Fir tree found growing in man's lung.

[trulys]

Fir tree man shocks doctors

A young man from the capital of Russia’s Udmurtian Republic was diagnosed with cancer, and had to undergo an operation which revealed the shocking truth - he had no cancer but… a tree growing in his lung. 
It sounds like a story from Burger’s Adventures of Baron Munchhausen, when the eccentric Baron shot a cherry stone at

Comments

[ginasketch]

I submitted this to this comm too, but I later found out that this news story was released on what is April Fool's Day on the Russian calendar! Heh.

[laughing_wild]

So...not true? I need to find out how terrified I should actually be.

[ginasketch]

All signs point to hoax.

[laughing_wild]

Excellent. Time to go snack on some acorns and pinecones.

[gemfyre]

So not a seedling. Looks like part of a branch.

But that still makes it WTF because how the HELL did he inhale that and not notice?

[faelady]

WTF!! Wow.

[avla]

"Komsomolskaya Pravda" is a piece of shit. Do not believe a word from this newspaper.

[firebird_88]

OH GOD MY MOM USED TO SAY THAT. DDD: I TOTALLY THOUGHT IT WOULD *NEVER* HAPPEN. Now I'm going to be looking suspiciously at every tree I pass. << >>; Damn parasitic trees.