve of the next draw, residents of the tiny village of Sodeto (basically, farmers, builders, unemployed) purchased lottery tickets. Everything, 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 ...
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 ... 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 ", - writes Wiseman.
But that is 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.
Henry Siegland - first dodged a bullet, which eventually killed him a few years later
Not everyone will believe in this man's story., because it looks like a fiction. Far away 1883 Henry Siegland left his girlfriend, who could not cope with emotions and, in upset feelings, committed suicide.
Girl's brother, beside myself with grief, loaded his gun and headed straight for Henry, to avenge his sister's death. When they met, brother shot Siegland in the head and deciding, that the bullet reached its target, shot himself. However, it happened so, that the bullet ricocheted into the tree trunk and Henry survived.
After a few years, he decided to cut down this tree., so that it does not remind him of those times. Since the tree was very large, Henry blew it up with dynamite. The explosion hit a bullet straight in the head of Siegland and he died.
