Man Sticks Head in Particle Accelerator (Neatorama)

[DrewWilson]

So with all the recent news about the Large Hadron Collider, many of you may have this nagging question: what, exactly, would happen if you stick your head in the particle accelerator?

Well, actually, we know the answer to that because someone did stick his head into a particle accelerator.

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Bugorski, a 36-year-old researcher at the Institute for High Energy Physics in Protvino, was checking a piece of accelerator equipment that had malfunctioned - as had, apparently, the several safety mechanisms. Leaning over the piece of equipment, Bugorski stuck his head in the space through which the beam passes on its way from one part of the accelerator tube to the next and saw a flash brighter than a thousand suns. He felt no pain.

From what we know about radiation, about 500 to 600 rads is enough to kill a person (though we don’t know of anyone else who has been exposed to radiation in the form of a proton beam moving at about the speed of sound). The left side of his face swollen beyond recognition, Bugorski was taken to a clinic in Moscow so that doctors could observe his death over the following two to three weeks.

More... (http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/05/the-man-who-stuck-his-head-inside-a-particle-accelerator/)

What a horrible way to go.

"I graduated top of my class in physics. Know many interesting things about the universe. Have an IQ of 225. Got a Nobel Prize. Devoted my life's work to expanding the knowledge of the human race. Then, one day, I stuck my head in a particle accelerator and died."

[w31n3r]

The dividing line of his life goes down the middle of his face: the right side has aged, while the left froze 19 years ago. When he concentrates, he wrinkles only half his forehead.

i can see this replacing botox as an ever youth fix. so if paris hilton sticks her head in a particle accelerator (heh, expand on this for me), she'll look young forever? c'mon paris! you can do it!

[RACKnRAIL]

so if paris hilton sticks her head in a particle accelerator (heh, expand on this for me), she'll look young forever? c'mon paris! you can do it!

Paris needs a brain accelerator, not a particle accelerator.

[mountain_rage]

My god! He turned his skin into bolonium!

[Ashrapi]

Your head will change into a fly head, and you'll begin to pursuit young ladies..

[badcaffeine]

Interesting... 1/2 his face stopped aging?... I guess they found part of their fountain of youth. Sucks that it nearly kills people or deforms you! And, as someone that has been in industrial buildings, factories, and the military, they had to have (even back in 1978) some sort of safety coloring (yellow and black diag. stripes?) that would tell you NOT TO CROSS IT! Even if he WERE needing to get in there to work on it, there were probably a dozen safeties that either all failed or were ignored.

Mr. Bugorski is one of the 1978 winners of the Darwin award!

[mountain_rage]

Safety with scientific equipment in much more minimalist than standard equipment. They expect the scientists to know wtf they are doing. Sadly everyone is susceptible to brain farts.

Here is a real psycho from the early days of nuclear research. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Slotin

[ctarlet]

The true two-face. He should sue for rights LOL. *justkidding*.

[Torrents4all]

He was probably trying to gain super powers. :icon_pira

[Mels_Smileys45]

I didn't think they let people even in the tunnel while the thing was on as just being there can kill you. Maybe he had his head in one of those super coolled relay station thingies and it fired up...or someone just wanted to see what would happen to his melon.

[wapazoid]

Leaning over the piece of equipment, Bugorski stuck his head in the space through which the beam passes on its way from one part of the accelerator tube to the next and saw a flash brighter than a thousand suns. He felt no pain. The left side of his face swollen beyond recognition, Bugorski was taken to a clinic in Moscow so that doctors could observe his death over the following two to three weeks.

Visualizing this made me laugh (minus the part about him dying). But I feel bad now.


Sort of.

I think he really was trying to gain super powers. :bom:

[A_mber]

The true two-face. He should sue for rights LOL. *justkidding*.

you are such a dork, and that made me laugh a hella lot

[thelastfreeman]

At least he didn't stick his piece into it.

[mfgbypooter]

Now he knows what it must be like to stick your head up in God's ass.

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[Torrents4all]

At least he didn't stick his piece into it.

Might have gotten bigger if he did. ;)

[Signa]

I didn't think they let people even in the tunnel while the thing was on as just being there can kill you.

That's the part that has got me confused. why was he working on it while it was on? Or is this one of those "My gun didn't fire, so I'll look down the barrel and try again" instances?

[walkerofdoom]

moving at about the speed of sound).
Actually it's about the speed of light, 99.9% of the speed of light or something like that, anyway at least it did have an interesting effect, what with intelligent people being scared to shit by the fact that the Large Hadron Collider could kill us all with strange matter and big-bang-like effects entirely probable (damn the curiousity of scientists). I personally think we should just shut the fucking thing down before doomsday comes.
I would have expected instant death to be more likely but science is weird all the time if you look for it.
On a side note Large Hadron Collider can be easily misspelled as Large Hardon Collider, just something to amuse oneself about.
Cheers :drunken_s :icon_salu

[mountain_rage]

I'd like to note, that as far as my internet research has revealed, the man is still alive and kicking. Wikipedia has no decease date in his entry, and further reveals current details about his life.

n 1996, he applied for disabled status, to receive his free epilepsy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epilepsy) medication. Bugorski showed interest in making himself available for study to Western (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_world) researchers, but couldn't afford to leave Protvino (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protvino) and go west.[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoli_Bugorski#cite_note-wired_future_ruins-0) Bugorski is married to Vera Nikolaevna, and they have a son, Peter.[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoli_Bugorski#cite_note-gd-info_km_ru_personal-1)


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoli_Bugorski

[thelastfreeman]

Might have gotten bigger if he did. ;)

The radiation turns his penis into a massive green hulk when he gets aroused. So when he gets himself into a sticky situation he can say.. you're making me horny.. you wouldn't like me when I'm horny..

[mountain_rage]

The radiation turns his penis into a massive green hulk when he gets aroused. So when he gets himself into a sticky situation he can say.. you're making me horny.. you wouldn't like me when I'm horny..

So would that be this kind of behavior? (http://video.google.ca/videosearch?q=dog%20humping%20leg&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=N&tab=wv#q=big%20dog%20humping%20leg&emb=0)

[thelastfreeman]

Yeah except it destroy everything with each thrust. Only pure concrete or hardened steel can satiate his lust. And when he comes it fires like a massive gooey buckshot.

[Joey P.]

I think the question of the size of his manhood shouldn't be in question... just the amount of common sense that he lacked!

[thelastfreeman]

Sounds like the talk of someone who would stick his manhood into a particle accelerator to me.

[Mels_Smileys45]

Hey, Id dip my BALLS in it!

http://nerdapproved.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/stress-balls-copy.jpg

[fer007]

Cool! But this is "news" from 1978!

According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoli_Bugorski) he remains alive and well these days. He's married and has one son, Peter.