I saw a documentary about this guy on HDNet a few months ago. Pretty cool guy with a positive outlook.

This was on Penn & Teller last night. It was the one I called out as a lie.

Silly me.

Is pretty cool though.

The fark you call me, bish?

Wait, how does he hear the clicks?

Tried it...the cats all ran to the food dish then gave me dirty looks when there was only the dry and no fresh gooshyfoods.

spentmiles: Wait, how does he hear the clicks?

The clicks are in braille.

It's really amazing what our bodies can do. I saw a couple people doing this on the Discovery channel a few years back. I was wondering what happened to this guy.

Thanks for the story, subby.

Very cunning. I'll bet he has lots of girlfriends. And his Halloween costume is the Clicktorus.

There was a blind kid in my elementary school. For god only knows what reason, he would get all excited when the lunch bell rang and run down the hall with one hand against the wall to guide him. I tripped the shiat out of him every day for like two years. Even the principal thought it was funny. I can see now how it was kind of a dick move though.

mcwehrle: This was on Penn & Teller last night. It was the one I called out as a lie.

Silly me.

Is pretty cool though.

Dammit, I hadn't watched that one yet.

Though he claims he can teach it, it doesn't seem likely. Over the years I recall seeing quite a few people that can do this on "oddity" shows, but if it was teachable you'd think it would be more common. I would guess it's more likely it either has to be learnt at a young age or only a small percentage of people can become proficient at it.

Weird timing... this dude was just on that new Penn and Teller show on Discovery last night, along with another Batman mother-f'er that goes mountain biking (also blind)... brass balls.

BitwiseShift: Very cunning. I'll bet he has lots of girlfriends. And his Halloween costume is the Clicktorus.

Is that some kind of pink dinosaur?

Make's me think of Paul Dirac's delta fn.

And that doesn't get annoying at all to the people around him.

Marco...Marco...Marco...Marco...Marco...Marco...Marco...Marco...Marco . ..Marco...Marco...Marco...Marco...Marco...Marco...Marco...Marco...Marc o...Marco...Marco...Marco...

"Blind man clicks tongue to help him "see". No explanation given as to how he might refrain from tripping over the cats that will inevitably surround his feet"

Is that story a lie? Or is it true? You decide!

/has seen every episode of that show, likes it

squidgod2000: mcwehrle: This was on Penn & Teller last night. It was the one I called out as a lie.

Silly me.

Is pretty cool though.

Dammit, I hadn't watched that one yet.


sorry

Silly subby, everyone knows cats don't come when you call them. They may look at you, and then proceed to ignore you. Well, unless you have treats in your hand.

nativefloridian: Silly subby, everyone knows cats don't come when you call them. They may look at you, and then proceed to ignore you. Well, unless you have treats in your hand.

Only if you have the correct treats.....

That's how my totally blind stepfather gets around. Its pretty cool. He uses that more than his cane.

/css

I do the same thing, but with farting.

Porous Horace: I do the same thing, but with farting.

I'm pretty sure blind people can already avoid your farts without having to click.

mcwehrle: This was on Penn & Teller last night. It was the one I called out as a lie.

Silly me.

Is pretty cool though.

wonder if it's the same dude that was on Stan Lee superhuman series?

Can you see the locust at your feet?
But Master, you are blind. How can you see the locust?
Ahhh Young Grasshopper, how is it that you do not?

If he could learn to speak Khoe, he'd be golden.

This is old news. The "blind use echolocation" story broke back in 2004 on Ripley's Believe it or Not, and again in 2008 when a kid discovered it all by himself.

This guy was on Animal Planet a few weeks ago. He was able to teach his non-blind son how to do it while blindfolded. Both of them were able to navigate a course of pvc pipes without hitting them.

jingks: Though he claims he can teach it, it doesn't seem likely. Over the years I recall seeing quite a few people that can do this on "oddity" shows, but if it was teachable you'd think it would be more common. I would guess it's more likely it either has to be learnt at a young age or only a small percentage of people can become proficient at it.

spentmiles: There was a blind kid in my elementary school. For god only knows what reason, he would get all excited when the lunch bell rang and run down the hall with one hand against the wall to guide him. I tripped the shiat out of him every day for like two years. Even the principal thought it was funny. I can see now how it was kind of a dick move though.

Reading this makes me want to do the ol' primate teeth-bare and snarl. People like you made school hell for me, and shame on the principal for letting it continue.

/legally blind

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Colonel Stinkmeaner would like a word with you byyyotches.

After hearing about this a few years ago, I tried it out around the apartment. I was surprised how effective it was, considering we haven't really evolved to rely upon sound reverberation and echolocation for mental mapping. I don't do it now that we have cats around, though. I heard a guy around the office using this technique a few times. Several blind and low vision people work here, and the spaces were designed to be accessible by people who can't see a damn thing..

spentmiles: There was a blind kid in my elementary school. For god only knows what reason, he would get all excited when the lunch bell rang and run down the hall with one hand against the wall to guide him. I tripped the shiat out of him every day for like two years. Even the principal thought it was funny. I can see now how it was kind of a dick move though.

Kind of a dick move? Dude, you were a farking asshole.

/as was the principal

spentmiles: There was a blind kid in my elementary school. For god only knows what reason, he would get all excited when the lunch bell rang and run down the hall with one hand against the wall to guide him. I tripped the shiat out of him every day for like two years. Even the principal thought it was funny. I can see now how it was kind of a dick move though.

Don't listen to these killjoys, I thought that is hysterical.

This guy is an inspiration! Talk about overcoming adversity. I'm sure anyone who has either lost their sight or never had it in the first place could look to this guy's experience as a beacon of hope.

PS - the dude tripping that kid in the hallway deserves the mightiest of cockpunches, every day for two years while Paterno sodomizes the principal.

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Can you see the locust at your feet?
But Master, you are blind. How can you see the locust?
Ahhh Young Grasshopper, how is it that you do not?

Locusts, grasshoppers....what's the difference?

squidgod2000: mcwehrle: This was on Penn & Teller last night. It was the one I called out as a lie.

Silly me.

Is pretty cool though.

Dammit, I hadn't watched that one yet.

Thanks for the spoiler alert. My episode is still unwatched on the dvr, as well. Looks like I only have six stories to chose from now.

I saw a story on this about a little black boy on something like 60 minutes. (Seriously) He could find his bike in his front yard and ride in the street without running into parked cars. I wonder if they can echo locate objects from noises made other than by himself. For example the sound of me talking standing beside him or a car horn would he be able to "see" other objects from those noises made? I know this is fark so I won't get a serious reply but I still think this is cool.

This was debunked by Ray Comfort years ago.

RandomExcess: This was debunked by Ray Comfort years ago.

So was Jesus. Ray just sticks around for the awesome birthday parties these days.

He's joined the ranks of the kid fark had an article about a couple years ago.

StanleyPuff: squidgod2000: mcwehrle: This was on Penn & Teller last night. It was the one I called out as a lie.

Silly me.

Is pretty cool though.

Dammit, I hadn't watched that one yet.

Thanks for the spoiler alert. My episode is still unwatched on the dvr, as well. Looks like I only have six stories to chose from now.

gee, sorry for your life disruption.

I've been doing this since I was a kid decades ago. Super easy to learn. The researchers son taught himself in under a month and is nearly as good as the blind man who taught himself years earlier.

spentmiles: There was a blind kid in my elementary school. For god only knows what reason, he would get all excited when the lunch bell rang and run down the hall with one hand against the wall to guide him. I tripped the shiat out of him every day for like two years. Even the principal thought it was funny. I can see now how it was kind of a dick move though.

The article was about hearing using clicks, not about hearing stupid dicks.

BitwiseShift: Very cunning. I'll bet he has lots of girlfriends. And his Halloween costume is the Clicktorus.

He's as gay as brunch.