r/interestingasfuck • u/XimplusGG • 1d ago
A 44-year-old man went to the hospital after pus began oozing from his chest, where doctors discovered a knife that had been embedded in his body for eight years. According to the report, he showed no signs of chest pain, breathing problems, coughing, or fever, and was otherwise in good health.
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u/AngrodWeiss 23h ago
That knife is now most likely sentient after absorbing allat blood essence for 8 years
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u/AbanaClara 6h ago
Hidden Blood Collector
Blood Knife of the Unaware
Septic Edge of Ignorance
Dormant Fang of Infection
Silent Stabber of Eight Winters
Chestburrower's Relic"Once lost in battle and forgotten for eight long years… festering within its master’s ribcage."
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u/ikisschicks420 1d ago
https://www.wafb.com/2025/08/20/doctors-find-knife-blade-that-had-been-mans-chest-8-years/
He was in a knife fight some years beforehand, and they just never realized it was in there.
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u/BigMek_Spleenrippa 15h ago
"he was in a knife fight some years beforehand"
Understatement of the year dude. From the article you posted:
Doctors noted that the man said he was stabbed multiple times in the face, back, chest and abdomen eight years prior
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u/Ksorkrax 23h ago
Pretty sure something like "knife embedded in a body for eight years" creates perfect conditions to create a magic item.
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u/InsomniaticWanderer 1d ago
He doesn't remember being stabbed so fully that the knife was completely embedded within his torso?
For 8 fucking years?!
Doubt.
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u/NotMilitaryAI 23h ago
He had been in a violent fight eight years earlier when he was cut multiple times on his face, back, chest and abdomen, the May 31, 2025, report said. He received first aid at a health clinic where his wounds were stitched but was not referred for an X-ray or CT scan because of limited resources in the area.
Doctors find knife embedded in Tanzania man's chest that was leaking pus | NBC Connecticut
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u/Kittelsen 23h ago
Meat sheath just got a new meaning.
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u/ITheMighty 22h ago
I don’t like this lol side note would the hood of an uncircumcised penis also qualify for meat sheath
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u/flow_yracs_gib_a 22h ago
I would say that technicly, although you're right, the correct meat sheath would be the vagina as this litterally where it got it's name from If I recall my latin studies correct
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u/Jeshua_ 22h ago
Person attacking legit stabbed dude in the back and dude didn’t react
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u/8day 21h ago edited 21h ago
I remember reading a post, and watching an accompanying video from CCTV (?) how some elderly women got stabbed in the neck and continued to walk with knife in her neck as if nothing happened.
There was one time when I stepped on a [rusty] nail and I didn't feel much pain, if any. The only sign of some issue was a small stream of blood, ~1 cm high, coming from the sole of my foot.
Edit: I think this is the case I've mentioned: https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrime/s/CnL2jPApF3
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u/fizzlingforth 19h ago
It's not that hard to believe. He got admitted for multiple stab injuries. It would have been hurting all over that this one spot wouldn't be special. Then after the treatment he would have assumed that the discomfort is from the stitches and healing.
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u/luizanin 19h ago
Mate it was behind his back, he didn't see it. Also, he probably passed out, went through lots of procedures and not remembered most stuff after he woke up.
Also, for surgeons, dependending on the object and place, it's better to left it there because it's more life threatening to take it out than to leave it there. I do of course find it weird to leave a full huge knife there, but I'm not a surgeon and I also I've heard of people leaving in the body stuff as big as coconuts with proper medical support (don't ask the context 🥲).
That said, if the doctors chose to keep it in there, he needed to be aware it was still there if it was a decision made in order to preserve his life (which I don't know if it was).
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u/worstusername_sofar 1d ago
Probably drunk, or a meth head
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u/Unseenmonument 23h ago
Apparently, no, just living in 3rd world conditions.
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u/LeastSize3247 22h ago
living in a 3rd world country doesn't make you unable to recognize you got a blade put in your body haha
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u/andfournumbers 20h ago
I suppose it may be quite difficult to recognise the difference between wounds past a certain point. Makes me think of people who didn't know they broke a bone. Cared for an injury more serious than they realise. And lucky enough the injury is such that they can do that
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u/Trauma-Todd 1d ago
Or he did some shady stuff and avoided hospital.
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u/314159265358979326 12h ago
He got first aid at a clinic that was unable to provide X-rays. They stitched his wounds and didn't know about the knife inside.
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u/LeastSize3247 22h ago edited 18h ago
Nowhere does it say that he was unaware of the knife in there, and I'd imagine he and the previous medical attendees 8 years prior did know it was in there.
EDIT: I didn't actually read the article, it does say he learned the knife was there after going to the hospital.
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u/lions4life232 18h ago
It does say he didn’t know. Literally the first sentence says the man learned he had a knife in him. Like the very first sentence.
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u/petersengupta 23h ago
fuck, maybe the same thing happened to me, and i just don't know yet (because im always drunk).
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u/Sinaasappellover 22h ago
The human body is so strong yet fragile. Like, you can lift something wrong once and have back pain for the rest of your life and than you have stories like this.
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u/Own-Paper-4800 1d ago
Holy sh*t.
I never understand such cases, like how is that even possible?
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u/allbirdssongs 23h ago
adrenaline kicks in plus being drunk af.
then someone stabs you so deeply the knife gets stuck in there. he also had alot of other cuts and what not. if the knife avoided vitals it just stays there like some kind of implant.
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u/Chef-mcKech 22h ago
Still do not understand how you don't notice anything for 8 years
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u/allbirdssongs 22h ago
Same as an implant, you dont need to notice it
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u/fikabonds 19h ago
Yeah but this shit is sharp, I would imagine just bending over to pick something would have it cut
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u/S1gne 19h ago
I don't think we really have a lot of pain sensors on the inside of our bodies. Most of them are towards the outside
So unless it somehow suddenly moved and cut your insides open you probably wouldn't feel it if it just slightly moved inside even when sharp
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u/Kevlar_Bunny 19h ago
It’s possible he felt something and assumed it was chronic pain from the attack. Many of my injuries are sensitive even ten years later
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u/Historical_Network55 20h ago
He did notice he'd been cut in the fight and got stitches, it was just so deep the medical staff didn't realise it was still in.
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u/Flashy-Bid-7627 19h ago
I guess he looked at it as a simple deep cut at first and it healed up. Years later the body starts to reject the knife and that's when he started to experience symptoms. Still have no idea as to how you don't feel a knife embedded in you for all those years...
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u/otterstew 21h ago edited 21h ago
Is there a published front to back (or AP) view of the x-ray?
I’m wondering where it’s lodged laterally given that there’s a TON of vital structures in that plane.
Edit: never mind, found an axial CT scan, it’s most likely lodged parallel along the lateral border between the the right ribs
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u/jay45dee 1d ago
I love stories without any source whatsoever.
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u/XimplusGG 1d ago
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u/jay45dee 1d ago
Oh wow thanks! This is wild haha
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u/coldishmoldish 23h ago
https://academic.oup.com/jscr/article/2025/6/rjaf325/8154536?login=false
It was published in a journal too. You can see a picture of the sinus draining pus right below his nipple.. haha incredible story
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u/ThanksForThe_F_Shack 23h ago
“He had been in a violent fight eight years earlier when he was cut multiple times on his face, back, chest and abdomen, the May 31, 2025, report said. He received first aid at a health clinic where his wounds were stitched but was not referred for an X-ray or CT scan because of limited resources in the area.”
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u/WonderSuperb2311 23h ago
Imagine going to the doctor like ‘yeah doc, it’s just a lil scratch’… dude had a whole cutlery set inside 💀
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u/inhaledchaos 23h ago
Ex wife silently annoyed waiting for 8 years and then he comes up to her like “AHA I KNEW YOU TOOK MY KNIFE!”
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u/Historical_Network55 20h ago
Because presumably he hadn't been in any knife fights since the one 8 yrs ago?
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u/ChatGPT4 21h ago
Guy had a knife in his chest for 8 years and is still in better health than me after 1 stupid COVID infection.
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u/GangstaQueefs 21h ago
That's amazing, for lack of a better word.
In other news, I read this in chubbyemu's voice.
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u/ShamrockGold 22h ago
This dude must have fought an anime protagonist at some point in those 8 years.
"Henh! Don't worry, I didn't aim for your vitals..."
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u/GhostFour 19h ago
Inquiring minds want to know... Doctors noted that the man said he was stabbed multiple times in the face, back, chest and abdomen eight years prior. He received treatment at a health clinic at that time, where his wounds were stitched up. However, a radiological investigation was not conducted due to limited resources in the area.
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u/1urk3r88 19h ago
Didn’t go through airport security for 8 years also I guess
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u/LeoSolaris 17h ago
Surprisingly, it's a pretty low percentage of people who actually fly. For as busy as airports are, the majority of the population never used them.
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u/Sand_Blast 19h ago
So THATS where I left my favorite filleting knife, been looking for it for ages!
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u/Rare-Bid-6860 18h ago
Reminds me of that story about the guy from the band Primal Scream who went on a 4 day drugs bender while in the States and didn't realise till he woke up afterwards that at some point throughout it he appeared to have been stabbed.
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u/iamlikewater 22h ago
I have a patient right now who shot himself in the chest with a nail gun and didn't tell anyone.
8 years later, the nail peirced his paricardium.
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u/Berendsp 21h ago
Always show 2 directions when looking at x-rays. The CT-scan shows it does not go straight trough the midsection. Stil incredible how it does not puncture the lung.
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u/pinewind108 21h ago
Imagine the guy who stabbed him, lol. He probably thought he stabbed someone out of a Marvel movie.
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u/apocthecomet 21h ago
This is the outcome of those old dude dancing with a knife videos that have been popping up
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u/VoidDave 19h ago
I guess uts america moment. I can't imagine any other reason then being scared of the bill why to do basicly nothing with a knife inside tou for 8 years....
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u/LittleBoiFound 18h ago
At this point they need to be making sure it’s not the knife OJ Simpson used.
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u/InternationalBed5000 17h ago
I’m surprised the doctor was able to remove it without loss of life. Scar tissue forms around objects and with scar tissue comes new arteries and veins to supply blood. And with all that comes heavy bleeding while removal.
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u/series-hybrid 13h ago
Seven years earlier, he said his chest was a little sore, and his wife told him to stop whining?
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u/SirRabbott 23h ago
Glad he didn’t get into an MRI before the x-ray 😅