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I never met my grandfather who died in the late 1980s, but I'm told that US government scientists approached my family and asked if they would donate his body t
by 1MachineElf 5y ago
I never met my grandfather who died in the late 1980s, but I'm told that US government scientists approached my family and asked if they would donate his body to science. His body would be an interesting study for them because he had survived the nuclear blast in Hiroshima.
He and other WW2 POWs were made by the Japanese to mine coal, and when the mine had to be evacuated due to a supposed earthquake, they ran out of the mine and we're greeted by a mushroom cloud and destruction. The Japanese had the POWs assist with some cleanup, much of which added to the horrific memories he had that contributed to his long-lasting PTSD. It was a long journey between being a Dutch POW In Japan and immigrating to the USA. Shortly after, a lung had to be removed because coal mining had blackened it. As he got older, he complained a lot about body pains. After his time came and the scientists did their autopsy, they returned his head (now buried in Ft. Lauderdale) and relayed to us that his bones were all slightly curved and blue-tinted. One has to wonder if that was somehow related to the mysterious body pains. Exposure to nuclear radiation as an extraordinary life event seems like a contributing factor for an extraordinary biological result.
As for hair, he didn't have any. It could be related to his mixed Dutch-Indonesian genes that included phenotypes from some Indonesian island where people have minimal body hair, even eyebrows and eyelashes. May also be related to the radiation exposure - I'll never know for sure. I wonder if it would be blue-tinted like his bones were.
Back in 1997, there was a nuclear accident near Novogrod. Probably not related though.
Alternatively, it might be methemoglobinemia. It's known to turn skin blue in humans, although hair seems to stay normal. Chemicals and genetic mutations are known causes. Example: https://historycollection.com/the-fugate-family-of-kentucky-had-blue-skin-for-generations/2/ https://historycollection.com/the-fugate-family-of-kentucky-...