Ian Bothwell: Death From Picking His Nose Too Much

63 year old Ian Bothwell died because he picked his nose so much he bled to death. The coroner, said: "There is no explanation for this death other than he died from a nose-bleed, consistent with picking his nose. I do not think for a moment he knew what he was doing was going to cause his death." He recorded a verdict of misadventure.

A pathologist concluded that Mr Ian Bothwell, who suffered from dementia brought on by alcoholism, had picked his nose so much that it had caused him to bleed to death.

His body was found by John Edwards, the manager of the Royal Court block of flats in Ladybarn near Didsbury, Manchester – where Mr. Bothwell lived alone – on 5th September. When he found him Mr. Bothwell’s nasal cavity was full of blood.

Jose Mestre : The Man With No Face

A victim of horrific facial disfigurement - known as "the man with no face" - has been given new hope by the advancement of medical science.

Jose Mestre, from Lisbon, Portugal, has been losing his face to a huge growth for the past 35 years, distorting it out of all recognition - and it's still growing. Jose has one of the most extreme facial tumours ever seen in medical history. The tumor on 51-year-old Jose's face is a collection of blood vessels that have expanded, producing a raised red area on the skin.

Jose Mestre was born with a strawberry-coloured birthmark on his upper lip. At puberty it began growing, eventually smothering his lips, nose and one of his eyes. Now it is 33cm long and weighs 3kg. But Jose's religious faith - as a Jehovah's Witness he refuses to accept a blood transfusion - has prevented him from having surgery to remove the growth. Unemployed Jose is blind in one eye as a result of the giant weeping growth that has consumed his features.



Jose's rare condition was the subject of a Discovery Channel TV documentary 'The Man With No Face', part of the 'My Shocking Story' series. It reveals how top medical experts in London have now held out hope of helping Jose, a well-known figure around the streets of Lisbon. A leading British surgeon has offered to treat Jose using ultrasound waves to coagulate the blood before the operation. This should remove the risk of heavy bleeding - satisfying his religious beliefs about blood transfusions in the process. Dr. Iain Hutchison, of St Bartholomew's in London, is confident an operation with a harmonic scalpel could make him look a lot more normal.

Discovery Channel said: "Surrounded by a loving family, it seems incredible that he has not been treated and his face was allowed to grow so big. However, through years of medical misinformation, some misdiagnosis, lack of finances, and reluctance to undergo treatment due to religious beliefs, the growth has continued to obliterate his face." My Shocking Story follows Jose on a journey through Europe to seek medical advice for one last chance to stop his face from suffocating him.

In this journey of a lifetime he travels by train, via Paris to Britain to meet the top experts in London. He goes through a series of tests, consultations, and meets other patients with a similar affliction. In London he also spends time with his sister Guida and the rest of his family, enjoys being a tourist in London, while making the biggest decision of his life.

Jose's dream is to live a long and normal life. Following the showing of the Discovery documentary he continues to adhere to his 'no blood transfusion' religious principles. But he has agreed to go back to the London hospital, when doctors hope to carry out specialist surgery to begin removing parts of his tumor, without the need for blood transfusions.

Vijay Sharma – The most flexible man

Vijay Sharma can bend his own body in the most amazing ways. Actually, Vijay has earned the nickname “Rubber Man” in his native Rajasthan in India, for performing incredible flexibility stunts. Vijay is able to wrap his legs over his head, wind his arms around his back, crawl his body through a tennis racket and even drink from a coke bottle held between his toes. The 27-year-old shop assistant says his passion for extreme flexibility tricks comes from watching Jackie Chan movies when he was a kid.

Vijay Sharma discovered his unusual talents when he began taking martial arts lessons, so he could follow in the footsteps of his idol. He started crawling into tight spaces, curling up in boxes, and before he knew it, he was earning the title of “Rubber Man” in the Limca Book of records. That’s India’s version of the Guinness Book of Records and he is now hoping to get recognized in the Guinness Book of World Records.



"It was when I was training for martial arts as a boy that I realized my body was so bendable I might be capable of setting a world record in flexibility,” Vijay recently said. The most flexible man, who admits he would do "anything for fame" has already appeared on local TV shows, but is now looking to go international with his art.

Nareepol Tree - The Amazing Woman Tree

Nareepol is an amazing tree in Thailand and is drawing attention of people from all over the world. Nareepol Tree is an amazing tree that grows fruit in the shape of women show the tree in Thailand. This is a fruit in human shape. Unbelievable just have a look. This is amazing tree named "Nareepol" in Thai. Naree means "girl/woman" and pol means plant/tree or "buah" in Malay. It means women tree. This way, it transforms into women tree. It is amazing to see a creature, which looks exactly like a woman/girl, hanging on this tree.

The fact that this woman/girl like stuff is hanging on the tree like a mango makes it more mysterious and is arousing curiosity among people all over. Nareepol tree very pretty and the Nareepol flower is sweet. But the fruit of the poor Nareepol is impossible to eat. Why? Because it a hoax!

The Nareepol tree is said to be located at a place called Petchaboon in Thailand. You can see the real tree at Petchaboon province about almost 500 kms away from Bangkok.



It is amazing tree what God create the World in many forms that amused human beings...

The most stretchable skin - Garry Turner

Harry Turner (Garry Turner) from Lincolnshire, England could spread to the abdominal skin to see 15,8 This is due to a rare disease known as syndrome Elersa- Danlosa violation connective tissue, affecting the skin, ligaments and internal organs. Collagen, strengthens skin, and is responsible for its elasticity, damaged, which, among other things, is the weakening of the skin and joints razboltannost.

He stretched the skin of his stomach to a distended length of 15.8 cm (6.25 in) on the set of Guinness World Records in Los Angeles, California, USA, on October 29, 1999.

Garry Turner has a rare medical condition called Elhers-Danlos Syndrome, a disorder of the connective tissues affecting the skin, ligaments and internal organs. With Elhers-Danlos Syndrome, the collagen that strengthens the skin and determines its elasticity becomes defective, resulting in, among other things, a loosening of the skin, and "hypermobility" of the joints. In more serious cases, it can cause the fatal collapse or rupturing of blood vessels.



Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome is a group of inherited connective tissue disorders, caused by a defect in the synthesis of collagen (a protein in connective tissue). Connective tissue helps support the skin, muscles, ligaments and organs of the body. Depending on the individual mutation, the severity of the syndrome can vary from mild to life-threatening. There is no known cure. Treatment is supportive.