Italian Churchgoer Gouges Out His Own Eyeballs During Service

Jeepers Creepers Italian Churchgoer Gouges Out His Own Eyeballs During ServiceViareggio, Italy — A 46-year-old man who told doctors he was hearing voices reportedly gouged out his own eyeballs during Mass at St. Andrea’s in northwestern Italy Sunday.

According to witnesses, Aldo Bianchini stood up in the middle of the service and, to the horror of his fellow worshipers, yanked them peepers out with his bare hands before collapsing on the floor in a pool of his own blood.

The priest, Rev. Lorenzo Tanganelli, told Italian newspaper Corriere Fiorentino that “this man at the back of the nave started tearing at his face and I realised he was gouging out his eyes … I called for assistance and the paramedics were quickly at the scene, and he was taken away and then I carried on celebrating Mass, but a lot of people had left because they were so shocked by what they had seen.”

When emergency responders arrived, a “calm and lucid” Bianchini told them that a voice told him to rip his eyes out. I hear that same voice sometimes…usually when my neighbor is outside in his wifebeater and low-rise speedo. Anyway….

The eyeballs were recovered, but doctors say Bianchini will never be able to see again.

Not that you would have guessed from this story, but it is believed that Bianchini may be suffering from some psychological problems.