How 1 Mistake Got a Pencil Stuck in a Girl's Head for 55 Years

A woman ended up having to live with a pencil in her head for 55 years- how did the pencil get in there, and why wasn’t it removed for such a long time, even though her health suffered from it being there? Let’s get into it!
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[@LeSteveLST]

i could've died happily knowing that there is no way that a pencil can get stuck inside of your brain for the next 55 years 😭

[@ZphyZphyer]

Same

[@trevorwilliams1783]

write it down... XD

[@evantambolang3052]

Unless you're Homer Simpson, although in his case it was crayon.

[@samuraiboi2735]

At least that pencil would give your brain to write down more personnel issues on how was your day like

[@SummerTheGlaceon]

@@evantambolang3052I remember that episode lol

[@Cosmic_Cabbage]

How tf does that even happen 😭

[@slipperywhale7089]

Exactly what I was thinking lmao

[@Vitch_senpai]

A literal Pencil mate 😭

[@apollo_mystic8844]

fr

[@Frostism]

HOW, IS IT ONE OF THOSE FULLY SHARPENED ONES??

[@DELETLO]

Your head is not a pencil sharpener.

[@Craxin01]

My grandfather for the vast majority of his life had buckshot embedded in his right foot. He got shot at 14 and died at 91, so that was 77 years. It was really bad because he was allergic to the painkillers they had available then, so spent a summer screaming in pain. They also had to replace on the of the bones in his foot with a titanium pin.

[@mandiblackwell4668]

Oh God I wonder if he has a sulfate allergy, that was in ALL the pain killers for a while. Being injected with morphine sulfate with an allergy is scary and painful, but at always best to do around medical peeps. I'm guessing we both got lucky it wasn't given out in the field. Also be aware this stuff can be familial, I prolly get the allergy from my mom. Oh I also prolly still have gravel from a bicycling accident when I was 11. If I live to be old I'll request they investigate and find out.

[@strawberri_.swxrlzz]

rip your grandfather :(

[@random_person618]

This is the opposite of decreasing my phobia of death 💀 Sorry for your loss 😔

[@G0RSHK0V]

At least he lived 91 years, that's on it's own is very impressive

[@wish_ihad_ramen]

At least not like a real story I've read it's from a guy called Malcolm where his bro had parts of bullets on his brain and it was Malcolm's fault a bit bc he accidentally shot him

[@CoreyCantwell-jv4be]

Just a heads up: "dislodged" means removed, or unstuck. "Lodged" means stuck.

[@Shixaal]

He was using the words wrong, and it made me very confused.

[@brianstraight9308]

"Dis" the latin prefix expressing negation ..

[@phaedrapage4217]

@@criticalevent that was not the only time he said it though, there were at least a couple times he said dislodged but meant lodged.

[@koriw1701]

That drove me crazy too!

[@shhinysilver1720]

Is heads up a pun here?

[@Grizzdrop]

I fell and nearly got a sharp pencil in my face/eye. The close call still haunts me even though it was 30 some years ago

[@SinanRawther]

ah god like did it peirce through??

[@MbitaChizi]

Brew is my inspiration my parents said if I get 10k followers They'd buy me a mic for recording..begging u guys, literally begging

[@Grizzdrop]

@@SinanRawther no but it was so close that I know how lucky I got.

[@wil-fri]

I shot a Nerf gun directly to my eye, thanks it was the smallest one

[@charbbigonee]

reminds me of how my first grade teacher always told us to avoid walking/running while eating lollipops so we don't trip and get them jammed in our throats

[@remingtonryder]

It's not just pencils you have to worry about. A relative of mine was playing with knitting needles when they were younger and, one freak accident later, got one lodged in their brain. This would have been probably sixty years ago.

[@cynthiaholland13]

Did they survive?

[@remingtonryder]

@@cynthiaholland13 Yes, they made a full recovery.

[@JessicaNevesLago]

This fear is already unlocked in me, try another 😂 I always say "DON'T RUN/WALK WITH DANGEROUS THINGS IN YOUR HAND" my parents and friends think I'm paranoid... This video confirms my fear and why I have it

[@Defahn]

Show this video to them

[@koriw1701]

I don't know how these medical facts could have been reported so incorrectly. The right temporal lobe of the brain is responsible for short-term memory and non-verbal memory. The speech centre is located in the *left temporal lobe* in a position called 'Broca's Area.'

[@fandenovelas777]

That seems so... but nowdays researchs have proof that Broca Area... doesn't work as it seemed

[@balls7828]

🤓

[@101Volts]

@@balls7828 Why do you post this?

[@tempuraaccura]

"Hey, can I borrow a pencil?" Margret: Sure *pulls a pencil out of her head*

[@MuichiroTokito301]

Lol

[@pavelcapote1255]

Nvm you can keep it 😂

[@Documents_Of_Carnage]

"I think I'm just gonna ask the teacher for one..."

[@giovanitellez3514]

😳

[@arifshahabuddin8888]

It's highly unlikely that the pencil "barely" missed the aorta. The ascending aorta leaves the heart's left ventricle, descends into the thorax (thoracic aorta) and then into the abdomen (abdominal aorta). Most likely, you meant that the pencil barely missed the internal carotid artery (a branch of the carotid artery which is a branch of the aorta) or one of its branches which transverses the brain or even the external carotid artery or its branches. All such lacerations are potentially critical.

[@rackel8195]

I was gonna say, isn't the aorta in the heart?😅

[@koolkittykat04]

I was gonna say that too! Like, the aorta doesn’t go into your head…

[@inactivechannel3004]

Yeah, i knew something was off when they mentioned the aorta

[@anthonykarnes6804]

Respect

[@JohnCarter-qv8qo]

I was super confused, Im not that smart. Yet even I knew this. Such a careless mistake.

[@allisonmccune9556]

My ex launched a pencil in the lunchroom back in the 90’s and it ended up into a teacher’s eye. It blinded her. They never found out it was him who did it. He feels horrible about it. I asked him if he thought contacting her to apologize would help him. I personally think it would help his conscience. He has a ton of nightmares, almost nightly.

[@F_L_U_X]

Aww. Your poor ex... How dare her blindness cause him guilt!

[@shivamkanichhe8839]

@@F_L_U_X Are you saying that in a sarcastic way because it did blind her

[@TheGuruStud]

@@shivamkanichhe8839 they're saying he deserves the stress

[@F_L_U_X]

@@shivamkanichhe8839 yes

[@UmatsuObossa]

He shoukd apologize even if it doesn't help him. SHE deserves his apology.

[@curbyourshi1056]

If you ever end up with something in your chest NEVER pull it out yourself.

[@blacklabel130]

must be a reflex of incomfort, but yea you are right the complication bleeding right after and dying of blood loss isnt something everyone think about

[@NANAbingbangboom]

yeah xenomorphs will find there way out

[@rewandemontay]

Especially if a machette is occupying your lungs.

[@kirkmorrison6131]

The same with the leg or arm it can cause you to bleed out

[@RandiJo69]

Just ask Steve Irwin :(

[@F_L_U_X]

I remember hearing a story on the radio like 20 years ago about a kid being excited on his birthday and jumping on to his bed and getting a pencil through the heart.

[@avixs1543]

I could have lived a happy life not knowing this information

[@mandiblackwell4668]

When I was like 20 I went to jump on a bed and my bf at the time turned around with pillows and I leapt into his elbow instead. Gave me a black eye, also made me a lot more cautious of jumping on things.

[@DragonOfTheMortalKombat]

OK I don't expect that kid to survive, thanks for this delicious and definitely not 'sends shivers down you spine' info Couldn't have lived my life without it.

[@F_L_U_X]

@@DragonOfTheMortalKombat Welcome

[@drakeleon3691]

@@DragonOfTheMortalKombathe actually lived

[@serioushex3893]

yeah. never, ever, ever pull something out that is lodged into you if you get into an accident. especially in the head. it's acting like a plug, and if you yank it out, you're going to start bleeding like crazy. let the hospital do that so they can take care of it right. it's way, way too risky otherwise.

[@twocvbloke]

When you think about it, the pencil is a lethal weapon, in the right (or wrong) hands, you can effectively write someone out of existence with a deft swing at the right body part...

[@halisterfernando9160]

John Wick knows how to use it :D

[@doctortwilight]

I'm sure there's gonna be a lot of people talking about the Simpsons episode HOMR, where it's discovered that Homer has had a crayon lodged in his brain all this time.

[@3DJapan]

On running with scissors: In my high school art class we used X-Acto knives but we weren't allowed to walk anywhere with them. My teacher (who was a cool hippy) said one previous student was just casually walking with it in her hand, swinging her arms, when it went right into her leg but it was so sharp she didn't even feel it and just kept walking until someone said she was bleeding all over.

[@superioropinion6421]

New fear unlocked

[@kenner7990]

Lolll😂😂

[@mm-cc7fj]

Pencilphobia

[@UltraCenterHQ]

​@@_moonlumenI feel like that would be a lot worse

[@exxiethewriter3567]

I always took the whole 'don't run with scissors' thing seriously. Probably helped that my dad always accompanied it with the story of a girl he knew who did and lost her vision.

[@KhoiruunisaRF]

I have heard about people who have bullets or nails stuck inside their heads, yet I didn't know this one. I feel excruciating pain from stress while watching this 😬 It's amazing though, seeing Margret even able to find goodness in life despite all the pain, unbelievable story! 👏👏👏

[@Baiano29]

There is literally the plot of a Simpson's episode.

[@johnmike121]

I like how it shows the bullet with it's casing inside the brain

[@shhinysilver1720]

Must’ve thrown it like a dart

[@Tylermattrazzo]

We need people to stand up for the unfortunate, imagine getting shot in the head, barely recovering, still having the bullet inside your noggin, and your allowed to go back to work like everythings normal and your just living a full life.

[@philmorehead6951]

One of my favorite KZbinrs! Thanks for making this great content.

[@tabby73]

How did she not end up with fatal brain infections?

[@UmatsuObossa]

Antibiotics

[@MicroDogland]

@@UmatsuObossa the metals could cause a mass array of problems

[@UmatsuObossa]

@@MicroDogland The only metal in a pencil is a bit of aluminum around tge eraser, which some pencils don't even have. Aluminum d Isn't extremely harmful and that end wasn't in her brain.

[@noaharkadedelgado]

@@UmatsuObossawhat about the led

[@UmatsuObossa]

@@noaharkadedelgado graphite isn't metal.

[@breenseaturtlegaming9990]

I wish they brought back the animations of brew and some of the other characters

[@hotmintchoco]

this is the stuff from the likeness of Final Destination but with a somewhat happy ending. also, imagine 55 years with a pencil stuck in your head. insanity.

[@ihadastrokereadingthis]

imagine going to the doctors and starting the conversation with ‘…yeah so 55 years ago a pencil got stuck in my head-‘

[@LukeLane1984]

I have also lived my entire life with something stuck in my body. A spooky skeleton man.

[@soumilghosh5156]

Same here

[@thegodhoward8037]

This lady is built different to have lived such a beautiful life

[@ein1742]

Brew is like the cool policeman uncle who tells you stories from his job

[@becca53444]

As someone with chronic migraines, I cannot even imagine the pain that would come from having a pencil lodged through my head 😖

[@B1argB1arg]

The only one who could survive John Wick’s pencil attack

[@MadsenTheDane]

I remember that i accidentally stabbed myself with a pencil when i was a kid in school, i was balancing on my chair back and fourth like we all did back then and thought it would be funny to see if my pencil could support me so i put it between me and the table edge, then my chair fell forward and pushed it in (Not very much) but i had some graphite stuck under my skin for many years until it was impossible to see it anymore ahah

[@susanmiller4159]

Same thing with my knee. I forget how it got stuck in there but there it stayed for years. Finally disappeared. Was just gone one day.

[@wil-fri]

I got a small piece stuck at my hand, I got it out very recently

[@Karter_0]

Took; "I just have a pencil on my mind" to a whole new level.

[@onoybeuh]

what tf does that even mean

[@Karter_0]

@@onoybeuh When something is on someone's mind means they're thinking about it, this brought it to the next level implying that something terrible legitimately happened. Such as this video talking about the pencil.

[@onoybeuh]

@@Karter_0 I know that but nobody says "I have a pencil on my mind"

[@Karter_0]

@@onoybeuh I'm talking about the possible scenarios when people do. or they just think of it.

[@thegreatajar7818]

@@onoybeuh thats a joke.

[@machinegunangel]

This reminds me of how they found a crayon in Homer Simpson’s brain, and when they removed it , he got smart.

[@Dominique_LaBorde]

Woah super new!! What's up brew! I love your videos! I'm never this early to one!

[@yven803]

I was in a car crash while in my bicycle had multiple punctures and cuts from broken glass. After treatment I had headaches for days then one day I felt something in my hair. It was a bloody piece of glass I yanked out from my head. All the pain went away glad I found it before it got worse.

[@sophierobinson2738]

My father combed bits of flak out of his hair years after WWII. They had embedded in his skull, and worked their way out over the years.

[@doll9340]

Please don't ever pull things out of your body! Go see a doctor!

[@douglasfoley2060]

With accidents like that, who needs John Wick? Lolz

[@dogeyy]

That pencil must have been so uncomfortable I hope the pencil is okay

[@nezuko8432]

Yeah

[@poka26ev2]

They say “a short pencil is better than a long memory”. myth busted

[@stevelansfordsaveukraine8751]

yeah, both her & the pencil have some ptsd now.

[@sobiah11]

This is what I wait for, Brew’s updates

[@DARLINGNEBULA]

THIS is what I like to see, straight to the story, no bs. good asf video

[@TheZapdos]

And this is why I don't walk with any item

[@2k7u]

pov: the pencil is sitting vertically on the ground, completely stable, waiting for someone to commit the mistake, or rather, misstep.

[@wiskeeamazingdancer4964]

good thing it missed the aorta, maybe they meant carotid?😂

[@johnsonm.c6084]

She just pulled a Homer simpson😂😂😂

[@johnsonm.c6084]

@@elbboc i forgor

[@Ducky69247]

Am I confused or does dislodged now mean lodged? Because you use them both to mean the same thing several times, switching back and forth between the two terms throughout the video.

[@Ducky69247]

@@matirion that's not it

[@KF-zb6gi]

@@matirion how confusing

[@CoreyCantwell-jv4be]

@@KF-zb6gi it's not that confusing, @matirion is just wrong. The video also uses the wrong word several times, while also using the right word a bunch more times. You know the difference, you can tell by context which word is intended. The fact that such a weird mistake was made is the most confusing thing.

[@thescratchguy428]

Your content keep improving

[@Sir.CringeALot]

Bro really took "brainstorm" to another level, happy she's ok tho.

[@Audiomaker49]

Getting a pencil stuck inside your head for 55 years is crazy 💀

[@Craxin01]

The only times I had foreign objects imbedded in my body was surgical pins to correct broken bones that were later removed. One two in my right index finger and two in my left metacarpal and carpal of my pinky.

[@kenshij-em4ip]

She's lucky af. Its gotta be one in a million rate of survival

[@redshirt49]

I feel like we haven't had Grill, Chill and Quiz on the show for a while. Bring them back!

[@l3176l]

Reminds of a day in high school where I fell asleep, sitting up, head propped up on my hand. The issue is I was still holding a *very* sharp pencil and was awoken when I jabbed myself in the neck. Everyone got a laugh when I jumped out of my seat suddenly, and fortunately that was all. TLDR; Don’t sleep holding sharp objects.

[@Blahaj964]

Did you have to go to the hospital

[@seashellcatgirl2312]

Dang

[@thedoruk6324]

Seems like a Fast track | hastened *Lobotomy* tbh. Something on a much larger scale happened to an american rail road worker too!

[@allisonmccune9556]

Really?!😮 Can you please explain? You have peeked my curiosity!

[@afrog2666]

"accidentally got a pencil in her brain" Well yeah it wouldn`t be deliberate would it 🤨

[@FungusAmongus983]

55 YEARS?!

[@nickolaswilcox425]

fairly certain i have a piece of pencil lead stuck in my hand, but at this point its been so long i only have vague memory of the incident, although the dark mark under the skin of my palm certainly supports the idea

[@kirkmorrison6131]

I have one in my hand from whe 8:20 re a bully, stabbed me back in 1963:or 64. It is 8:20 barely visible today but it bothers me if I get pressure on just the right spot.

[@zafarsyed6437]

My dad has a scar and about 3mm of graphite just under his jaw, since 1955. It's always been a very obvious scar, but moreso since he grew a beard. But the story of how he got the scar, embedded graphite is what makes me freak out when I see kids playing or running with a pencil in their hand.

[@katrinascarlet5637]

I've had a piece of graphite stuck in my foot for a decade. All because my school only allowed mesh backpacks. I'd stepped on my bag by accident and the pencil stuck me and the tip stayed in there.

[@jomartcanlas6917]

I thought it was John Wick who put the pencil 😂

[@steveolotu52]

She apparently went into a bar with John Wick. "With a facken pencil! Who does that?"

[@user-yu3nq7hk2f]

The fact that her brain was okay… wow!

[@grumpykitten4890]

I wonder if there was any risk of splinters from the pencil or if they were too small to worry about.

[@kuroi-higanbana]

The pencil she had in her brain was made out of slate and not wood. It's not much better, but I guess it is less likely that splinters will occur

[@michealadebz]

I swear idk how y’all are always finding the most out of pocket stories🗿

[@sohagaming1824]

I am 13 right now but I remember when I was seven, I fell to the ground where there were shattered glass pieces. A big piece of glass went inside my right knee but I didn't show any emotion. I think that piece of glass is still stuck in my right knee to this day and there's also a scar left of it. I don't really feel pain there so I don't know if I should get it checked or not.

[@doll9340]

Definitely get checked

[@GaymerJenn]

Wow, the Simpsons really do predict everything.

[@suryakamalnd9888]

She got attached with the pencil 🤣

[@TheLegendPuzz]

I love your videos btw

[@slugdoc1633]

moral of the story: never run holding a pencil, because it can end up inside ur brain

[@joshjosh6714]

Of course it's going to miss the AORTA. That's in the chest and abdomen

[@jaswku61618]

I literally wrote the same thing- and thought I was the only one who caught that!!!!

[@joshjosh6714]

@@jaswku61618 right? there must be something very wrong if her aorta reacher her brain

[@alwanrosyidi3753]

If you are tempted to do bad thing, remember the guilt will punish you forever

[@oryoucancallme.comment]

This was Truly terrifying

[@MyMelo3]

Looks like I’ll never run with a pencil ever again

[@xnarixumyt6283]

I don’t really get why they didn’t take out the pencil sooner. Just doesn’t make much sense to me.

[@Frostism]

Probably internal bleeding.

[@swapnilmankame]

Brain Surgery wasn't that advanced 55 years ago

[@niaram]

in the video it explains that surgery wasn’t that advanced yet, there was a huge risk of death

[@mayshahasnat4543]

I thought our skull is strong enough to prevent any outer objects from harming our brain 😭

[@doll9340]

Depends on the force

[@Y.C.D.M4321]

My brain refuses to work 🥲

[@CrimsonA1]

So that one Simpsons episode about Homer having a crayon in his brain was based on real-life events??? Reality is stranger than fiction.

[@SwordMaps]

Few days ago, I was on the concrete and I fell down headfirst and my left part of my head was scraped, a dud on my left hand, and two scrapes on my knees. Two scrapes were one by my left ear, and one under my eye. I picked myself up and brought myself home. A few days later(two-three days ago), I fell again by some thorn weeds. My right leg was bleeding, but now there is no effect. 5 days ago, my head was completely recovered.

[@FungusAmongus983]

Way to end the video! Got me ready to rewatch the AirPod episode haha

[@stapuft]

"bullet dislodged in his skull" no, "lodged" when something is stuck it is "lodged" when that stuck thing gets REMOVED THEN it has become "dislodged"

[@stephaniesimons2726]

"hey do you have a pencil I can borrow" "Oh yeah totally. New or vintage?"

[@bluflavouredpudding]

I have a pencil tip in my chest from a similar accident I was lucky mine was just the tip, the placement was really dangerous

[@JadeCaro]

As a kid I actually did listen and never ran with anything sharp in my hands because I understood how it could be dangerous

[@slcRN1971]

Decades ago (before I met him) my military hospital Corpsman husband, had a USMC young man - - stagger into the barracks with a knife in his chest! He shouted to others (who were about to pull the knife out) ‘Leave the knife in’‼️ He stabilized that young man, while the ambulance was on its way. The USN surgical doctor who operated on that man, later personally commended my husband because if that knife had been pulled out - - death would have happened rather quickly.

[@Rose_Butterfly98]

Nobody has actually told me to not run with scissors down a hallway.

[@JamesTDG]

I wonder if she got to keep the part as a memento or if they classified it as medical waste.

[@zodi02]

Best video so far

[@odysseasandroutsos1821]

My great-grandfather fought in the Greco-Italian war and in the Greek civil war. He got wounded by a bullet twice, the first wound was at his leg and the second one, I think, at the shoulder. He lived the rest of his life with these bullets in his body

[@jaswku61618]

Ok I may be loosing it- but in the video it said “luckily the pencil had missed the aorta” - um- Well yeah- the aorta is in your chest, right??? So given that the pencil pierced into the right side of her face, it would clearly be no where near the Aorta, right? Or am I missing something???

[@carl11547]

Fortunately, the pencil missed the kneecap!

[@KateSannicksLerner]

Lodged, not dislodged... Still a very interesting story, so thanks!

[@FronteirWolf]

I once had a stone in my knee which couldn't be removed at the doctors as it was too deep. The decision was made to leave it in my knee and wait for it to work it's way out of my body, which it did. But for a while I had a stone in my knee.

[@random_person618]

Imagine if the pencil was sharper than it already was.

[@KazooieX1]

how did that cat scan not rip the pencil right out of her brain? arent the eraser holders at the end super magnetic? especially on old pencils

[@krzysztofczarnecki8238]

It's the MRI that has intense magnetic field, CAT scan just takes a multitude of X-ray images from all angles using a rapidly spinning x-ray tube and detector assembly, and reconstructs a 3D image out of that.

[@avixs1543]

Yeah MRI is the one to worry about

[@WhimsicalLittledawg]

Me when I "accidentally" get an entire pencil stuck in my skull of tosis.

[@acidcosti19]

Oh, God I feel very bad for this girl

[@justinradabaugh0207]

Real life Homer Simpson

[@stylesrj]

That's why when running with sharp objects, you point them downwards. That way you run even faster and if you trip over, you instead stab your leg instead of your eye.

[@starrywizdom]

Ok, I guess in a weird, sick way, my overly vivid & gruesome imagination actually saved me here. Having been told by adults that running with a sharp object in my hand might result in my tripping or running into something & accidentally stabbing the sharp object deep into my head somewhere, I couldn't stop thinking of scissors imbedded point first in my cheek & pencils stabbing me in the eyes. That kept me from running with sharp objects, & I never ended up hurting myself that way... As a child, my sister was jumping with a sharp stick in her hand & ended up in the ER. Fortunately, the stick just caused a deep cut about an inch below her eye & didn't get lodged in her head, so stitches took care of it. My Dad had longish hair in the 70's & ended up with a drill bit drilled a tiny way into his forehead when his forelock caught in the mechanism while he was working on some shelves & his hair wrapping around the bit pulled the drill against him before he could shut it off. Again, trip to the ER, but also again, nothing ended up lodged in his head. Maybe my family are just lucky? Edit: it occurs to me that between my sister & my dad, I was pretty familiar with the ER waiting room growing up. Maybe that's where I got my overly vivid & gruesome imagination? Just a thought...

[@ellugerdelacruz2555]

Dear Brew, GREAT VIDEO. I've never fainted so much in my life! 😂😅 But for the love of God, please differentiate between the word "dislodged" and "lodged". This oversight on your behalf is perhaps the most baffling thing about this video. Aside from that, you've done excellent as always.❤ Thanks.

[@archeewaters]

this was very horrifying.