"Magnetic" Boy Is Probably Just "Plump-and-Sticky" Boy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJLDKOx9AxY Spoons. Frying pans. Industrial-sized irons. The blogosphere has been awash lately with the eclectic mix of objects that stick to a six-year-old Croatian boy's stomach. In an unfortunately serious story, CBS reported that "Magnet" boy can carry upwards of 55 pounds of metal on his chubby little frame. What they forget to mention is that the boy's "magnetic" abilities miraculously extend to mostly non-metal objects too, such as plastic TV remote controls and cell phones. It also doesn't help that little Ivan Stoiljkovic's family apparently didn't think human magnetism was odd enough: They claim that his hands radiate a special kind of heat that allows the boy to soothe "his grandfather's stomach pains" and "the pain of a neighbor who hurt his leg in a tractor accident." As for Ivan himself, his cuts apparently heal "very quickly," leaving no trace of a scar (of course, it probably has nothing ...