Zhang Deke, 71, a retired worker in Altay, in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in Northwest China, has a special way to keep fit. He has 220 volts of current pass through his body.

Zhang, who controls the voltage, once cooked a fish which he held in his hand as the current flowed through his body. He has used electrical current to treat people suffering from rheumatism, arthritis and kidney pain.

Zheng was examined at Xinjiang Branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1994 and experts said that he has a physical dysfunction, but did not give details.

(Xi'an Evening News)