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"I could see right into my scrotum."

That's probably the last thing you wanna say after a pole vault training sesh ... but it's exactly how BYU athlete Zach McWhorter is describing his pole vs. balls injury.

The 21-year-old was having a pretty typical training session at the BYU track -- recording it to post on TikTok -- when disaster struck.

At first, it seemed like a standard jump ... but McWhorter's pole didn't fall the way it supposed to and essentially impaled his scrotum.

YOWWWCH.

McWhorter told BuzzFeed he was immediately rushed to the hospital by his dad/coach/urologist ... where he needed 18 STITCHES to get patched up.

Luckily, the dude says he only has a scar from the incident. As for any permanent damage, McWhorter says "One day, we'll find out if they function or not."

Ice up, Zach. And, maybe wear a cup from now on??

BYU Pole Vaulter Pierces Scrotum In Horrific Accident, Needed 18 Stitches

This BYU pole vaulter had a horrifically unfortunate injury during a training sesh ... and he needed 18 stitches to sew up his scrotum.

www.tmz.com

 

[VlaudTheImpaler]

He's lucky it didn't go up his bum.

 

[Breakage]

The “WARNING: YOU CAN'T UNSEE THIS” message on the video clip is a thoughtful touch.

 

[DESTROYA]

He's lucky it didn't go up his bum.

Or it wasn’t a woman..........wait

 

[Captain Zyrain]

Yowza.

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

I coached high school track for 11 years. I only ever saw one pole vault incident and it was when a pole broke mid-vault, which is more like an explosion since they are fiberglass

I’ve seen many more accidents with shot put and discus, mostly due to people not paying attention near the throwing sectors despite numerous indicators encouraging spatial awareness

 

[Rentahamster]

All as foretold by Joseph Smith.

 

[Elektro Demon]

That's gotta hurt.

 

[GymWolf]

Was he playing stick'n'balls?

 

[Thaedolus]

You’ll never know when such skills will come in handy...

 

[Papa]

I coached high school track for 11 years. I only ever saw one pole vault incident and it was when a pole broke mid-vault, which is more like an explosion since they are fiberglass

I’ve seen many more accidents with shot put and discus, mostly due to people not paying attention near the throwing sectors despite numerous indicators encouraging spatial awareness

Hold up.

You taught kids?

 

[GymWolf]

You’ll never know when such skills will come in handy...

Lol i was thinking about this film too

Hold up.

You taught kids?

Yep but instead of bad scores he would put them on ignore.

 

[Papa]

Just imagining JareBear sending kids to detention and leaving them there until the end of term

 

[Amory]

Was he expelled? Gotta imagine acknowledging that scrotums exist goes against the BYU honor code

 

[H4ze]

Good lord, I just felt how my own scrotum tried to get back inside me, this poor bastard, really unlucky.

 

[Constant Flux]

That had to hurt like a motherfucker.

 

[Thaedolus]

Lol i was thinking about this film too

It’s on Netflix now FYI

 

[MDSLKTR]

He's lucky it didn't go up his bum.

Would he have flinched, I wonder

 

[Elektro Demon]

Hold up.

You taught kids?

What's wrong with him teaching kids something?

 

[GymWolf]

It’s on Netflix now FYI

I rewatched the first 2 for the 100th times like a week ago.
Tremors is one of my favourite films ever.

 

[haxan7]

What a disappointing video that was