{"id":763672,"date":"2019-12-12T15:11:30","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T15:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/12\/man-whose-farts-can-kill-mosquitoes-six-metres-away-hired-to-create-repellent\/"},"modified":"2019-12-12T15:11:30","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T15:11:30","slug":"man-whose-farts-can-kill-mosquitoes-six-metres-away-hired-to-create-repellent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/12\/man-whose-farts-can-kill-mosquitoes-six-metres-away-hired-to-create-repellent\/","title":{"rendered":"Man whose farts ‘can kill mosquitoes six metres away hired to create repellent’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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They\u2019re one of the deadliest animals in the world, but\u00a0mosquitoes\u00a0could soon be wiped out \u2013 thanks to one man\u2019s\u00a0farts\u00a0.<\/p>\n

Joe Rwamirama, 48, from Kampala, Uganda claims that his farts can kill mosquitoes up to six metres away, and that he\u2019s been hired by a manufacturing company to help develop a new repellent.<\/p>\n

The reason for Joe\u2019s strange insect-killing farts remains unclear, and he claims that his farts are \u2018just like everyone else.\u2019<\/p>\n

Speaking to\u00a0talkofnaija.com\u00a0, he said: \u201cI eat ordinary food just like everyone else but no insect can lay a foot on me, not even a fly.<\/p>\n

\u201cI smell like a normal man and I bathe daily and my farts are just like everyone else, they are only dangerous to small insects and especially mosquitoes.\u201d<\/p>\n

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His special skill is well known across Kampala, according to local barber, James Yoweri.<\/p>\n

Speaking to\u00a0The Sun\u00a0, he said: \u201cHe is known all over the city as the man who can kill mosquitoes with his farts. When Joe is around we all know that mosquitoes will vanish.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is respectful of people around him and will only fart when there are mosquitoes around which bring malaria. His farts gets rid of this disease.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the identity of the manufacturing company remains a mystery, Mr Rwamirama claims that they\u2019re paying him \u2018millions\u2019 to help create a new repellent.<\/p>\n

Unsurprisingly, the news has sparked a series of jokes online.<\/p>\n

On a\u00a0Reddit thread\u00a0about the news, one user joked: \u201cThis is how real life X-Men begins,\u201d while another added: \u201cI can make my dog get off the couch. Nobody\u2019s writing articles about me.\u201d<\/p>\n

And one joked: \u201cImagine having a beer with your mate, and a mosquito lands on you, and he just gets up and rips a fat one on your arm and it dies instantly.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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