French Hospital Evacuated After Doctors Find Live WWI Artillery Shell in Patient's Rectum

French Hospital Evacuated After Doctors Find Live WWI Artillery Shell in Patient's Rectum


The Rangueil Accident and Emergency unit in Toulouse was evacuated after doctors found “an eight-inch-long live World War I artillery shell in…[a man’s] rectum,” according to the Daily Mail. The Daily Mail quoted “an investigating source” who indicated that the patient, a 24-year-old man, “…was in a state of extreme discomfort, having inserted a large object up his rectum.” The Daily Mail pointed out, “There was no initial explanation as to why the shell ended up in the man’s body, but local media speculated that it might have had something to do with his social life.”

Author: AWR Hawkins


Published at: 2026-02-02 21:59:57

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