A South American woman was rushed to a hospital after a nefarious object made its way into her bag of pork rinds.
Peru resident Celia Tello, 68, was enjoying a snack in February when she felt something sharp hit her throat, according to Reuters.
The woman soon fell ill and began vomiting blood. After being taken to an emergency room, doctors discovered that the nail was piercing one of her carotid arteries – which help supply oxygen and blood to the brain.
Tello thought the mysterious object was a bone, but it turned out to be even more unusual: a nail.
“It never crossed my mind I had this nail or piece of wire,” Tello told Reuters in Spanish.
Surgeon Diego Cuipal explained that a “careful dissection” was done to safely remove the nail from her body. There was a risk of “detaching a clot that could reach the brain,” but doctors conducted the surgery successfully.
