# California man drills through own head **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 3, 2003, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-man-drills-through-own-head/199332 "2003-09-03T15:13:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-man-drills-through-own-head/199332/1 "2003-09-03T15:13:21Z")
[http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/09/03/drill.head.ap/](http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/09/03/drill.head.ap/) > [@](#): > > “I ran my hands up the drill bit, up to my eye, and put my other hand in the back of my head and felt it coming through the back of my head,” he said. “And that’s where pretty much the shock set in.” :eek: :eek: :eek: Anyone ever done this? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-man-drills-through-own-head/199332/2 "2003-09-03T15:23:02Z")
Ew! ---
**Author:** ![Plankspanker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Plankspanker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plankspanker)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-man-drills-through-own-head/199332/3 "2003-09-03T15:23:25Z")
yeah, happens to me all the time. it’s just annoying now really… ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-man-drills-through-own-head/199332/4 "2003-09-03T15:29:28Z")
Now, now. Let’s be accurate. He didn’t “drill through his own head”; he accidentally impaled himself on a drill. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![In\_Conceivable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@In\_Conceivable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Conceivable)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-man-drills-through-own-head/199332/5 "2003-09-03T15:36:07Z")
> [@](#): > > While drilling above his head on August 15, the six-foot ladder Ron Hunt was standing on started to wobble so he tossed the drill aside – as construction workers are trained to do. I think that maybe they should train them to throw it further away! I am glad he is okay. ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-man-drills-through-own-head/199332/6 "2003-09-03T15:46:28Z")
Ummm it could very well be a hoax. > **[Dwyer & Michaels](https://97x.com/2dorks/)** > > Dwyer & Michaels ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-man-drills-through-own-head/199332/7 "2003-09-03T15:46:39Z")
So _that’s_ why he didn’t participate in the debates! ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-man-drills-through-own-head/199332/8 "2003-09-03T15:54:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by beagledave \* > \*\*Ummm it could very well be a hoax. > > [http://www.twodorks.com/frontpage/exposed.jpg](http://www.twodorks.com/frontpage/exposed.jpg) \*\* Ah, not real. It was only a drill. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-man-drills-through-own-head/199332/9 "2003-09-04T17:45:10Z")
The folks at snopes just sent me an e-mail about this. They have the whole story down as “yellow”. David says > [@](#): > > Internet analysis of image validity is notoriously inaccurate. Our Photo Gallery section has plenty of examples of genuine photographs that were declared “hoaxes” by so-called photo experts. If you look at the [original article](http://www.sierrasun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030829/NEWS/308290101), there is a note under the x-ray which says > [@](#): > > A photograph taken after the accident was too graphic for reproduction. So, who knows? ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-man-drills-through-own-head/199332/10 "2003-09-04T20:37:43Z")
I saw the alleged Xray, and what’s got me going _Hmmm…:dubious:_ is the absence of evidence of broken bone. I’d expect to see at least some cracks or chunks of bone around the entrance and exit wounds of such a traumatic injury. What really grabs me is the caption said the bit “nudged” his brain. With all those sharp edges, I’d expect the verb to be “chewed through” or “scooped out like rice pudding.” I could see how something smooth and round on the end could “nudge” the brain, but not an auger bit. Not saying carpenters in Truckee are incabable of causing great harm to themselves, but it looks like someone took an Xray of a big drill bit and photoshopped it to a head Xray. ---
**Author:** ![Copper\_moon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecc23a/32.png) [@Copper\_moon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Copper_moon)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-man-drills-through-own-head/199332/11 "2003-09-05T20:48:29Z")
The thing that gets me is the bit is supposed to have gone through the eye but the xray makes it look like it entered trough the cheek. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-man-drills-through-own-head/199332/12 "2003-09-09T16:58:28Z")
Well, well, [Snopes](http://www.snopes.com/horrors/techno/drillbit.asp) has given it the green light. I guess it must be true after all.