In 1982, young Benedetto Supino was 10 years old. One morning he was sitting in the waiting room at his dentist’s office when suddenly the comic book that he was reading burst into flames. More incidents quickly followed; one morning he woke up to a fire in his bed, and on another day a plastic toy he was staring at burst into flames as his uncle held it.
Just about everywhere he went he seemed to cause fires on objects around him. Furniture, books, and paper would burn near him or as he looked at it. Some claimed that his hands would glow as the items caught fire. The boy famously said, “I don’t want things to catch fire, but what can I do?”
Apparently fire wasn’t the only thing that Benedetto could do. He seemed to have an effect on machines and electronic motors. His father was a carpenter who had a workshop in the community, and when visiting the shop, all of the machines started to fail. He spent over 3,000 pounds on repairs before realizing that he just needed to stop bringing Benedetto around.
Not knowing what to do, his parents had Benedetto work with parapsychologist Dr. Demetrio Croce. Eventually, the fires died down and stopped. She claimed that she had taught him to “control and hone his abilities”.
Benedetto was eventually able to blend back into society. Although he is only in his early 40’s today, he seems to have stayed out of the news and away from setting things ablaze.
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