Frane selak biography of christopher cross

Frano Selak or Frane Selak 14 June — 30 November was a Croatian man who was known for his unverified depictions about frequent brushes with death. Selak's alleged near-death experiences began in January when he was riding a train through a cold, rainy canyon and the train flew off the tracks and crashed in a river. An unknown person pulled Selak to safety, while 17 other passengers drowned.

There are, however, no records of a plane crash in around Croatia matching Selak's narrative.

Frane Selak. ​His run

Selak swam to shore with a few cuts and bruises. In , his car caught fire as he was driving and he managed to escape before the fuel tank blew up. Three years later, in another driving incident, the engine of his car was doused with hot oil from a malfunctioning fuel pump , causing flames to shoot through the air vents. Selak's hair was completely singed in this incident, but he was otherwise unharmed.

In , he was struck by a bus in Zagreb , but sustained only minor injuries. In he eluded a head-on collision with a United Nations truck on a mountain curve by swerving into a guardrail , which gave way under the force. Selak was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected out of the car, clinging to a tree branch as he watched his vehicle fall feet.

None of Selak's near-death experiences have ever been independently verified, and at times some of his accounts of his near-death experiences were inconsistent. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history.