This Man Swallowed His AirPod While Sleeping & It Was Still Working After Entering His Stomach!

Worcester resident Brad Gauthier is warning people against using earphones while falling asleep after healthcare workers had to remove a wireless earbud from his esophagus.

According to reports he woke up one day to shovel snow for about an hour, and then went inside to take a sip of water. But the water wouldn't go down, and he had to lean over to drain it from his throat.

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Gauthier also noticed he was missing one of his two wireless earbuds, which he said typically uses as he falls asleep.

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Gauthier's son suggested that perhaps his father had swallowed the earbud, which is exactly what an X-ray at a local emergency clinic revealed. The small plastic device was lodged in his lower esophagus.

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He told NBC Boston 10 that he wanted to share his experience to caution others not to sleep with their headphones.

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In a similar incident, another man in Taiwan found that his AirPod was still functional after he had accidentally swallowed it, according to a report from the Daily Mail.

Ben Hsu reportedly fell asleep while wearing Apple's wireless earbuds and found that he was missing one headphone when he woke up.

Man accidentally swallows an Apple AirPod¡­ and it STILL WORKS after it passes through his system https://t.co/nxioruNpMi

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Medics at the Kaohsiung Municipal Hospital indeed confirmed that the AirPod was in his stomach and was in the process of passing through his digestive system, the Daily Mail report said. Hsu said he found the AirPod the next day after passing it naturally. The earbud was still intact and worked properly after he had cleaned it and let it dry.