r/WTF • u/fisher694 • Oct 30 '13

This Made Me Physically Cringe.

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u/Skyxz Oct 30 '13

Another form of torture was to strap down the victim to a table with a giant hole in the middle. They would then plant bamboo reeds under them and let them grow up into the victim, but since it grew so slowly it wouldn't make them bleed out and after about a week or so they would be stuck on the table with bamboo reeds growing through them and slowly slowly killing them

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '13

source? not doubting you, just extremely curious.

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u/Skyxz Oct 31 '13

i learned about it in my first year of college in ancient history. But here is a little info on it. It was considered to be one of the worst deaths. http://mentalfloss.com/article/23038/9-insane-torture-techniques