From the ArcaMax Publishing, Weird News Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/weirdnews/s-361245-210899
SHAWNEE, Kan. (UPI) -- A Shawnee, Kan., man said he evaded serious
injury when a rogue nail fired from a nail gun embedded itself in his
skull.
George Chandler said he was building a lattice with a friend when the
nail gun hose became tangled and fired off a nail, KCTV, Kansas City,
Mo., reported Tuesday.
Chandler said he and his friend initially did not know where the nail
had landed, but soon found the 2 and a half inch piece of hardware had
gone into his skull on the top of his head.
"It was just like a maybe like a sting, bite or something, you know,"
Chandler said.
He said there was no blood around the wound and he was alert when an
ambulance arrived and took him to a hospital. He said a doctor
requested a very special instrument for his treatment.
"'Does anybody have a hammer, a claw hammer.' I thought he was teasing
at first, but then he says, 'No. It went in like that. We can pull it
out like that,'" Chandler said.
Doctors told Chandler's family that he could have faced paralysis or
serious injuries to his eyesight or ability to speak if the nail had
entered his skull a fraction of an inch lower.
"Well I feel very lucky, very, very lucky," Chandler said.