Man, shot in head, notices five years later
He went about his business for about five years without noticing he had been shot in the head, because he was drunk when it happened.
An X-ray shows a bullet lodged in the back of the head. Doctors found the .22 calibre bullet after the man finally asked for treatment for the pain - after five years!He remembered having a sore head, but he wasn't really one for going to the doctor
German police disclosed that doctors found a .22 caliber bullet in the back of his head after the 35-year-old went to have what he thought was a cyst removed.
Presented with the 5.6mm projectile, the man recalled he had received a blow to the head around midnight at a New Year's party "in 2004 or 2005", but had forgotten about it because he had been "very drunk", a police spokesman said.
"He told us he remembered having a sore head, but that he wasn't really one for going to the doctor," the spokesman said.
The wound later healed around the bullet and it was not until the man decided to have the lump examined due to recurring pains that the discovery was made.
Police said they were not treating the incident as suspicious as the bullet might have got lodged in the man's head when a reveler fired a gun in celebration.
"It may have been a shot fired up in the air which entered his head on the way down," the spokesman said.
The Polish man, who has lived in Germany for several years, was expected to be released from hospital later this week.
uthandile
God always do miracles in our lives but we don't acknowledge that.Report Abuse
LadySkroof
alcohol is good.......it saved his life imagine if he was sober.Report Abuse
Pabi
No alcohol is not good, if he was sober he would have noticed long time ago and get treatment at the rite time, hey God is great he saved his life.Report Abuse
