Magnet boy baffles docs

Brazilian doctors have been left baffled by a boy whose skin is like a magnet.

Paolo David – who has been given the nickname Magnet Boy – was discovered to possess the talent when his father Junior brought him a knife and fork, which became attached to his chest.

Junior said: "Much to my surprise, they stuck."

Doctors have been unable to diagnose the condition, which has also seen spoons, casserole pots and scissors stick to the chest of 11-year-old Paolo, from Rio Grande do Norte state in eastern Brazil.

He said: "In school, everyone asks me to put things on my body, they think it is a trick."