ALERT! Everybody stop inhaling now. Call Congress!!

[dem629]

I mean, call Congress and THEN stop inhaling. Go!

A five-centimeter fir tree has been found in the lung of a man who complained he had a strong pain in his chest and was coughing blood.

...

It is obvious that a five-centimeter branch is too large to be inhaled or swallowed, doctors say. They suggest that the patient might have inhaled a small bud, which then started to grow inside his body.


http://www.mosnews.com/weird/2009/04/13/firtree/
(there's a picture of the lung, so if you have a weak stomach, well, you know....)

[L0oniX]

1. I'm already turning blue in the face waiting for some health care.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

2. Nature is no damn good.

[NOW tense]

3. We need to cut down all trees NOW! n/t

[DevonRex]

4. We're being lied to about fir trees!!!!

Thanks for that. I chuckled and then wished I had on a mask.

[BuyingThyme]

5. That link's not working for me. Got another?

On Edit:

http://www.mosnews.com/search/?q=fir+tree

[csziggy]

6. Different link

http://www.russiatoday.com/Top_News/2009-04-13/Fir_tree_man_shocks_doctors.html

Edited to add: This link not only shows the X-ray, it shows a piece of lung with the "tree" sticking out!

[BuyingThyme]

7. I'm no tree doctor, but I have been able to draw the following conclusion with some confidence:

That segment was broken, as is, from the tree before being inserted into the dude's lung by whatever means. The segment did not grow inside the man's body.

That is all.