Holy crap, I had no idea who this guy was until I read his wikipedia article:
"As a researcher at the Institute for High Energy Physics in Protvino, Bugorski used to work with the largest Soviet particle accelerator, the synchrotron U-70. On July 13, 1978, Bugorski was checking a malfunctioning piece of equipment when an accident occurred due to failed safety mechanisms. Bugorski was leaning over the piece of equipment when he stuck his head in the part through which the proton beam was running. Reportedly, he saw a flash "brighter than a thousand suns", but did not feel any pain. The beam measured about 2000 gray when it entered Bugorski's skull, and about 3000 gray when it exited after colliding with the inside of his head."
If anyone ever made a crack about looking bad or something, he always had an ace in the hole! "Well let's see you have a proton beam shot through your skull and we'll see how good you look." That guy is just great if you ask me. I mean, how can you be a bad person if you've actually seen a proton?
Anatoli Bugorski
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