Sword Swallower's Act Goes Very, Very Wrong

[Robert59]

Swords penetrated his esophagus, liver, lung.

A well-known California sword swallower says a mishap during his act nearly killed him on Halloween. Scott Nelson, whose stage name is Murrugun the Mystic, was performing at the Six Flags of America amusement park near Washington, DC, that day when something went horribly wrong. As he explains in a video interview with CBS 8, a local station in his hometown of San Diego, "I swallowed five swords at once, but ... I let go of the bunch too soon, and they scissored out inside of me.

https://www.newser.com/story/328908/sword-swallowers-act-goes-very-very-wrong.html

 

[Tish]

Ugh!

 

[IKE]

I've done some pretty stupid stuff in my life but this fella actually makes his living by eating light bulbs, lying on beds of nails and swallowing swords ? ?......kinda sounds like to me his biscuits ain't quite done.

 

[Been There]

Count me out. I have a small opening in my throat. I have to get it stretched once a year, but it only lasts for maybe a month. I do choke a lot, but have been trained by a thoracic surgeon what to do when the food gets stuck.

 

[timoc]

I wonder if he removed his own tonsils when he was a kid?

 

[win231]

I wonder if he removed his own tonsils when he was a kid?

Probably not intentionally.

 

[Disgustedman]

"How would you know if you've hurt yourself?"

"When you gargle"

 

[win231]

"How would you know if you've hurt yourself?"

"When you gargle"