Jul 14, 2008

If Someone Invites You to a Laser Show in Russia...


DON'T GO! They are trying to blind you!

Thomson Reuters: Dozens of partygoers at an outdoor rave near Moscow last week have lost partial vision after a laser light show burned their retinas, Russian health officials said on Monday. Moscow city health department officials confirmed 12 cases of laser-blindness at the Central Ophthalmological Clinic, and daily newspaper Kommersant said another 17 were registered at City Hospital 32 in the centre of the capital.

Attendees at the July 5 Aquamarine Open Air Festival in Kirzhach, 80 km (50 miles) northeast of Moscow, began seeking medical help days after the show, complaining of eye and vision problems, health officials told Reuters. "They all have retinal burns, scarring is visible on them. Loss of vision in individual cases is as high as 80 percent, and regaining it is already impossible," Kommersant quoted a treating ophthalmologist as saying.

Thanks to Igor for the story. "It's like a bad Sci-Fi movie."

2 comments:

Pirates(and)Diplomats said...

We remember that Putin did promise to give us a generation of new superweapons.

The secret is out!

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