Man blows his nose to find shock discovery after 26 years

A man has made an accidental discovery after blowing his nose and finding something he hadn’t seen in 26 years.

A man has made an accidental discovery after blowing his nose and finding something he hadn’t seen in 26 years.

Ben Havoc, from Arizona in the US, was one of the many children from the 90s who stuck a piece of Lego — specifically a small dot piece — up his nose.

“I don’t know why I did that,” he said.

“I panicked, of course, because this Lego piece was too small for me to reach in my nose and grab it.”

He said he had the “brilliant” idea of making a little Lego man to try and clip the two pieces together and drag it out.

However, it didn’t exactly go to the plan as the Lego man’s head got stuck inside of his nose as well. He panicked, loudly, and that got the attention of his mother, who saw the Lego head in his nose and fetched a pair of tweezers to pull it out.

Now, at 32, Mr Havoc was advised to blow his nose in the shower.

“I’ve been doing this for the last six months or so. Today, I was blowing my nose in the shower and lo and behold, I blew out a Lego dot that has been in my nose for at least 26 years,” he said.

Ben Havoc put a piece of Lego in his nose when he was six. Picture: Instagram/@bigoompalumpia

He found it 26 years later. Picture: Instagram/@bigoompalumpia

He said he didn’t know what to think as he has had multiple breathing issues over the years, including asthma and sleep apnoea.

Mr Havoc said he feels like the Lego piece has been the culprit behind it all, saying he put it in a bag to take to his doctor.

“I can breathe out this side of my nose now and it is fantastic. I haven’t been able to do that since I was a child,” he said.

As expected, social media users had a wild reaction to Mr Havoc’s story.

“My daughter just expelled a small piece of plastic from her nostril that had been there for about five months and everyone has been sending me your story,” one social media user said.

Another said: “How did they miss this in Dr visits? I’m glad you can taste colours again!”

“This has made my night. absolutely bonkers story. You literally did the real life version of Homer getting a crayon up his brain,” one said.

One added: “Not the Lego piece being treated as a medical hazard.”

Originally published as Man blows his nose to find shock discovery after 26 years