Tuesday, February 10, 2026

The Luckiest Man to Have Ever Lived?

There are people who believe they have the worst luck. However, they have never heard of Frank Selak.  His story is one of the most amazing stories you'll ever hear about.  He was born in Yugoslavia in 1929 and he spent most of his adult life as a music teacher.  He passed away in Croatia in 2016 at the age of 87.  But during his life, here's what happened.

As a child he was born two months premature and he was born on a fishing boat. At eleven months old he had life-threatening intestinal problems and when he was eleven years old he almost lost his eye sight.  



In 1957 he was riding in a bus after dropping off all the students on a field trip and the bus veered off into a river when the steering wheel snapped off.  He and the bus driver were okay, but this was the first of seven times he cheated death.  Yes, seven times he cheated death as an adult.

Five years later he was on a train on a rainy evening when a mudslide took out a bridge and the train went into the water.  He broke his arm and had hypothermia and 17 passengers died in the accident.

In 1963 he took his only plane flight and was blown out of the plane and fell 800 meters, lost consciousness, and landed in a haystack.  He was in a coma for four days.

Three years later he was on another bus that skidded into a river and four passengers died.

In the 1970's he escaped two different car fires/explosions in his own car.

In 1995 he was struck by a bus and had only minor injuries.

One year later he avoided a collision on a mountain by driving into the guardrail, which gave way.  He was not wearing a seatbelt and he was ejected from the car and rescued holding onto a tree branch while his car fell 300 feet.

On June 5, 2002, he won the lottery, buying a ticket at the same store he had played the lottery for forty years.  He bought a bunch of things, got married for the 6th time and built a chapel.

By 2010 he had given most of his remaining money away to friends and relatives.

In 2014, he had a heart attack while taking a walk and spent 18 days recovering in a hospital.  Two years later he was gone.

Many of his stories have not been verified or have some details mixed up, but I only have one real question:  how did this guy not write a book about his life?


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