What happened to a man who pushed his head into an accelerator?

Accelerator is a machine that accelerates particles almost to the speed of light. It emerged in the 1930s, for research into nuclear physics, and led to the discovery of new particles, such as Higgs boson.

Russian scientist Anatoli Bugorski worked as a researcher at the Institute of High Energy Physics in the 1970s, using a Soviet accelerator called the synchrotron U-70.

On July 13, 1978, Bugor put his head in a synchrotron to check the part that did not work, when suddenly a strange sound, like "zap!", Was heard.

The safety mechanism of the accelerator leaked at the wrong moment, so that the protons of the protons at the enormous speed passed precisely through the scientist's head.

Despite the fact that he did not feel the pain, Bugorski said he saw "a lightning stronger than a thousand suns".

The bundle hit the last part of his head, passed through his brain, and walked past the left nostril.

The scientist's face soon swelled as a balloon, so he was immediately taken to the hospital, both for treatment and for study, since until then nothing similar happened to anyone.

At that time doctors believed reasonably that Bugarski would die in a few days.

The dose of radiation absorbed by the scientist's skull is measured in the heat. The air force that struck the head of the scientist was 2,000 gases at entry, and 3,000 heated exits. By comparison, the absorption of more than 5 greases meant death within 14 days.

As no one had met radiation proton beam until then, doctors prepared for the worst.

Nevertheless, Bugor survived much longer than a few days.

Moreover, he is still alive today, and has 75 years.

Around the holes that formed on Anatolia's head, the skin began to peel within the next few days.

The scientist lost his hearing in the left ear, and today he is constantly experiencing tinnitus - a feeling of sound in the ear without proper external stimulus.

The left side of the scientist's face also in some way remained "trapped in time." While on the right there are wrinkles, the other side of the face is perfectly preserved.

So far, the Bugarski has suffered six tonic-clonic attacks (contractions of the limbs, followed by their fits together with arched bend of spine for 10-30 seconds), as well as an absconding attack (fr.-pti mal, an attack characterized by rapid beginning and ending in the form of a breakdown of consciousness and the outbreak of other mental functions, with minimal motor signs). These are two types of epilepsy.

Even after an accident, the scientist managed to finish his doctorate, which is extremely impressive given that he was originally considered not to survive.

He is living with his wife and son.