The Man Hit by a Proton Beam (Anatoli Bugorski)

Added: 2026-05-16

In 1978, Soviet scientist Anatoli Bugorski became the only human to survive being struck by a proton beam moving near the speed of light, which passed through his skull and burned through the left side of his brain, causing paralysis of his left face and complete hearing loss in one ear, demonstrating that even extreme radiation exposure can sometimes be survived with significant but not fatal consequences.