# How Realistic is the Following Event \[Having your testicles stolen\] **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 26, 2015, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-realistic-is-the-following-event-having-your-testicles-stolen/713710 "2015-02-26T21:01:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-realistic-is-the-following-event-having-your-testicles-stolen/713710/1 "2015-02-26T21:01:13Z")
I know The Daily Mail is not necessarily a beacon of journalistic integrity - at least not in my opinion. But they recently published a story that made me reach for my testicles and quiver in horror. Here is the title and a link: Married TV actor wakes up to find his testicles have been STOLEN after he is drugged in Russian bar by attractive blonde working for organ traffickers > **[Married TV actor wakes up to find his testicles have been STOLEN](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2969992/Married-TV-actor-wakes-testicles-STOLEN-drugged-Russian-bar-attractive-blonde-working-organ-traffickers.html)** > > Dmitry Nikolaev, aged 30, discovered his testicles had been removed after being approached by a woman in a bar and having a drink with her on finishing a performance at a small Moscow theatre. My question is: How likely is this story to be true? What are the odds that someone fooled The Daily Mail into thinking this story was true when it was actually just a hoax? I can’t imagine blacking out only to wake up covered in blood and find my testicles have disappeared. OMFG! Aside from losing his balls, he will now very likely lose his wife as well. Don’t you think? ---
**Author:** ![Ignotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecc23a/32.png) [@Ignotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignotus)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-realistic-is-the-following-event-having-your-testicles-stolen/713710/2 "2015-02-26T21:20:32Z")
Why would anyone prefer taking immunosuppressive drugs to a shot of testosterone once a week or so? I say it’s bullshit (well, at least the organ trafficking part). ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-realistic-is-the-following-event-having-your-testicles-stolen/713710/3 "2015-02-26T21:26:17Z")
Is there a factual answer you are seeking, or opinion on the veracity of the article? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-realistic-is-the-following-event-having-your-testicles-stolen/713710/4 "2015-02-26T21:32:31Z")
[Snopes says probably false.](http://www.snopes.com/politics/sexuality/nikolaev.asp) The fact that they blurred his face, but still used his name (a name which, mind you, produces no valid hits on IMDB, and no Google results that aren’t links to this same story) should be a dead giveaway. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-realistic-is-the-following-event-having-your-testicles-stolen/713710/5 "2015-02-26T21:55:18Z")
Since the OP is looking for opinions, let’s move this to IMHO. Thread title edited to indicate subject. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-realistic-is-the-following-event-having-your-testicles-stolen/713710/6 "2015-02-26T21:57:23Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Since the OP is looking for opinions, let’s move this to IMHO. Thread title edited to indicate subject. > > Colibri > General Questions Moderator Well, that took balls. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-realistic-is-the-following-event-having-your-testicles-stolen/713710/7 "2015-02-26T21:57:34Z")
The subject of the article seems to be losing his marbles. Nuts to that. ---
**Author:** ![DataX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@DataX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DataX)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-realistic-is-the-following-event-having-your-testicles-stolen/713710/8 "2015-02-26T22:04:26Z")
I’m not getting what the market would be for these? Do people ever NEED new testicles? I mean I know someone who lost one to cancer, but functions normally. I would assume there isn’t much of a shortage of these if they are needed for medical reasons, but hey - what do I know. You only need one - right? But headline certainly got my attention. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-realistic-is-the-following-event-having-your-testicles-stolen/713710/9 "2015-02-26T22:04:51Z")
Colibri, I sent you a PM in my continued effort to suck up to all the moderators. But I was told you had exceeded your quota for PMs and had to delete some before you could get any more. I will save the PM until such time that you have done that. So, please let me know when you have made some room so that I can send you the PM.