Awesome or Off-Putting: Foetus Pulled Out Of Man’s Back
Awesome or Off-Putting is a weekly delve into cryptozoology, ufology, medical marvels, scientific wonders, strange facts or weird goings-on.
This week: Strange facts
We bet you read the title and thought: “A man giving birth! Arnold Schwarzenegger is a prophet and a soothsayer!" all due to his foretelling role in 1994 ‘movie’ Junior. Well, you’re right and you’re wrong. We are told that, yes, Arnie can see into the future, but no, this article is not about males with fruitful ovums. It’s about an incomplete foetus being lodged in the back of his surviving brother for 35 sqished-up years.
When Igor Namyatov – a Russian native – was 15, he complained about a lump in his back. His
Doctors told him not to worry, as it was a harmless fatty tumour. They
said that since it wasn’t interfering with his daily life, leaving it in was
the best possible option.
Twenty years later it grew quite rapidly in a short period of time. The
tractor operator went into the emergency room where doctors found a
partially developed embryo, with hands and legs stunted in mid
formation, crammed between Igor’s shoulder blade and spine. Doctors wanted to keep it to make some sort of study aid for medical students, but Igor wouldn’t hear of it. He packed up his tiny brother and went on home.
In the Russian village where this all happened, some villagers thought there was more to the story. They thought aliens implanted one of their own babies in Igor’s hospitable back. One such villager who’d clearly never seen the X-Files
movie said:
“It is a pity they have removed it. They should have waited
to see what would become of it later on. That would have been a great
scientific find.â€
Yeah, given the gaping bloody chest craters that Mulder and Scully happened upon time and again, gestation didn’t sound like a good idea to us either.
Now don’t get us wrong, hecklerspray is glad that Igor’s back is much less lumpy, but this really grosses us out. It’s Off-Putting.
Read more:
‘Alien’ Embryo Removed From 35-Year-Old Man’s Back – Disinformation
[story by Shawn Lindseth]
