Tag: Survival record

In 1979, Austrian Andreas Mihavecz survived for 18 days without food or water after being accidentally forgotten in a police holding cell. This extraordinary feat raises the question: what is the longest a person has gone without water and what factors influence human survival in such extreme conditions?

In 1966, a Scottish man named Angus Barbieri completed a medically supervised fast that lasted an astounding 382 days. His case, documented in the medical literature, provides a unique and extreme example of what's the longest anyone has not eaten, demonstrating both the human body's resilience and the dangers of prolonged fasting.