Selak himself certainly made sure to emphasize the drama of his life story, and plays up the effect these incidents had on him. In the mids, as though to make up for the horrible, horrible deal Lady Luck had given him, Selak won the lottery in Croatia. With this, he bought a luxurious home, only to have a change of heart and sell it in He returned to a humble life with his fifth wife.
Money would not change anything… when she arrived I knew then that I really did have a charmed, blessed life. He spent the last of his winnings on a hip operation, and on a shrine to the Virgin Mary in thanks for his good fortune. Sign up for our Newsletter and get weird news and exclusive offers to Ripley's, delivered straight to your inbox!
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He then went on to win the lottery in Croatian music teacher Selak, now aged 90, claims to have had not one, but seven, brushes with death. Close calls are said to have included a train crash, being sucked out of an airplane door, surviving a bus crash into a river, two car fires, being hit by a bus and narrowly avoiding a ft drop after a driving accident. Although, Selak is later believed to have had his fortunes turned with a rather large lottery win.
As the only person not to buy an El Gordo lottery ticket, he missed out as all of his neighbors reveled. Speaking of unlucky lotteries…we next head to the UK. Despite still being within the claim period for the prize, they were outside the claim timeframe for lost tickets, meaning Camelot refused to pay out.
Perhaps the most famously unlucky person on this list; Roy Sullivan is best known for being hit by lightning…seven times. While living in Louisiana, the school bus driver has lost five houses to hurricanes in the storm-prone area. This couple from England has an uncanny ability for finding trouble when they travel, having been unfortunate enough to be on vacation in three cities undergoing terrorist attacks.
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