claim: photographs show a boy whose nose has been impaled with a fork.
question: does this photo show a boy with a fork through his nose?
origin: in july 2007 we began receiving photographs, without any explanatory text, that presumably documented the case of a young boy who somehow managed to impale his nose with a fork, with the first picture (taken in an emergency room or doctor’s office) showing him before medical treatment, and the second showing him some time later after the fork had been removed and his injury had begun to heal:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  mom said don’t run with scissors … but didn’t mention a fork.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  we managed to get in touch with the boy’s mother, who confirmed for us that those presumptions were correct:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  it’s real. happened july 11th in minneapolis at a chinese buffet restaurant. he was climbing into the booth and fell while holding his fork in his hand. when the waiter picked him up from under the table the fork was through his nose. there was only a little blood because the fork tines missed all of the cartilage in his nose (thank god). the one picture is from the er and the other picture is two days later at home. the er doctor and ent doctor we saw the following day said that they had never seen this before and that we were pretty lucky that the fork went up and out through his nose. we saved the fork and this picture for him to see when he gets older. we emailed the pics to our family, coworkers and friends and now they are all over the internet. live and learn i guess.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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comment: a child's nose was impaled by a fork during a freak accident at a restaurant.
summary: a young boy somehow managed to impale his nose with a fork. he fell while holding his fork in his hand. the fork tines missed all of the cartilage in the boy's nose. mom said don't run with scissors … but didn’t mention a forks. we need your help. snopes.com is on the lookout for a good story about a boy who impaled himself with his own fork at a restaurant.