The man who looks like a tree


	The man who looks like a tree

cpltaiji

11-26-2007 10:36 PM

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Remember when your father told you not to masturbate or.....................???

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Since he cut his knee as a teenager, strange roots have been growing out of Dede, a 35-year-old Indonesian fisherman.
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Now he is hoping his life can be saved from his bizarre affliction.
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Now, to be honest, we at Metro Online are not sure if we believe this, but you decide for yourselves.
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The strange growths mean he cannot use his hands. He was sacked from his job and his wife left him.
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To help raise his two children, at one point he joined a freak show with other victims of peculiar diseases.</P></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=76668&in_page_id=2"><P class="article">
An American dermatology expert believes he may be able to cure the warts on Dede's body.
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Dr Anthony Gaspari of the University of Maryland says that a rare genetic fault will not allow Dede's immune system to stop the spread of the growths.
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