Welcome to our top 10 everyday roundup of the most astonishing objects that have found their way into human bodies – and the incredible medical feats required to get them out. From innocent‑looking kitchen tools to mischievous toys, doctors have seen it all, and we’ve gathered the strangest cases for your reading pleasure.

10 Toothpick

Recently, a 70‑year‑old Australian woman kept returning to her local hospital with relentless stomach pain. After her fourth visit in April 2017, surgeons finally decided to explore the cause.

During the operation they discovered a severely inflamed segment of her colon. When they excised the damaged tissue, a tiny wooden toothpick was found embedded within. Post‑surgery, the patient recovered fully and is now back to her normal routine.

Doctors rarely link abdominal discomfort to toothpicks, yet more than half of such cases go unnoticed because patients don’t realise they’ve swallowed a sharp splinter. Party platters laden with toothpicks and alcohol often set the stage for this hidden hazard. So, the next time you’re at a gathering, think twice before reaching for that cheese‑skewered bite.

9 Sauce Sachet

For six years, a 41‑year‑old woman believed she suffered from Crohn’s disease. In reality, a plastic Heinz sauce sachet was the true culprit behind her crippling abdominal pain and bloating.

When conventional treatments failed, doctors performed a keyhole surgery. They uncovered an inflamed mass piercing her small intestine, which turned out to be two fragments of the sauce sachet. Once removed, her symptoms vanished instantly, though she maintains she never used the sachet on the day her troubles began.

Medical experts concluded this was the first recorded instance of a plastic sachet masquerading as Crohn’s disease. The case reminds us that appearances can be deceptive – even inside our guts.

8 Ballpoint Pen(s)

A Chinese man, on a drunken dare, swallowed two ballpoint pens. Astonishingly, the 11.9‑centimetre (4.7‑inch) pens remained lodged in his stomach for 36 years without causing any noticeable discomfort.

In May 2017, surgeons at a Kunshan hospital finally removed the pens. The operation was successful, and the patient walked away unharmed. Some joke that he might have been the world’s first human Etch A Sketch.

This extraordinary case highlights how even seemingly inert objects can survive untouched inside the gastrointestinal tract for decades.

7 Glass

In another Chinese incident, a man took a “body shot” too literally, ending up with a glass tumbler lodged in his rectum for two days in late 2017. He attempted a DIY removal with various tools, only to shatter the glass into fragments due to severe swelling.

Doctors were unable to extract the shards manually, so they scheduled an emergency abdominal surgery. The operation successfully retrieved the broken glass, and the patient made a full recovery without any lasting injury.

The origin of the glass remains a mystery, but the case underscores the dangers of risky party stunts and the importance of prompt medical attention.

6 Laxative Pill Bottle

In 2014, a 60‑year‑old Chinese man, frustrated by chronic constipation, forced an entire laxative‑pill bottle into his rectum, hoping the stimulant would jump‑start his bowels.

The desperate maneuver backfired. The bottle became fully lodged, prompting a hospital visit. Surgeons removed it without causing tissue damage, and the X‑ray images of the episode quickly went viral after being shared among medical staff.

The hospital later released the X‑ray publicly once the patient’s records were anonymized, turning an embarrassing moment into a cautionary tale about extreme constipation remedies.

5 Mushrooms

Early in 2017, a 50‑year‑old woman experienced severe stomach pain after swallowing a handful of uncooked mushrooms whole. Unbeknownst to her, the fungi began to sprout inside her dark, damp stomach environment.

Doctors discovered mushroom stems up to 7 centimetres (2.8 inches) long lodged in her stomach. The growth caused intense discomfort, leading her to seek surgical removal.

The operation was successful, and she recovered fully. This case illustrates how even edible fungi can become a surprising internal hazard when not properly chewed.

4 Cockroach

In early 2017, a 42‑year‑old Indian woman awoke with a tingling sensation in her right nostril, assuming it was a cold. The feeling persisted, prompting her to seek medical help after a sleepless night.

After visiting three hospitals, doctors finally performed a CT scan that revealed a “mobile foreign body.” An endoscopic examination located a live cockroach lodged at the base of her skull, nestled between her eyes and perilously close to her brain.

Using delicate forceps and suction, surgeons removed the insect after a tense 12‑hour procedure. Remarkably, the roach was still alive, sparing her from a potentially fatal infection.

3 Kinder Surprise Eggs

Damian O’Reilly, a 20‑year‑old drug smuggler, devised a risky plan: hide eight Kinder Surprise eggs packed with marijuana, matches, tobacco, and rolling papers inside his rectum, hoping to get sentenced and smuggle contraband into prison.

He deliberately crashed his car into a police cruiser to guarantee arrest. While in custody, guards noticed his suspicious behavior and placed him in a “dry cell” to monitor any expulsion of the hidden items.

Unable to endure the discomfort, O’Reilly eventually expelled the eggs himself. He was later convicted of drug trafficking and sentenced to two years, achieving his goal of incarceration but at a steep personal cost.

2 Money

In 2017, a 26‑year‑old Floridian father of a seven‑month‑old child attempted to conceal over $1,000 in drug money by stuffing it into his rectum during a routine traffic stop.

Officers detected a strong marijuana odor, searched the vehicle, and seized 197 grams of meth, rock cocaine, heroin, a scale, and a large cash bundle. When the suspect claimed the money was already surrendered, a strip search revealed the hidden stash lodged in his anus.

The discovery added another bizarre twist to an already high‑profile drug bust, highlighting the lengths some will go to evade law enforcement.

1 Toy

Paul Baxter, a postman from Croston, Lancashire, spent years believing he suffered from lung cancer after coughing up yellow fluid for over a year. Doctors had detected a mass in his lungs two decades earlier but missed the true cause.

In late 2017, a bronchoscopy revealed a tiny Playmobil traffic cone lodged deep within his lung tissue. The cone, a relic from a childhood set, had been inhaled and remained hidden for roughly 40 years.

Surgeons removed the plastic cone under local anaesthetic, and Baxter now proudly keeps it as a souvenir. He has fully recovered and lives a healthy life with his family, proving that sometimes a toy can be more dangerous than a tumor.

These ten astonishing cases remind us that everyday objects can become unexpected medical emergencies. Stay curious, stay safe, and always consider the hidden risks of the items you handle daily.

It’s rare these days to find something that truly makes you gasp, but there’s a whole category of medical oddities that does just that. The 10 craziest objects ever pulled from a human body range from everyday mishaps to bizarre biological curiosities. While many cases involve surgical slip‑ups or parasitic invasions, the sheer variety of items that have ended up inside a person is astonishing.

From stubborn cysts and crawling larvae to forgotten surgical tools and even a whole cell phone, we’ve compiled the ten most jaw‑dropping removals ever documented. Buckle up for a wild ride through the world of unexpected anatomy.

10 Cysts

Sometimes the things that get “trapped” inside us aren’t the result of a prank or a mistake; they’re natural growths like cysts. Large cysts can ooze pus and, if they linger for years, they may harden into strange, pearl‑like masses that look almost alien.

One episode of Dr. Sandra Lee’s popular series, better known as Dr. Pimple Popper, showcases her extracting decades‑old cysts from a woman’s scalp. The footage is definitely not for the faint‑hearted, but it highlights how a seemingly harmless bump can become a bizarre, brain‑like structure after long‑term growth.

Another patient, a regular viewer named Roger, developed a cyst inside his nose that managed to sprout its own blood vessels. With a dedicated blood supply, the cyst enlarged dramatically, eventually hanging over his mouth like a grotesque pendant. After years of living with the odd growth, Roger underwent surgery to excise the cyst and reconstruct his nostril, finally putting an end to his rhinophyma‑related woes.

Fans of Dr. Pimple Popper will attest that cyst removal can be oddly satisfying, proving that our bodies sometimes act like hidden oysters, secreting pearls that are far from the usual jewelry you’d expect.

9 Larvae

Yes, bugs earn a spot on this list, and the infamous botfly is a prime example. These parasitic insects lay their eggs on a host’s skin, and once the eggs hatch, the wriggling larvae set up camp under the surface, turning the body into a miniature amusement park for the unwitting victim.

Botfly larvae look fuzzy, reminiscent of a tiny bumblebee, but they’re far from cute. After burrowing beneath the skin, they create painful, pustule‑like lesions that may feel like something is moving inside. The sensation can be unsettling, to say the least.

Professional removal is a must—attempting a DIY extraction can worsen the infection. Dermatologists typically suffocate the larvae by covering the wound with tape or petroleum jelly, making the bugs easier to pull out without causing additional trauma.

Travelers to humid, tropical regions—especially Brazil—should stay vigilant, as the warm climate creates an ideal breeding ground for these unwelcome house guests.

8 It’s People

It’s not a sci‑fi plot about cannibalism; it’s a rare condition known as fetus‑in‑fetu, where an under‑developed twin forms inside the host’s abdomen. Though most of these parasitic twins never survive past birth, a handful of cases have produced fully recognizable limbs and organs.

In 2016, a 15‑year‑old boy in Malaysia was rushed to the emergency department after complaining of severe stomach pain. Imaging revealed a well‑formed parasitic twin residing inside his abdominal cavity, complete with legs, hands, and even genitalia, though the facial features were only partially developed.

Surgeons successfully removed the twin, which unfortunately could not survive outside its host. The operation underscores how a seemingly normal human can harbor another person, however malformed, within their own body.

7 Moths

Picture a moonlit porch, the soft hum of a light bulb, and a swarm of moths darting around your head. Now imagine one of those delicate insects making a misguided detour into your ear canal. While it sounds like a quirky anecdote, moths do occasionally crawl into human ears, causing discomfort and a frantic search for removal.

Although some people manage to coax the insect out with gentle shaking, medical professionals typically use warm water or a few drops of oil to coax the moth to the opening. In cases where the moth is larger, a pair of tweezers may be employed under careful supervision to avoid damaging the delicate ear structures.

6 Roundworm

When you think of parasites, tapeworms often steal the spotlight for their impressive length, but roundworms can be just as unsettling. These helminths are contracted by ingesting contaminated food or water, and they can settle in various body parts, including the mouth and lips.

One particularly chilling case involved a woman whose doctors discovered a six‑inch roundworm lodged inside her upper lip. The parasite had been feeding off the surrounding tissue, causing swelling and discomfort. Surgical extraction relieved her symptoms, but the sight of a worm protruding from a lip is enough to send shivers down anyone’s spine.

Roundworms, while smaller than their tapeworm cousins, still present a vivid reminder that not all “worms” belong in a garden; some prefer the interior of a human host.

5 Retractor

Medical mishaps can sometimes turn a routine operation into a bizarre tale of forgotten instruments. A surgical retractor—used to hold back tissue during procedures—ended up abandoned inside a patient’s chest cavity, illustrating how even seasoned surgeons can make critical oversights.

Donald Church, a man suffering from persistent, sharp chest pains, was initially told his discomfort was normal post‑operative soreness. After a month of unrelenting agony, a follow‑up X‑ray finally revealed a 12‑inch retractor lodged deep within his thorax. The discovery prompted an urgent surgical retrieval, finally alleviating his pain.

The incident serves as a stark reminder that even the most routine tools can become unintended guests if not accounted for during closure.

4 Forceps

Imagine thinking a minor accident is behind you, only to discover a pair of surgical scissors—broken in half—has been living inside you for nearly two decades. That’s exactly what happened to a Vietnamese man named Va Man Nhat, whose abdomen harbored the rogue instrument long after a road‑traffic injury.

In 2017, doctors finally uncovered the fractured forceps while treating Nhat for chronic abdominal pain. He recounted that the original surgery took place in 1998, and he was repeatedly told his lingering discomfort stemmed from an ulcer, not a forgotten surgical tool.

The revelation that a pair of scissors had been silently embedded for 19 years underscores the importance of thorough post‑operative imaging, especially when pain persists despite conventional diagnoses.

It’s a chilling reminder that the very instruments meant to heal can become the source of long‑term misery if accidentally left behind.

3 Cell Phone

A 33‑year‑old man from Kosovo made a baffling decision: he swallowed an entire Nokia mobile phone. The device sat in his stomach for four days before a team of surgeons intervened to retrieve it, fragment by fragment, without having to make a large incision.

The operation was a logistical puzzle—surgeons had to break the phone into three manageable pieces, then extract each part through a small opening, avoiding damage to surrounding organs. While the patient emerged unharmed, medical staff were left scratching their heads, wondering what prompted someone to ingest a fully functional cell phone in the first place.

Parents can take note: batteries, especially those in older phones, contain corrosive chemicals that pose severe health risks if swallowed. This incident highlights the unexpected dangers of ingesting seemingly innocuous objects.

2 Forks and Spoons

In 2009, a 52‑year‑old woman named Margaret Daalman was admitted with excruciating stomach pain. An X‑ray revealed a shocking sight: roughly 78 pieces of cutlery—forks, spoons, and even knives—had been consumed and were now lodged throughout her gastrointestinal tract.

Psychiatric evaluation linked her behavior to borderline personality disorder, which can drive compulsive eating of non‑food items, a condition known as pica. Surgeons successfully removed the metallic debris, but the case serves as a stark illustration of how mental health challenges can manifest in extreme, self‑harmful ways.

1 Butt Bottle

We’ll close this list with a truly awkward and painful episode. A 73‑year‑old farmer, accustomed to rustic living, found himself without modern plumbing. When nature called, he chose an empty glass jar—once used for maraschino cherries—to relieve himself in the field.

Unfortunately, his wooden prosthetic limb gave out, causing him to fall onto the jar. The glass container became lodged in his rectum, and the neck of the bottle snapped inside, leading to severe bleeding and an emergency hospital transfer.

Surgeons employed obstetric forceps—typically used to assist in childbirth—to carefully extract the broken bottle from his lower colon. After a tense operation, the farmer survived, though the incident left him with a vivid lesson about improvising bathroom solutions.

Bottom line: never, ever use a jar as a makeshift toilet. The consequences can be both gruesome and avoidable.

Every movie has to undergo an editing process to refine it down to something that tells a story. Mad Max: Fury Road director George Miller famously shot 480 hours of footage that his wife edited down to a 2 hour film. Not every movie has to cut so much, of course, and some edits are done to appease censors and studios rather than to just tighten up a story. That said, every so often a scene has to be removed from a film for a truly perplexing reason and it can either be to the betterment or the detriment of the final product. 

10. Tank Girl Deleted a Kangaroo Mutant Sex Scene

You may not remember the 1994 sci-fi/action/comedy Tank Girl, based on a comic book of the same name starring Lori Petty in the title role and Ice-T as a kangaroo man but it was a weird one. The comic was a true underground, punk-inspired trip of a story but the adaptation did not achieve the same aesthetic at all. The vagaries of Hollywood productions got in the way and made something still weird but less appealing to the fan base and non-fans alike. It has a cult following these days but, as is often the case, that’s code for the fact not many people like it. 

One of the big hurdles for the movie is the fact that, in the source material, Tank Girl has a sexual relationship with Ice-T’s character and including human with not-quite-human sex is always a risky play in a film. The director wanted to go all in on the comic’s absurd and overt sexuality but the film studio balked and edited the movie behind her back. That means a kangaroo man sex scene was dropped, despite the fact that the production spent a few thousand dollars to make a prosthetic kangaroo penis for the scene. 

Arguably, if anyone had read the comics, they would have known all of this stuff would be in the movie. And they probably read the script, too. Maybe just seeing it in the footage proved to be too much.

9. Disney Removed a Scene From “The Program” After Someone Died

Sports movies are usually a niche thing but every year one or two come out that seem to do well. In 1993, Disney was the parent company behind the college football movie The Program. Critics didn’t like it, but audiences seemed to appreciate it more. But storyline aside, the movie is mostly famous these days for one specific scene.

The movie, starring James Caan and Halle Berry, was a dramatic and grim look at college football. The famous scene involved one of the players laying down on a busy highway, reading a magazine right on the centerline as cars speed by him. That sounds stupid, maybe, but innocuous enough for a movie, right? Well,the problem was that kids started doing it in real life. Two teenage boys were badly injured but one ended up dying as a result of trying to recreate the scene.

Disney responded by immediately editing the scene from the film while it was still in theaters, about a month after it premiered. Later releases of the film on DVD, Blu-Ray and on streaming are all devoid of the scene as well, which has been all but stricken from existence. 

8. “The Big Bang Theory” Pilot Dropped a Scene For Syndication

Heading to the small screen, the Big Bang Theory was one of the most popular sitcoms of the 2000s and the awkward, ultra nerd characters really struck a chord with some audiences such that it lasted an impressive 12 seasons.

Despite the success, there was one scene that was dropped from the show’s pilot episode on subsequent airings of the show, despite it being available for audiences to view for a short time. The show’s creator Chuck Lorre axed a scene from that first episode in which the characters of Sheldon and Leonard find themselves at a sperm bank.

You can still find the scene online and there’s nothing intrinsically unusual about it compared to the rest of the series, at least not on the surface. But if you’re a fan of the show and hadn’t seen that scene before, it would definitely strike you as out of character for Sheldon to be in a sperm bank. The character that the show turns him into never would have gone to such a place at all, so it made sense to remove the scene after the fact. 

7. Ed O’Neil Was Edited From a Movie Because Audiences Laughed at Him

Ed O’Neill rose to fame as Al Bundy on Married… With Children, a role that clearly defined him for a good part of his career. It wasn’t until Modern Family a full 12 years later that he found another major role in film or TV. That wasn’t for lack of trying, either. Al Bundy really ruined his shot at being taken seriously as an actor, a fact which was best displayed on the cutting room floor of the movie Flight of the Intruder.

Flight of the Intruder was a 1991 action film, made at what was arguably the height of O’Neill’s fame as Al Bundy. His role in the movie wasn’t even a big one, just a quick scene he wasn’t even being credited with. But audiences in test screenings laughed when he showed up on scene because, to them, Al Bundy had just appeared out of nowhere. It was such a problem the scene had to be deleted and then reshot with a different actor. 

6. FOX Cut Scenes From “The Predator” That Featured a Sex Offender

Shane Black is not the most prolific filmmaker, but he does make a splash with his movies. Black’s first film as director was Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, and he went on to direct Iron Man 3 and The Predator, while also writing some beloved classics like The Monster Squad and Lethal Weapon. 

Black’s work on The Predator was not particularly well received critically, but the movie did receive press for reasons no one, especially FOX, the studio behind the film, wanted. Black cast an actor in the movie named Steven Wilder Striegel. Previously, Striegel had also been in Black’s Iron Man 3 and The Nice Guys. He never played a major role in the films and he was cast because he and Black were buddies in real life. He was also a sex offender.

In the movie he had a very short scene where he tried to hit on Olivia Munn’s character. It lasted just a minute or two. It was Munn herself who discovered the actor’s history and then told the studio. Striegel, as it turned out, had pleaded guilty to trying to lure a 14-year-old girl on the internet.

Black was aware of Striegel’s past, as he had been when he cast him in those other films, and claimed he was just trying to help out a friend. FOX, for their part, cut ties with Striegel immediately, and deleted his scene. 

5. Deleted Frames Make the “Raiders of the Lost Ark” Villain Look Like He Eats a Bug

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark is a hugely popular film that’s still a standout classic even today. One of the more infamous scenes in the film features the villainous Belloq, played by Paul Freeman, talking to Harrison Ford’s Jones. In the scene, a fly lands on Belloq’s lip and then seems to crawl into his mouth. You don’t see it fly out again and it seems like the character, or rather the actor, actually ate the bug.

In reality, a fly did land on Freeman’s face and director Steven Spielberg looked at it as an opportunity. A couple of frames of footage were deleted from the final scene, just enough to hide the fact that the fly flew away and instead make it look like he eats it. The sound team for the movie even included a more noticeable buzzing in the scene as well to really hammer the effect home as something of a joke on the unseemly character.

4. Several Minutes Were Cut From “Rain Man” When it Was Shown on Airplanes

In the movie Rain Man, Dustin Hoffman’s autistic character shares a wealth of random knowledge with his brother in various scenes but one of the more memorable ones includes the two of them at an airport with Hoffman rattling off statistics about airplane crashes as his brother tries to get him on a plane. 

The movie would go on to be very popular, one of Tom Cruise’s biggest hits of the 80s and, as was common for any popular movie of the time, it was shown as an in-flight movie sometimes. But no one wants to be on a plane listening to someone explain how often planes crash and kill people, so 15 airlines ended up editing the movie to remove the scene so no one on board would have to get stressed out as they watched. 

Not showing them in the airport does alter the narrative to a fairly significant degree since it explains why the characters had to drive and not fly, and the director wasn’t happy about it. A lot of context is loss and later scenes make no sense, but apparently airlines were more worried about keeping passengers docile than fully engaged in plot.

3. “Dr. Strangelove” Was Supposed to End With a Pie Fight 

Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove is considered one of the greatest satirical films ever, and is a classic of the black comedy genre. So it’s weird to imagine that there was another ending that went completely slapstick and included a pie fight.

Kubrick shot the ending scene in which everyone on set ended up covered in custard. He even had a photographer on set taking pictures which can still be found online. But the director ended up not liking the scene, feeling it was out of place in the greater picture. It was aired for test audiences right around the time of JFK’s assassination as well, and that seemed to have made the whole thing hit differently. He cut the scene, rewrote the film’s ending, and the pie scene has lived on in infamy, having been aired once in 1999.

2. LaToya Jackson’s Scene in “Bruno” was Cut When Her Brother Died

Sacha Baron Cohen is not a man known for having much tact and subtlety on camera, but we have to remember that’s mostly the characters he plays, not the man himself. Behind the scenes he clearly has a different mindset as witnessed by the scene he deleted from his 2009 movie Bruno.

Bruno is another of Cohen’s characters who, like Borat, blurs the lines between reality and fantasy. In this case, Bruno is an Austrian fashion journalist who is very openly gay and inappropriate most of the time.

There was to be a scene in the film featuring Bruno taking LaToya Jackson’s phone and getting her brother Michael’s phone number. On the day the movie was set to premiere, Michael Jackson died.

In response to the death, the studio cut the scene very quickly and never restored it to subsequent releases though it was available to watch as a special feature on the DVD release.

1. The Reason Yukon Cornelius Licks His Pickaxe Got Cut in 1965

You have probably seen the 1964 stop-motion Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer movie because they seem to have aired it literally every year since 1964 multiple times on multiple channels. It’s considered a holiday classic and features the story of the eponymous reindeer along with some friends including a fellow named Yukon Cornelius.

Since 1964, audiences have been perplexed by one aspect of the film relating to the prospector character of Cornelius. The man is constantly licking the end of his pickaxe and, in the context of the film, it makes no sense whatsoever. But that’s only because we lost the scene that explains it.

In 1965 there was apparently a write-in campaign from people who had watched the movie when it aired the previous year. They wanted more Misfit Toys. Jules Bass, one of the producers of the film, recalled that they tweaked the movie and that meant the loss of something called “The Peppermint Scene.”

It turns out, in the original broadcast, Yukon Cornelius discovers a peppermint mine. After that, he keeps licking his pickaxe because there’s peppermint on it. But with the loss of the scene he just seems like a bit of a weirdo.