The country’s government has claimed that local resident Marcelino Abad from the central Peruvian region of Huanuco is 124, which would make him by a distance the oldest living person and even top the oldest ever independently verified human.
Peruvian authorities say they are helping Abad apply to the Guinness World Records for independent verification. The body did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The Guinness World Records currently lists the oldest living man as a 111-year-old Briton who got the title this month after the death of a Venezuelan man who was 114. The oldest living woman is 117, while the oldest person ever verified reached 122.
Abad, who goes by the nickname /”Mashico,/” was born in the small town of Chaglla and lived off the radar until the Peruvian government identified him in 2019, securing him a government ID and pension.
Abad now lives in a home for seniors, where for his birthday this month he was treated to a special celebration, complete with a birthday cake with a figurine in his likeness and a dog training show organized by a local police force.
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