The Indian Man Who Has Eaten Bricks for 20 Years — And Somehow Survived
Then Something Unexpected Happened
Hunagundi’s strange appetite eventually became more than a private family problem. People became fascinated by it. His story spread through newspapers, television reports and the internet.
And Hunagundi reportedly saw an opportunity. He wanted to demonstrate his unusual ability to audiences and potentially make money from it. The same habit that had worried his family could now attract strangers who wanted to see it with their own eyes.
A childhood craving had turned into something people were willing to pay attention to.
More Than a Decade Later, People Are Still Talking About Him
Hunagundi’s story first went viral internationally around 2014. Yet versions of the story continue to resurface online years later. That’s partly because it’s the kind of story that sounds fictional.
A man eats bricks. He has supposedly done it for decades. And he doesn’t describe the experience as unbearable. He describes it as something he wants.
But there’s an important distinction between a fascinating story and a scientific explanation. Some versions of Hunagundi’s story have accumulated dramatic claims over the years, making it difficult to separate the original reporting from later internet exaggerations.
The basic account remains extraordinary enough without adding anything that can’t be verified.
