22 Horrifying, Shocking, And Terrible Things I Learned About This Month That I Wish I Could Unlearn
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Warning: Graphic content ahead including mentions of death and cannibalism.
1.In March, a 30-year-old British actor, Emily Chesterton, died after symptoms of a blood clot in her leg were dismissed and chalked up to "long COVID and anxiety."
2.Last summer, a man in Oregon, Michael Meyden, was accused of drugging three 12-year-old girls who were staying over at his house for a sleepover with Meyden's daughter.
3.An 81-year-old woman in Brazil discovered she had a 56-year-old calcified fetus in her body that had been causing her stomach pain.
4.In October 2023, a doctor died at Disney World from a severe food allergy after dining at one of the theme park's restaurants, despite making her dairy and nut allergies known to the staff.
5.In 2019, a 71-year-old man in Sydney, Australia died after being trapped in a service stairwell of a large shopping center for three weeks.
6.In 2006, a woman died at Yellowstone National Park after accidentally falling into a 178-degree, 10-foot-deep hot spring. The woman, Sara Hulphers, had been walking at nighttime with friends (who also feel into the hot spring, and ended up in critical condition) after they'd been out swimming.
7.These images of SEA LICE inside of an infected crab:
Watch the actual video here (if you've got a strong stomach):
8.Back in 2017, a ride at the Ohio State Fair collapsed killing one person and injuring seven others. The ride, called "The Fire Ball," consisted of six rows of seats that spun around 40 feet up in the air as the entire thing moved like a pendulum. According to witnesses, when the ride collapsed, people "flew through the air at least 20 feet before landing on their backs on the concrete."
9.The story of Bertha Boronda, a woman who cut off her husband's penis with his own straight razor in 1907.
10.The Heaven's Gate cult website is still up and running to this day:
11.In 1876, a disturbing and inexplicable event happened that is now referred to as the "Great Kentucky Meat Shower," which was exactly what it sounds like. On March 3, 1876, "large hunks of flesh fell from the sky over Olympia Springs in Bath County, Kentucky."
12.In March, a man visiting Las Vegas was reportedly stung on his "private parts" by a scorpion...IN HIS HOTEL ROOM at the Venetian.
13.Earlier this year, "multiple" Kansas City Chiefs fans had to have AMPUTATIONS due to frostbite after attending one of the coldest NFL games ever.
14.It was recently reported that almost 10 times as many people have been affected by "9/11 certified cancer," than died in the attacks on that day.
15.In March, nine people, almost all children, died, (and 78 others hospitalized) after eating sea turtle meat in Zanzibar.
16.The size of this fish, which is apparently a sturgeon, that will probably give you a taste of megalophobia:
17.Recently, a man in Wasco, California was accused of stealing a human leg from a train crash site and then eating it.
18.Just a few weeks ago, someone allegedly spread ashes on the Rise of the Resistance ride at Disneyland. In a photo (which has since been deleted) on Reddit, but can be seen on X, you can see large sweeps of grey dust (presumably the ash of the human remains) all across the ride with track marks from the ride's vehicles having gone through it.
19.In 2022, a 15-year-old girl, Savannah Graziano, was abducted by her father and then subsequently shot and killed by law enforcement as she was (following instructions) walking towards them on the highway near Hesperia in California.
20.A building, Poe Hall, on North Carolina State University's campus was recently linked to over 150 cancer cases.
21.Last week, a 20-year-old man, Levion Parker, reportedly jumped off of a Royal Caribbean cruise ship, in front of his family, while drunk.
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