19-9-2024 (NASHVILLE) In an unusual turn of events that has captured the attention of both local residents and social media users, a man in Nashville, Tennessee, has been spotted walking about the city with what appears to be a severe head injury exposing part of his brain.
The peculiar sightings began on 13 September when an X (formerly Twitter) user reported seeing a man with “literally half his head missing”. The user’s alarming description noted that the individual’s “skull and brain are visible”.
Concurrently, a post on the popular online forum Reddit’s Nashville community echoed similar concerns, sparking a flurry of responses from worried locals. Over the following days, numerous residents shared photographic and video evidence of the man, whose condition appeared to show a significant portion of his upper cranium missing, giving the unsettling impression that the rear of his head was barely intact.
This is Insane!! A man is walking around Nasville, going into Bars with no skull. They wouldn’t let him smoke at the hospital, so he checked himself out. ????#missingskull #Nashville #crazy #insane @KiddChris @SaraElyse128 #thefleshgordon pic.twitter.com/3eb94ci6bx
— Flesh Gordon (@TheFleshGordon) September 17, 2024
Remarkably, despite the apparent gravity of his injury, eyewitnesses reported that the man seemed relatively unaffected, save for a noticeable limp in his gait.
As the community’s concern mounted, an unexpected twist emerged in the narrative. On 18 September, a Reddit user claiming familiarity with the situation shared additional details. According to this source, the man had allegedly left medical care at Vanderbilt Hospital against professional advice, purportedly due to restrictions on the use of his vape pen within the hospital premises.
Dude walking around Nashville rn with his whole brain out pic.twitter.com/fvnyDBLRel
— Mackenzie Wells (@mackencw) September 13, 2024
This claim found corroboration in another comment from a user who reported a direct conversation with the injured individual. “He said he had been released from Vanderbilt Hospital just that morning, after they wouldn’t allow him to keep his vape pen,” the commenter stated.
The incident has raised questions about patient rights, medical ethics, and the challenges faced by healthcare providers in balancing patient autonomy with necessary care. It also highlights the power of social media in mobilising community concern and action in unusual circumstances.
