What if you put your head in a particle accelerator?

On 13 July 1978, Bugorski was checking a malfunctioning piece of equipment when the safety mechanisms failed. Bugorski was leaning over the equipment when he stuck his head in the path of the 76 GeV proton beam. Reportedly, he saw a flash "brighter than a thousand suns" but did not feel any pain. This is what happened next
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[@kylehill]

Your monthly dose of calmly narrated tragedy. Thanks for watching.

[@matty42087]

These videos are my favorite.

[@alecdickens1042]

Thank you for making and narrating this presentation.

[@tcayzer]

Thank you for sharing this story

[@DreadyDot]

Loved it! Please do more!

[@captainloopy8919]

I love these videos

[@scottmeredith3359]

I find it kind of hilarious that you could just open a door into a wildly dangerous science experiment like “whoops this isn’t the bathroom”

[@styrofoam4637]

soviet union safety 😂 i’m from a post ussr country and we didn’t even need to legally wear seatbelts while driving until like 2006. even for children. safety barely existed in that part of the world lmao

[@Inv1ns1bl]

It was explained a few different things went wrong that led to him being able to access the area.

[@Ammdar]

​@@styrofoam4637Yeah I was similarly confused until they said the name of the site... then I was like oh that makes sense lol.

[@thomasgeorge4384]

That kinda safety record is how we got the RBMK reactor.

[@emptywindexbottle97]

That's the Soviet union for you

[@josephfaria6617]

The only man to ever wrap his head around particle physics.

[@Master_vp101]

LMAOOOOOOO

[@Master_vp101]

Underrated comment

[@theluckyproject8044]

WHY IS THIS NOT THE TOP COMMENT GOD DAMMIT

[@herrrmike]

He couldn't wrap his head around it, though. It went in one ear and out the other.

[@thomasblack9463]

Best goddamn reply ever written

[@Wired_User]

His reaction to the accident-just going home for the day and not telling anybody-is so Russian of him.

[@christinamann3640]

Hard for some of us wrap our heads around. Did he fear losing his job? Or looking weak?

[@mehukattti]

1000 suns... not great, not terrible 🤔

[@Melody_Raventress]

​@@christinamann3640He wrapped his head around it just fine.😅

[@Oyabu...]

1000 suns has to be quite a metaphor right? I mean demon core blinded the guy if I am not wrong but this guy didn't get blind right? Or did he or is it because of radiation

[@testingtesting4984]

In ussr noone cared about a human life, so he would not have gotten adequate help anyways. Check what happened to Chernobyl firefighters

[@lukeskinwalker9335]

This year is a momentous occasion for me. It is the 49th year in a row that I have not stuck my head in a proton accelerator. I'm really hoping to keep that streak alive. I'm working towards that goal every day.

[@spit_soup]

good for you friend, keep it up

[@westdekota5935]

i know it's a difficult journey but you're doing amazing! keep it up🫶🫶

[@RozWBrazel]

I support your journey

[@Jagh-uy2nc]

Happy very late birthday 😂

[@user-uo4ro8jo4i]

Ugh! You managed 49 years? I only managed 35, now i have to restart it from 0.

[@oceanman_8370]

"I shouldn't lock the door. It's not like anything bad will happen" -A very wrong scientist

[@billbadson7598]

Goes to show, EVERYONE is capable of being a complete dumbass, even a genius.

[@Typi]

His Hypothosis was proven incorrect.

[@env0x]

Or, he knew what was going to happen and left the door unlocked intentionally. For the sake of science!

[@juliomb1]

Said the intern.

[@dustinmichel7608]

This is like a Russian scientist Motto

[@thearsonpotato3081]

Has anyone noticed there is a 100% survival rate of sticking your head in a proton accelerator because the only person to do it survived...

[@mr.hanger]

And no one likes to come in second, so why chance it?

[@Azy196]

@@mr.hanger false. First is the worst, second is the best. Boom.

[@alexv5581]

That's not how statistics and probability works Lol

[@scriptedjava265]

@@alexv5581 it’s how statistics work

[@DR3WTUBE]

Facts.

[@marblight2068]

“I’m being tested. The human capacity for survival is being tested.” That’s such a heartbreaking thing to hear from someone going through something like this

[@Colorme_happy]

Your pic and your compassion says it all. 🕊️🙋🏻‍♀️👍🇨🇦

[@FlyWithMe_666]

My head getting randomly stuck in a particle accelerator has actually been one of my greatest fears since I was a child.

[@kenmohler4081]

Yeah, I’ve got that one in the basement. It wouldn’t be so bad, but sometimes I forget to turn it off. When the dog comes upstairs with all of her hair standing on end, I will remember to turn it off.

[@Pahricida]

And I was scared of quicksand for some reason..

[@demonflowerchild]

​@Pahricida we all were back in the day

[@deborahgonzalezknight168]

Me too.

[@ForIornWatchman]

@@Pahricidaquicksand and black holes

[@PaulHoleybatch]

"Your brain doesn't have enough stopping power" sounds like a sick burn.

[@brandonbarrett5343]

NOICE

[@bpouelas]

“I bet MY brain has enough stopping power!” “... yeah, guess you’re just that dense.”

[@LazyLoonz]

@@bpouelas sounds like a complement

[@xenosuki]

Radiation through your head sounds like a sick burn.

[@nickfifteen]

@@xenosuki sounds like? IT IS.

[@michaelclark2097]

So, he was a victim of a workplace accident, kept working, logged his work and left. Dude deserves the employee of the millennium award.

[@jq7323]

A lot of people do. But for the wrong reasons (workplace injury results in drug test)

[@Bookish1995]

This is just the reality of many poor workplace environments, you're very fortunate to be unaware of this.

[@Ese1Pac]

I did that and when my supervisor found out I got in so much trouble.

[@haewien]

Only just a lethal dose of radiation, not something serious like his leg chopped off by a machine, or something similar. Just a particle beam which went through his skull. Nothing mention worthy.

[@yourseatatthetable]

He was probably worried about getting fired. You know, some corporations will do that to an employee that reports an injury on the job.

[@RyanSoltani]

What continues to amaze me is that after all this time, Bugorski is still alive to this day! He outlived one of the most powerful particle accelerators in the world! What a legend

[@alfatejpblind6498]

Big shoutout to Angelina Buskova too

[@adilsongoliveira]

That's why failsafe maesures take the approach of fail by default. The correct procedure with the light bulb should be safe if ON, not OFF. That would prevent access if the bulb or the circuits connected to it fail.

[@Colorme_happy]

There you go being all logical. 😳Wuh? 👍

[@nickllama5296]

Here's a life tip, kids: If you have doubts about something, walk away. Don't do it. Don't go in the creepy cellar. Don't grab that weird thing. Don't LICK that weird thing. Don't answer that phone call. Don't talk to that strange guy beckoning to you from the "Free Candy!" van. And most of all, DON'T WALK INTO THE PARTICLE ACCELERATOR.

[@Tridd666]

Nice try anti vaxxer Stop killing gramma

[@DixieSchizo]

@@Tridd666 fortnite

[@X4Alpha4X]

i guarantee after brushing off the unlocked door he thought to himself 'ehh its no big deal, maybe ill get super powers'

[@TheRealWaffles1]

This comment section is aids

[@satan5946]

@@TheRealWaffles1 But I find it quite amusing

[@georgemichaelbluth3535]

Wife: "Honey, how was work today?" Antaloi: "Fine" * insane interstellar visions and sounds going on inside his head *

[@allisonrich5061]

How Lovecraftian.

[@buraticusmmmm3604]

@Victor Masson convertible?

[@buraticusmmmm3604]

@Victor Masson 😳😳😳😳😳

[@addicz2]

Why I enter weird side of comment section 🤦‍♂️

[@benschear969]

Interstellar Overdrive!

[@kevintheseacucumber6172]

getting shot in the head with a proton accelerator but not telling anyone and just going home is very getting bit by a zombie but not telling anyone kind of energy

[@elliottalderson2788]

It's exactly like Mom used to say: "It's all fun and games until a Particle Accelerator Collider sends a 7,000,000,000,000,000, RADS Beam through Anatoli's brain".

[@chickenrepublic948]

Nobody’s mom said this.

[@grellowny6978]

@chickenrepublic948 you must be fun at parties

[@chickenrepublic948]

?

[@IAmTheRealHim]

@@chickenrepublic948my mom used to say this

[@chickenrepublic948]

No Tf she didn’t

[@spiderdude2099]

Ironically the beam being SO POWERFUL meant it did LESS damage than it could have

[@lukabrasi001]

this is sort of like when firearms are so powerful, they overpenetrate the target and cause less trauma inside the victim's body because it didn't stop in there, therefore the energy didn't rupture their organs by the energy peak

[@davefekete7187]

@I :V What? XD

[@ajoe.8461]

​​@I :V fr, i got into a fight yesterday and almost lost, then, all of a sudden, i just went numb, didnt feel shit, stood up after getting jumped 3 to 1 and found an intimidation tactic and said: "is that really it?" Damn u aint wrong dawg

[@williammiller6330]

@I :V what? What are you trying to say dude?

[@Slithy]

This is known as "overpenetration" in the artillery world.

[@caseyhamm8822]

what i’ve learned is that if you work with any sort of radiation, and you get a gut feeling of impending doom, you listen to that gut

[@TheDjcause]

agreed! i never knew i had that skill/instinct till i ended up on a nuke sub w a buncha drunken pissed off sailors!! LMAO!!

[@priatalat]

Gut, the unsung hero

[@dr.vikyll7466]

@@themadman5615 You know what he meant

[@Izzythedestryr]

@@dr.vikyll7466 exactly

[@MacaroniMancer]

@@themadman5615 You are technically correct lol

[@mtcoiner7994]

Finally someone who was able to get particle physics through their thick skull.

[@brotherowl]

Ahhhaaa.... Ahhaaa.... a genuinely underappreciated witty comment. 👍

[@Colorme_happy]

Bdunn tsss!😹👍

[@Tsudokai]

Bro I gotta say. I wish everyone narrated stuff like this. It seems everyone gets so hyped about everything and they put way to much energy into just explaining something. It's a huge refresher to have calmly narrated content. Very good video.

[@nathankettle357]

Now if he could only change that profile pic

[@mattheweagle223]

I love not having to watch him flap his arms around like Mr Ballen

[@russelljackson2818]

So many KZbinrs seem to be emulating their childhood camp counselors or something, talking to their audiences like they're five years old. Gets old very fast. If the subject matter you're discussing isn't interesting enough on its own, why are you making a video about it?

[@mattheweagle223]

@@russelljackson2818 have you met any kids lately? They're so braindead from TicToc you need to set off fireworks to keep their attention

[@toasterhavingabath6980]

@@nathankettle357 why, its perfect!

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

"He felt no pain" These Russians are built different

[@sadsackkvisling9694]

No brobleyema.

[@teatarou]

Hello again, always a pleasure to see you in our recommended

[@jasonmiller9495]

No Russians are built like American men used to be built until we got wussifiied and cancelled

[@xxslendermomxx3026]

In mother Russia, the particles accelerate YOU

[@kathychildress18]

They aren't snowflakes or soyboys

[@Ryan-od7ls]

Bugorski: Gets a beam of near light speed particles straight through his head Bugorski: Oh no! Anyway

[@devina8812]

lol

[@whoaskedyoutolookatthis]

Oh no! lets FINISH UP WORK AND GO HOME INSTEAD OF IDK SCREAM AND DIE wtf

[@whoaskedyoutolookatthis]

@@ryancarlo9328 what?

[@amplituhedron5582]

A redditor, better to ignore

[@linguine7774]

@@ryancarlo9328 how is that a woooosh lmao

[@lisaelisa4772]

A bit off topic, but I just want to say how grateful I am for you giving the numbers in metric system as well. I can't convert imperial units to metric in my head, and pausing the video every now and then just to check is a pain in the a$s, so having it shown on the screen is REALLY convenient and helpful. Thank you for that, that's so thoughtful.

[@felicitybywater8012]

As an Australian, I too am wildly appreciative of the metric conversions provided.

[@TheGreatUnknowing]

I find most of the time people ONLY use the metric system in their videos, lmao

[@rolandsalas]

Bro! Being brought up in America and not really being able to grasp the metric system,(except for government jobs), I feel your pain. It's how "they" keep us in the dark. Honestly, my nephew showed me this video, and I'm having to go to Google for some measurements definitions. Have a good day.

[@ChrisJohnson-yw2ky]

This fella is still alive for anyone wondering. Amazing what the human body can adapt to, within reason.

[@James_3000]

wdym within reason, stuff like this is probably the most out of reason thing a human could ever experience haha

[@StanislaoMoulinsky79]

"After seeing a thousands suns Bugorski knew he was in trouble". So of course he did the obvious rational thing and went home to sleep it off.

[@Proton_N]

It's a Slav thing.

[@waspoppin4784]

Gotta get a good nights sleep to stay healthy and fight off your high powered beam disease

[@cleanerben9636]

he probably thought he was going to die and wanted to be comfortable

[@semifavorableuncircle6952]

I am really surprised the word "Wodka" never was mentioned there. I would have expected him to drink lots of it, and then go to sleep.

[@cleanerben9636]

@@semifavorableuncircle6952 I mean he's a slav he probably drank it as soon as he got up

[@saleplains]

"missing critical brain areas" i like to consider all my brain areas critical thank you very much

[@Kronos0999]

They aren't though

[@danieldan7713]

XD

[@matriarch5515]

Where?

[@Nikp117]

@@Kronos0999 speak for yourself buddy

[@Kronos0999]

@@Nikp117 No, I speak from commonsense.

[@stortsy8873]

How did this not turn him into a supervillain.

[@brianoflondon]

I only spent 48 hours working on a neutron beam in the UK. I was responsible for placing our samples directly in the beam pit on our neutron beam coming off the Rutherford Appleton lab's accelerator. There were a ton of safety interlocks culminating in two keys further apart than a single person could turn to free the path to the beam. Gates only opened when a huge concrete block cut off our beam. But what puzzles me is that on our neutron beam it was easy to hear and even see as a blue glow coming from the beam if one looked down onto it as it entered and exited our apparatus. Not sure what a Proton beam would do differently but I find it hard to understand it wouldn't be audible and visible as it interacted with air.

[@Mhaakify]

Imagine you're one of the only few people in the world who has a grasp on what's happening in this machine. What in the world are you even supposed to tell the doc at the hospital?

[@liamellis9710]

Anitoly: "So ummm... I stuck my head in a particle accelerator." Doctor: "A what?"

[@lordhoboofsavior36]

@@liamellis9710 "You know... Particle Accelerator." "The fucking what."

[@Rabbit-the-One]

Ouch face ok?

[@Mhaakify]

@@liamellis9710 "You know, I've been hit in the face with a particle beam near the speed of light"

[@Liam-rz3wl]

So uhh doctor, I’ve been hit in the head with a beam of particles traveling some 300 million meters per second.

[@qwerty00008]

You know whats even more Gigachad about Burgorski? He outlived the particle accelerator.

[@s.sinster]

My god he's built different

[@wade5743]

@@s.sinster he's the pinnacle of evolution

[@jack-the-dripper583]

This man is beyond creation

[@jack-the-dripper583]

Also hi and hello

[@koolaid33]

Bugorski, he's not a fast food burger lol.

[@RabbitRinsBadAtGaming]

Props to the editor for simulating the "thousand suns" to the best of their ability. I was sitting in the dark while watching this lol

[@Keepskatin]

I'm surprised he was not permanently blind by the sun like energy

[@ajaxflaskaarbra9915]

Ngl "death by particle accelerator" sounds kinda epic

[@cameronolson5836]

Fr

[@willm5032]

I like how he took a blast from a fucking particle accellerator and went like "hm, thats not good" then finished work and went home. Thats all kinds of boss shit

[@padre619]

Nice hat bro

[@willm5032]

@@padre619 Nice ancient meme format bro

[@padre619]

@@willm5032 no dude I actually meant nice hat I had one too but it basically shit itself

[@padre619]

The fuckin sweatband separated from the netting and it got a hole torn in it it sucked

[@willm5032]

@@padre619 I mean I wasn't actually being hostile, I'm old enough to remember when that meme was the fucking shittt I appreciate it, it's actually fallen apart now too, but the ol' writing on brim, curled up hat is a classic so its easy to replace

[@RinSuzaku]

My stepdad had a non-cancerous brain tumor that was pressing in his skull in a way that was giving him seizures and made him completely deaf in his right ear. He ended up getting proton therapy, and the beam literally punched a hole through the tumor and it fell in on itself. He's seizure free now and has regained some hearing. Science is fucking amazing dude.

[@raeste.claire7093]

holy shit how is NOW when im learning about this treatment??

[@Enderplays12]

It's hilarious that we just boil water several different ways and shoot stuff. That's all we do. Boil water and more water to boil more water. And shoot tumours and each other. lmao

[@giannicarbonara7342]

@@Enderplays12 Explosions too, like 90% of our technology is just carefully controlled explosions.

[@o.h3887]

Legend

[@squidpw6493]

@@giannicarbonara7342 and anything with a touch screen is us conducting electricity. So we’re basically shocking ourselves every time we touch any screen

[@lorenchandler3343]

He defended his PHD after having a proton shot through his forehead. I have to call out of work when I get a tummy ache. Respect.

[@jmoya2001]

"through his brain, skin, and skull" hopefully not in that order lol

[@HurrPaulDurr]

The craziest thing about this whole thing is how Bugorski is still alive to this day, and actually outlived the particle accelerator that caused his accident.

[@serotonin.scavenger]

Talk about something that doesn't kill you

[@audiodood]

What a savage

[@RoseSiames]

Is he still in Russia, does the Russian government finally gave him his free medicines

[@chavezreal]

@19ROSES they’re not Soviets

[@bloodyvlone6110]

@19ROSES comparing Russia today to its USSR counterpart, it is very different lol

[@tammhauser]

Those particals have quite the balls to approach a Russian like that

[@ATOMARIUM]

They excused them self by making him a light show

[@tammhauser]

@dylan mmm

[@tammhauser]

@dylan do particals have genitals?

[@tammhauser]

@dylan i must experience particals

[@ATOMARIUM]

@dylan passion

[@justinraywolfe]

9:21 "Anatoli's brain matter literally did not have the stopping power to bring the beam's high-energy protons to a stop, and to create a Bragg peak inside of his skull." Sick burn!!! 🔥🔥🔥

[@rizkyagungnugraha_]

And the become Dr.Xavier from X-men

[@justinyaw5052]

Great narration skills, highly informative. Thank you for your content!

[@jamesxlennon]

I can't wrap my head around a lot of wire, but I CAN wrap a lot of wire around my head.

[@wreath626]

Dude me toooo!! Twinz

[@AxxLAfriku]

I have fewer than 1 friend in the World. That's right. Everybody disses me for making bad videos. I think they are perfect though. Who is right? My dissers or me? Which side are you on, dear jame

[@desolatesurfer8651]

That is how you start a partical accelerator.

[@mayankbhaskar8545]

try 1.8 billion kms of wire

[@stacylarge5636]

@@AxxLAfriku subscribed

[@jeffn1384]

Wife: How was your day honey? Bugorski: I accidentally stuck my head in the particle accelerator and saw 1000 suns. Wife: I thought you were a bit quiet tonight

[@crnacpanker]

,,aww that is why you are shining tonight honey,,

[@spelblight7123]

@@crnacpanker HAHAHA I CANT MY GUY LMFAO-

[@wreckofthehesperas8323]

She was sure she had turned off all the lights for the night, and yet ...

[@crnacpanker]

@@wreckofthehesperas8323 😂

[@boldanabrasevic3020]

​@@crnacpanker "I thought it was strange you were beaming"

[@jayantakumardey3696]

It's amazing to hear. Thanks for such a knowledgeable documentary.

[@killadrone2817]

What I find hilarious is this guy had a proton travelling at the speed of light go straight through his brain and his response is I’ll go home and sleep it off

[@bamxire8845]

After the incident... He finished his work and went home. JESUS CHRIST Those Russian's are machines

[@cesarponce9536]

If that kind of thing doesn't kill you instantly, you're also not gonna die in the next six steps Might as well just do the damn thing

[@mitko1955]

He had to finish work and go home, and THEN go to the hospital, otherwise he would have faced weeks of KGB interrogations without giving him proper treatment, and then he would've died, he knew that.

[@bamxire8845]

@@mitko1955 LOOL

[@ximrade4287]

@@mitko1955 that makes no sense are you one of those Washington bots spreading propaganda?

[@mitko1955]

@@ximrade4287 yeah, my name is Barack Obama

[@RAYNINGMAKER]

"Hey doctor I have a problem." "What's the problem?" "I accidentally stuck my head in the most powerfull particle accerlerator in the country yesterday." "Wh- "

[@breadman2515]

Doc: "WHY?!" Guy: "I- I dont know...

[@yuritrasimaco5201]

"Help me, step doctor, I'm STUCK!"

[@aeiou431]

@@yuritrasimaco5201 step doctor ??

[@Angelaius]

Doctor but the crazy one: -And what was it like?

[@stansman5461]

Russian Doctor: Have some vodka. That'll fix it

[@tristan6509]

Every household used to have a particle accelerator, it's called a television Those old tube TVs uses an electron gun to light up the screen's phosphor, and at high enough voltages it could create X-rays (though most TVs has protection built in to prevent this)

[@dancooper8033]

Dude is effectively the first guy ever shot by a real laser

[@ladydeerheart1]

He finished his job and then went home without saying a word. Our ability to deny reality is astonishing.

[@greenpegatrix3773]

I believe it can be both a blessing and a curse.

[@ariadneschild8460]

He was probably in some form of shock , people display symptoms of shock in lots of different ways. Not informing his colleagues and going home looks like shock to me ,I would want to get out of there too.

[@AbsalonCF]

@@ariadneschild8460 I, probably much like you ignoring what he thought and how he acted step by step, personally think that, if he realized what happened and managed to understand the magnitude, simply couldn't believe he was still alive and decided to try and say goodbye to his family should he not last for long.

[@npc6817]

He hid that anything happened to his colleagues because he thought he was about to die, so he wanted to spend his last night with his family rather than in a hospital. Finishing his job was just part of the cover up to avoid questioning from his coworkers.

[@cameron7374]

@@npc6817 You sound VERY sure of that, considering that I guess you probably don't know the man at all.

[@VioletGiraffe]

Anatoli Bugorski is still alive, 78 years old. Let's all wish him many more years of health.

[@RSHastingsIV]

Good to know. The videos sudden end made me assume he died right after that.

[@marionetteking4036]

He's probably immortal after this

[@paulocuento9949]

@@marionetteking4036 im curious as to what would happen if the man would be given DMT ..nothing to disrespect the man, but he could probably unlock a new brain power

[@EddieBurke]

@@paulocuento9949 he would see into another fucking universe

[@paulocuento9949]

@@EddieBurke yeah man. was curious as to how his current brain would react to the psychoactives. i mean, he is technically "different" as far as having an average experience goes,

[@archangel5627]

I’m assuming you gain super powers if you put your head in a particle accelerator.

[@Baejsten123]

Hey Kyle! Been listening to your half life stories videos. Really fascinating! And you narration is so calm, and the soothing background music. I actually use them for calming down just before i go to sleep aswell. Have you thought about making some sleep stories? I think that could be some awesome videos for people having trouble falling asleep like me. Big Thanks! You helped me fall asleep much faster many times! And have taught me alot about nuclear power. 😁

[@Uurm0m]

*_Gets blasted by a lethal device_* Bugorski: “‘Tis but a scratch”

[@pelinalwhitestrake3367]

Just a flesh wound.

[@samurijder9550]

@@pelinalwhitestrake3367 I've had worse.

[@shakesperezen6078]

"DON'T PANIC!..Don't Panic!..I have Supaglue,a Heatglu gun, an a Shitload of GAFFA TAPE!".."I can fix this no probz!" "But first..hand me some PANADOL..an then let me get me head together." "They're deff not payin me enuff fer this job..Errrrrgg!!" 😩😬😵😶 (/-\)..

[@Venomousnack]

Russian noises

[@velveetaslingshot]

Oh I see! Runnin away eh?! You yellow bastard!!!

[@johns7058]

Most russian thing ever: Puts his head into a particle accelerator and a beam of light "1000 suns strong" goes through his head, journals his work, finishes everything, goes home and goes to sleep like nothing happened!

[@wherezmemallet4879]

I'm almost convinced Russians are slightly super human.

[@nathreetimesnineequalstwen7172]

Underrated comment*

[@Tinhamodic]

Am convinced he went home and had a shot of vodka, probably made all the difference in the world!

[@Murgoh]

Probably thought "Oh shit, I screwed up, I'll be fired and maybe even thrown in jail for sabotage! ok, just act normal, maybe nobody noticed."

[@shotgunsurgeon3849]

He was probably in a state of shock and disbelief and hoped that he'd imagined the whole thing. He went home hoping it basically never happened.

[@ArjunDzn]

I JUST LOVE THESE TYPE OF INFORMATIONAL VIDEOS MAN!!! GIVES VIBES OF LEMMINO VIDEOS

[@Tesseraxt]

Thanks for the tutorial!

[@karmabad6287]

Doctor: "so you saw 1000 suns at the time of the incident?" Anatoli: "Yes" Doctor. "I see" *doodles a tombstone in his notepad*

[@aayushchalekar8260]

Xdddd

[@rileyzafra7297]

LMAOOO

[@silverrob6868]

Yet wasn't blinded? 😏

[@angryzergling7832]

@@silverrob6868 This seems to demonstrate that the "light" he saw wasn't actually light. Light - photons - hits the eyes, stimulates rods and cones, sends signals to the optic nerve which sends signals to the brain. Something that is too bright damages the stuff inside the eyes and causes blindness. What he saw didn't go through the same process. He 'saw' light, but anyone else who was watching (but wasn't getting blasted) wouldn't see the light, 'cause the light wasn't actually there. No photons ever hit his eyes. The reason he 'saw' something might be because the protons blasting through the optic nerve itself might have caused them to send a false signal through the brain that it interpreted at light, even though no true light has hit his eyes. Or, particles burrowing through the brain caused direct stimulation of the visual parts of said brain - causing another false signal that he perceived as light. TLDR; Protons going through nerves and his brain caused it to glitch out. Like when you whack an old TV really hard it'll flash static.

[@silverrob6868]

@@angryzergling7832 Yeah, whatever...

[@flagflow1232]

Anatoly: Sir, I've been struck by 7 billion Ev of energy. Boss: Not great, not terrible. Carry on.

[@da4127]

That’s about the ev of an x ray

[@Steampunk_Kak]

@@da4127 Are you sure? i thought they stay udner 124 keV?

[@joboring8397]

70 billion eV is only 1.12e-8 joules (0.0000000112 joules). It takes 4.184 joules to increase the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree Celsius. So, 70 billion election volts is an extremely small amount of energy. But that is per particle. He got hit by trillions apparently

[@powerguymark]

One of my favorite lines from Chernobyl

[@MAILLADY2010]

You are OK, walk it off, back to work

[@thatrogueguy123]

This man took an accelerated particle beam to the dome and still finished his work. Bravo.

[@Quazaarz]

Damn You're so good! Your phrase - Human capacity of survilval is being tested blasted my brain! Thank You!

[@nuffin7411]

That's why it's a good idea to have an "it is now safe to enter" light instead (or in addition to the "do not enter" light), so a failure in the equipment preserves safety instead of compromising it.

[@scratdu11]

This guy is so unlucky that this light would have also probably failed right before he was there

[@madmiico]

@@scratdu11 at least when a "it is now safe to enter" light fails, people will see that the room still isn't safe to enter

[@kitolz]

@@madmiico That's what it means to "fail safe". When equipment fails, it should do so in a way that increases the immediate danger.

[@oskachimbas3361]

@@kitolz i would hope you mean decrease

[@dinamosflams]

In Soviet Russia the equipament security light lights you

[@seanThree16]

Bugorski doesn't need to hear all this, he's a highly trained professional.

[@headcrabn5347]

They’re waiting for you Bugorski, in the test chamberrr…

[@beetlenut6980]

@@headcrabn5347 Rise and Shine Mr.Bugorski

[@man-cd6yf]

@@beetlenut6980 Rise.. and shine..

[@xyrenegade]

Can someone shine a light what's happening

[@man-cd6yf]

@@xyrenegade half life

[@clancyjames585]

Excellent video! So interesting (and sad) to hear about his battle for compensation. Where is he now? Did want to add a bit of clarification - 70GeV protons don't lose their energy in the way that ~MeV particles do. At thee energies, they will tend to interact with atomic nuclei and smash them apart. They then produce many other subatomic particles (pions, kaons, etc) which go on to induce further reactions. The process is known as deep inelastic scattering. This continues until the average particle energy is of order 1 GeV, at which point the energy per particle is not enough to break nucleons apart - and ionisation losses begin to take over. In this high-energy regime, energy losses tend to be exponential - protons lose a fraction of their energy in each interaction, with a characteristic length known as the "interaction length" between each interaction. It's actually really difficult to find data on this, since nobody in their right mind radiates humans with ~70 GeV protons! (I made some simulations once with 100 GeV protons for geant 3.21 once, can't find the data now though...) Typically however, the proton interaction length in the human body would be of the order of tens of cm, meaning that I expect these protons, and their secondary particles, deposited a significant fraction of their energy in the guy's brain (say, 10%?). While I'm not a medical physicist, I expect the main reason he did not die is that most radiation poisoning occurs when the entire body is irradiated, destroying (for instance!) the ability of the body to replenish the immune system. However, here, 99.9% of his body was fine. It was just a relatively small part that got completely ****ed.

[@austinfarr6674]

Bro this story always throws my brain for a loop that’s just incredibly profound

[@derGhebbet]

Kyle: "Why didn't he die?" Me: "Why didn't he get super powers? Reality sucks."

[@lonewretch]

He did, he got them really crappy super powers. Paralysis of half his face, deafness in his left ear, parkinsons, short term memory loss, headaches and erectile dysfunction. I made the last one up, but at his age now, it's certainly something he has to contend with.

[@lonesome1259]

@@lonewretch Pooperman

[@lonewretch]

@@lonesome1259 He always leaves his calling card at the scene of the crime :(

[@lonesome1259]

@@lonewretch lmao

[@Kronos0999]

@@lonewretch Those aren't superpowers

[@shitalkingoon]

I love how I’m looking at these graphs like I even remotely understand them.

[@beka8123]

haha same

[@voraciousblackstn]

Think bigger. If a bullet goes into a body and doesnt shoot through, it dumps all the energy inside. If it shoots through all the way, it actually does less damage. Same thing really. Ballistics at the atomic level with radiation side effects.

[@Baba_Bushida_Bando]

lmfao git smaht

[@darkheart3044]

😂😂😂

[@danieldalton6544]

I was feeling the same thing. Lol

[@Iamgroot9170]

He said, "You wouldn't like me when I get angry."

[@kamisama9715]

Bugorski: Gets blasted by proton beam faster than what most black holes can produce. Bugorski: *Just another day in the office* finishes the job goes home and sleeps.

[@diskdem0n]

*kalm*

[@Chuked]

* k a l m *

[@muymuy9578]

*R E G U L A R R U S S I A*

[@echosmoon5605]

The man is built with the power of nukes

[@galaxyspace76]

Superhero/villian origin story

[@simonburris9095]

"Anatoli's brain matter literally did not have the stopping power to bring the beam's high energy protons to a stop." Why does that sound like a roast

[@strogonoffcore]

given the Bragg peak, thank goodness the protons roasted him like that and not like meat in an oven lol

[@homelessjeff4428]

i think its the "literally"

[@bradley1995]

🤣🤣🤣

[@crystaltingle272]

I mean, at least we know he isn’t dense

[@jj-zr5tz]

1k likes

[@divineboi97]

So he didn’t get super speed…..the flash is disappointed

[@0NeeN0]

Not only he was one of the few who understand what could have happened but probably most of this facility purpose and technology was classified. I'm not even surprised he had a problem with getting admitted to the hospital and that doctors didn't believe him. He couldn't say much besides "I'm almost positive that I have received lethal dose of radiation and I'm starting to experience radiation sickness, I can't tell you details it is classified."

[@DaremoTen]

The eternal question: Are you lucky for having survived a plethora of horrible events, or unlucky for having the events happen to you in the first place?

[@DrahcirII]

A paradox...

[@kairos4484]

Unlucky in my opinion.

[@quartnoire]

Both.

[@SkarGreyfell]

In Germany we say "Glück im Unglück", luckily unlucky, you could say

[@crystals-r2551]

Isn't this daganroppa?

[@enchantdos1058]

Dude literally took the term "walk it off" to a whole new level

[@kynto]

Yes

[@smartlylever9908]

I was just about to write "Sleep it off," when I saw your post Enchant.

[@studiodevelopers2467]

@@smartlylever9908 Lmao In amerika, bear eat you. In Russia , YOU eat bear ! Hole through brain dimitri ? You WORK TOO MUCH ! I keep telling you dimitri hehe You need what Americans call " VACATION " You know what is this ? Means you take time with family for a few weeks hehe. Ah, haha you go home my friend In a few days You feel much better HEHE

[@Virvum_Juggernaut]

LOL

[@trevorleighlee98]

Hahaha hold by beer😂😎🍺

[@mikev4089]

The lock on the room and sign illuminated by a lightbulb were clearly not enough of a precaution to prevent an accident like this. I have a particle accelerator in my basement and I secure the door with a special feature that only allows entry with the particle accelerator is OFF.

[@Miftahul_786]

No armour is best armour.

[@agentcoxack7368]

“I PUT HEAD IN PARTICLE ACCELERATOR” “NOT RECOMMEND” -Russian dude who saw God

[@lintecassidy206]

S-tier comment

[@dtfrankel79]

BWAHAHAHA!!!! HILARIOUS!!!

[@mateagle1386]

Nothing to be conCERNed about.

[@dtfrankel79]

@@mateagle1386 😂🤣 BWAHAHAHA!!!! HILARIOUS!!!!

[@maguy8133]

I read in Russian accent

[@AlexTenThousand]

It's amazing that he survived the primordial forces of the universe going through his head.

[@drumbarpuncture]

"Bugorski's brain literally didn't have the density [to stop the beam]" is a goddamn sick burn

[@benplummer1102]

Who would win: the most complicated machine that exists vs a scientist who walks fast and a burnt out light bulb

[@komsomolzenbolzen6747]

the lamp lost, the other two have a draw.

[@mackymoo1329]

Shutup and take my one-thousandth like.

[@innertubez]

I know! They could’ve used two light bulbs for redundancy

[@white_mage]

​@@innertubez true. have three bulbs and two of them actually turn on or off. the first bulb will be on when the beam is working and turn off when it is not working, the second will turn on when the beam is not working and turn off when the beam is working, and the third bulb will tell that the warning is recibing electricity and is working. those old fiilament light bulbs wear faster by turning them on and off so having one on all the time would make it last longer.

[@zarandadam1718]

@@komsomolzenbolzen6747 Bugorski outlived the accelarator, so i think the he won

[@exploderman333]

“Hi, I’m Johnny Knoxville, and I’m about to put my head through a particle accelerator.”

[@natealderson]

Welcome to Jackass

[@thadopestyoutubechannel6705]

Nicely done sir. Nicely done... You are hereby nominated to win this years “Blast-y, From the Past-y” award.

[@philtotton894]

🤣😂

[@subrosa4792]

Jackass!

[@ldaws-3912]

*puts on safety goggles only*

[@OtavioAugustoSilva27]

Poor guy was a victim of a incredibly unlikely sequence of events. It's like that case where cosmic radiation swapped the bits in memory in a Super Mario contest or something. It's a very good remainder that a lot of times, the chance of such event is not exactly 0, just near. And in critical/edge situations, it will happen sooner o later.

[@mazystarr]

The only man to ever see the light of a thousand suns: 'Aight Ima head out now....'

[@puppyhowler]

the human body: can be killed with a slight bump to the head also the human body: survives getting shot with a proton beam brighter than 1000 suns and more radioactive than Chernobyl itself

[@mikhael.j7]

Meh.. that's vodka for u

[@e.2862]

The human body's own cells can kill it, partials at the approximate speed of light could only dream

[@bubagbabagril1735]

And he felt no pain

[@Bufekana]

Yeah, i know.🙄

[@lyrisio]

That's the Russians for you

[@mattdowds8505]

2:15 Anatoli had the brightest mind of them all. For a moment.

[@desolatesurfer8651]

Ill comment, hahaha lol

[@GuntherRommel]

Savage

[@ApexZer0]

Oof

[@WorthlessDeadEnd]

Clever

[@pkmkb]

in the whole world, dude, ever.

[@Melonhii]

if anyone is wondering, Burgorski is still alive and is turning 82 this june

[@bjorntheviking6745]

I remember being told this story in my 3rd year on my physics degree, note to self, always be aware of your surrounding

[@Tekisasubakani]

"Anatoly's brain matter literally did not have the stopping power..." I feel like I just learned a new insult today.

[@dfgdfbsdfvv832]

they guna think ur tryina be a rapper tho

[@his9462]

Lol that’s exactly what I thought after he said that

[@greeny111]

You are so dense that a particle accelerator would kill you

[@medicchester]

Savage, beast!

[@flounder2129]

Oh man that’s funny

[@sampelletier5083]

A circulatory system is seen by the perimeter fence. A few days later, a partially muscled skeleton stands in the hallway and screams for a moment before vanishing.

[@sylvesterstillalone1]

The genesis of Dr. Protvino!

[@zechariahross1444]

Let's get this guys comment to the moon!!

[@milkmanman]

I understand that refrence...Dr Manhatten is a beast

[@summitstreams]

It is 1978. A man experienced - for a moment - an event so familiar I cannot see it’s details, but a single particle unique among the others, now far off it’s course, sings in known tones to me. It tries to tell me what happened… It is 2021. I’ve just liked a comment on KZbin. I recall a wayward particle in its words. It is 2010. The neural pathways of my brain fire excitedly as the black and yellow cover of a large book thuds against the tabletop. I smile, wiping a streak of ketchup from my cheek. It is 2021, and I feel the fleeting feeling of kinship with a man - made of matter and an energy familiar to me. It vibrated so uniquely among the others as to seem wayward.

[@dm2060]

@@summitstreams what dis?

[@bradparker9664]

Twelve seconds in and they're referring to the protagonist in past tense. Something tells me this won't end with puppies and rainbows.

[@sirussid3671]

The confidence of burgoski is outstanding even when hit by a beam he goes about his work in an ordinary manner only to notify about the incident in the morning.

[@simonwatts929]

Totally outrageous ! Perhaps he was in shock at what he realised had happened & he just went into denial as a coping mechanism ?

[@lemonke5341]

@@simonwatts929or just didnt notice it

[@dr.robert5322]

Bugorski sounds like the guy who gets bitten by a zombie and doesn’t say anything

[@howiegaming9985]

sus

[@dr.robert5322]

@@howiegaming9985 Very!

[@howiegaming9985]

@@dr.robert5322 amogus

[@davidleitch2298]

Lol good comment

[@Eclypse6872]

@@howiegaming9985 amogus

[@nostopit179]

That final quote “I am being tested. Human survivability is being tested” chilling beyond words

[@lonewretch]

You should have seen how they used to test pigs for things like how humans can survive after being in a fire after a plane crash during the war. They'd tie them down, and use a blow torch on their backs and hinds, and them give them a drink after. They'd be in agony, lapping the water, with half their body turned into fuckin' crackling.sickening what the human mind can become...

[@Sorrowdusk]

@@lonewretch Imagine what an artificial intelligence would do , studying humans.

[@lonewretch]

@@Sorrowdusk We will find out soon enough, we're heading into that area at a rate of knots. 2 minute papers scares me.

[@marklowery8193]

At least he didn’t say “I’m not a guinea pig, let me die”

[@Cordman1221]

It's funny that the depiction of most physics students is wimpy nerds. Here's this dude, gets part of his brain fukken zapped by a proton beam, and just finished his job and goes home like it ain't no thang.

[@wordnado9788]

I very much enjoy you and your videos. Just commenting to boost you.

[@dmor6696]

You are a great story teller And writer

[@artemn4209]

That's why you need not only red stoping light but also green permissive light in emergency systems.

[@nightlight0x07cc]

I'm a Hardware Quality Assurance tech, and I'm here to tell you that I've found devices which have the red and green LEDs swapped on the circuit board for their display panels. Make it two green permissive lights and require that they both work so that they can't be accidentally swapped lmao

[@nightlight0x07cc]

The engineer was complaining that the failure light was on even though the power supply seemed to be working. Based on the schematic, it seemed like the light was in the wrong position on the display, so I told him to intentionally put it into a failed state. When he did the red light turned off and a green one turned on and I've been paranoid ever since 🙃😂

[@artemn4209]

​@@nightlight0x07cc Well, I guess those two green lights would be connected to each other by a small wire bridge and farther signal wire would be swapped or not by a lucky coincidence or engineer attentiveness :) I would definitely add a limit switch on the door. Emergency circuit is very simple cheap and kinda standart for any industrial machine for a long time already. I'm confused by the fact that they've built such complicated facility and they had for example telephones to comunicate about if he can go inside or not and on the other hand there were no door limit switch + relay + buzzer circuit.

[@harrygenderson6847]

Probably pass a current through the door to ensure it remains closed throughout operation, with an emergency shutdown otherwise, just to be safe.

[@noobie7719]

VERY true! Humans are dumb...🤷🏻‍♀️

[@PitFriend1]

Usually when you hear about someone accidentally sticking their head in a particle accelerator it’s an origin story in a comic book and not something that really happened.

[@DavidGossettMusic]

Comic book: *superpowers* Real-world: *severe trauma, seizures, mental fatigue, partial paralysis, and communist bureaucracy*

[@craigwall9536]

People have done it on purpose. Not all particle accelerators are created equal. Most just experience the sensations of light flashes.

[@ecred9615]

Dr. Manhattan from Watchmen. Or in this case, Dr. Moscow

[@claydogr1143]

@@DavidGossettMusic I gave your comment a thumbs up mainly for the part “ and communist bureaucracy" 😂 Funny but not funny ... Especially for poor Anatoli .

[@coalcreeker583]

And they turn into either a super hero or a super villain.

[@kujojotarostandoceanman2641]

The classifying of information of treatment convinced me he actually got super power

[@robertpierce9385]

Now that is what u call "putting all your thoughts into particle physics" ;) 😊

[@nightmare348]

The accident happened over 40 years ago, and he's still alive. The proton beam paralyzed the left side of his face, and destroyed the hearing in his left ear, but it didn't damage his intelligence. It did give him severe seizures though.

[@nicotin9887]

So he can't recommend sticking your head in a particle collider?

[@omfug8593]

So it didn’t give him superhero powers? 😀

[@GHSTTHERENEGADE]

@@omfug8593 Not yet, his face is not actually paralyzed but moving faster than we could truly understand. His left side of his body is evolving faster than we understand

[@msun6526]

@@GHSTTHERENEGADE sources?

[@laszlopohl3374]

@@msun6526 i think you missed the joke