Hello everyone and welcome back to another edition of a collection of horrible fates.

There is an old anecdote about a doctor being asked what time period he would go back to if he had a time machine.

In response, and quite tellingly, the doctor apparently immediately said something along the lines of,

I certainly wouldn't go back before antibiotics.

And the final story in today's video demonstrates exactly why, and if you're

squeamish, you might want to skip this one, or at least that final story. You'll see what I mean,

and as always, viewer discretion is advised. For years, an anonymous French civil servant raised a family and did his tedious job to the best of his abilities.

And with an apparent IQ of just 75, the man wasn't particularly bright, but he didn't seem to have a legitimate mental disability either.

By all accounts, he led a relatively productive and fulfilling life.

In fact, all things considered, he did amazingly well. But unbeknownst to him, his family, and his

employer, he was absolutely singular in one particular area. Even now, nearly two decades after the

case came to light, it challenges everything we know about intellect, consciousness, and what it means

to be human. The man's background is a bit of a mystery. We don't know where or when he was born, where he lived and worked, or even his name, because his personal and medical information were never released to protect his and his family's privacy and identities. With that said, we do know that he was married, that he and his wife had two children, that he was relatively healthy, and that he was a diligent and competent civil servant.

He seems to have led an unremarkable run-in-the-mill life on nearly every level, and he probably

would have continued on in much the same fashion had it not been for mild pain and weakness

he began experiencing in his left lake sometime in 2006.

Initially, the 44-year-old did exactly what most of us would do in similar situations.

He ignored the discomfort and hoped that it wouldn't get any worse and with a little luck it would eventually go away.

After all, he didn't do anything to injure his leg.

But even so, the symptoms continued for weeks and the weeks eventually turned into months.

The pain and weakness didn't get much worse

during that time, but they didn't get much better either. So shortly thereafter, maybe at his wife's

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