Young Woman Yawns So Strongly That She Breaks Her Neck
A 36-year-old woman in the UK almost lost her life after yawning so forcefully one morning that she broke her neck and required emergency surgery. Hayley Black had just woken up one morning to heat her daughter Amelia a bottle of formula when she saw the baby yawning and instinctively followed her example. It was […]
Woman Left With Car Key Sticking Out of Her Face in Freak Accident
A young Canadian woman needed to be hospitalized after a car key got lodged in her face when a friend casually tossed it to her. Renée Lariviere, a 24-year-old woman from Sudbury, Canada was leaving her apartment to visit a local McDonald’s when she asked a friend to toss her the car keys she had […]
Man Severs Neck Artery, Suffers Three Strokes After Turning Head Too Quickly
A Missouri man can consider himself lucky to be alive after he ruptured a neck artery and suffered three strokes because of turning his head too quickly during a game of pickleball. Joel Hentrich, a 35-year-old “super-fit” man from Festus, Missouri suffered the freak accident in November of last year. He and some friends were […]
Man Undergoes Surgery After Fish Jumps Out of Water Straight Into His Throat
A Thai man recently underwent emergency surgery to have a spiky fish removed from his throat, after it allegedly jumped out of the water and straight into his open mouth. It sounds like the plot of a scene in a goofy comedy, but according to Thai news sources that have since been picked up by […]
Woman Left Partially Paralyzed After Involuntary Neck Cracking Causes Stroke
Natalie Kuniciki, a 23-year-old paramedic from London, UK, was left partially paralyzed after her vertebral artery burst when she involuntarily cracked her neck, causing a blood clot to trigger a stroke in her brain. We all crack our joints every once in a while, whether accidentally or on purpose, but apart from that satisfying “pop” sound, […]
Woman Who Broke Her Neck Sneezing, Five Years Ago, Does It Again While Laughing
One morning, in 2011, Monique Jeffrey, of Rose Bay, Australia, was at home, in her bed, checking her emails. She sneezed and her head suddenly jolted forward, collapsing the C1 and C2 vertebrae in her neck. She had broken her neck in what experts called a “freak accident”, but the chances of something like this happening […]