179-year old man in India named Mahashta Murasi is claiming to be the oldest man in the world according to the Guinness World Records.


Mahashta Murasi
 
A retired cobbler from northern India, Mahashta Mûrasi, claims he was born in January 1835, making him not only the oldest man on earth, but the oldest to have ever lived, according to the Guinness World Records.

Indian officials revealed he was born at home in the city of Bangalore. He reportedly lived in a place called Varanasi since 1903. He made a living from shoemaking until 1957 before he retired at the age of 122. His birth certificates and identity cards all confirm the truth behind his age claims.

"I have been alive so long, that my great grand-children have been dead for years. Somehow death forgot about me... And now there's hardly any hope left. Look at the statistics, nobody dies past 150, even less at 170. At that point, I guess I'm immortal or something. I might as well enjoy it!" 179 years old Mûrasi said.

The last doctor Mûrasi visited died in 1971, so there is little information available about his previous medical files.

How he lives and moves around currently is still a mystery.

Metuselah of our time.

How many pple dem dey give oldest man for world sef.

#justsaying #noharmintended

donholy28:
What did he achieve with his old age?

Good question .

Death truly has forgotten this old man.
Imagine all his grand children have grown old and have all died.
Last doctor visited died in 1971.
Where are the GUINESS book of records guys, this man should be the oldest that have lived after Methuselah

Life go don tire him...

Chai

What's the point of being this old?

hmmmmmmm

Pidggin:
What's the point of being this old?

Should he have killed himself as not to reach this age?

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/live-and-let-lie/

Mahashta Murasi is a Hoax

He is not certified or recognized as the oldest person in the world but we'll take his word for it

Abugab:
Death truly has forgotten this old man.
Imagine all his grand children have grown old and have all died.
Last doctor visited died in 1971.
Where are the GUINESS book of records guys, this man should be the oldest that have lived after Methuselah

That was 50 years ago... what if that doctor was in his 50s when the old man was his patient. My doctor is at least 20/30 years older than me. The old man could be in his late 80s or mid 90s. I very much doubt he is 179 because the oldest person who holds that record has the documents to prove it.