A Man without a Face

Petrafan4life79 · Post by **Petrafan4life79** » Sun Feb 29, 2004 12:43 pm

Wow! I got chills reading this:

Here is a true story by Paul Harvey. Pass it to anyone who you think would
find it interesting and inspiring. You will be surprised who this young man
turned out to be. (Do not look at the bottom if this letter until you have read
it fully.)
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Years ago a hardworking man took his family from New York State to Australia
to take advantage of a work opportunity there. Part of this man's family was
a handsome young son who had aspirations of joining the circus as a trapeze
artist or an actor. This young fellow, biding his time until a circus job or
even one as a stagehand came along, worked at the local shipyards which
bordered onthe worst section of town.
>
Walking home from work one evening this young man was attacked by five thugs
who wanted to rob him. Instead of just giving up his money the young fellow
resisted. However they bested him easily and proceeded to beat him to a pulp.
They mashed his face with their boots, and kicked and beat his body brutally
with clubs, leaving him for dead.

When the police happened to find him lying in the road they assumed he was
dead and called for the Morgue Wagon. On the way to the morgue a policeman
heard him gasp for air, and they immediately took him to the emergency unit at
the hospital. When he was placed on a gurney a nurse remarked to her horror,
that his young man no longer had a face. Each eye socket was smashed, his
skull, legs, and arms fractured, his nose literally hanging from his face, all
is teeth were gone, and his jaw was almost completely torn from his skull.
> Although his life was spared he spent over a year in the hospital. When he
finally left his body may have healed, but his face was disgusting to look at.
He was no longer the handsome youth that everyone admired. When the young
man started to look for work again he was turned down by everyone just on
account of the way he looked. One potential employer suggested to him that he
join the freak show at the circus as" The Man Who Had No Face". And he did
this for a while. He was still rejected by everyone and no one wanted to be
seen in his company. He had thoughts of suicide. This went on for five years.
>
One day he passed a church and sought some solace there. Entering the church
he encountered a priest who had seen him sobbing while kneeling in a pew.
The priest took pity on him and took him to the rectory where they talked at
length. The priest was impressed with him to such a degree that he said that he
! would do everything possible for him that could be done to restore his
dignity and life, if the young man would promise to be the best Christian he
could be,
and trust in God's mercy to free him from his torturous life.

The young man went to Mass and communion every day, and after thanking
God
for saving his life, asked God to only give him peace of mind and the
grace to be the best man he could ever be in His eyes.

The priest, through his personal contacts was able to secure the services
of the best plastic surgeon in Australia. There would be no cost to the
young man, as the doctor was the priest's best friend. The doctor too was so
impressed by the young man, whose outlook now on life, even though he had
experienced the worst was filled with good humor and love.

The surgery was a miraculous success. All the best dental work was also
done
> for him. The young man became everything he promised! God he would be. He
was
> also blessed with a wonderful, beautiful wife, and many children, and
success
> in an industr y which would have been the furthest thing from his mind as
a
> career if not for the goodness of God and the love of the people who
cared for
> him. This he acknowledges publicly.
>
> The young man was and is Mel Gibson.
>
> His life was the inspiration for his production of the movie "The Man
Without
> A Face." He is to be admired by all of us as a God fearing man, a
political
> conservative, and an example to all as a true man of courage. And to
think I
> admired him before I knew any of this! He is quite a man!
>
> Paul Harvey

epdc · Post by **epdc** » Sun Feb 29, 2004 4:13 pm

I was so sure you would put a disgusting picture.. good story.

SamScales · Post by **SamScales** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 2:48 am

Wow, I didn't know that. Paul Harvey always has cool stories like that.
Good that Mel Gibson gave glory back to the Lord and is open about it. I can't wait to see the movie. We hope to have time to see it soon.

Michael · Post by **Michael** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 9:20 am

This story is a fabrication: see this entry on Snopes.com.

separateunion · Post by **separateunion** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 6:12 pm

I thought it was a fabrication because I remember reading that Mel Gibson's sister got him into stage acting when he was somewhere around the age of 8, and I believe he moved onto Broadway, or something similar, from there.

Michael · Post by **Michael** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 8:32 am

Apparently the one grain of truth in it is that Mel did get the lead in Mad Max because his face was messed up... he was in a bar fight the day before casting call and he had gotten punched in the kisser. So it's not COMPLETELY without truth!

Petrafan4life79 · Post by **Petrafan4life79** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 4:10 pm

Sorry guys!

I had gotten this email from my Mother-in-law and she's usually really good about urban legends before forwarding it on. My Father-in-law has since forwarded an email he got saying it was an urban legend, so....

But, whatever the case, it was an interesting read, now that we know the truth.

epdc · Post by **epdc** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 5:07 pm

aww don`t feel bad, you didn`t know,. I didn`t know either.

SamScales · Post by **SamScales** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 2:38 am

Sheesh, and it sounded SOOOOOOOOOO good! Guess that teaches us a lesson not to believe everything we read.

Petrafan4life79 · Post by **Petrafan4life79** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 11:42 pm

You got that right!

bakersfieldpethead · Post by **bakersfieldpethead** » Thu Mar 18, 2004 3:41 am

Hey guys........what about my story

I was born without any crackers.......I had to buy them at the store, until one day my dog spoke and said hey dummy grow them in the back yard.

The thing is I planted some cracker seads......and nothing happend, I mean I saw something grow months ago, but there isn't anything out there today..............funny thing though, my dog never eats his food when I give to him.

That dog today is mr. Taco-Bell

........gotta love me

epdc · Post by **epdc** » Thu Mar 18, 2004 3:00 pm

I can read all the words you typed but I just have no idea of what are you talking about

J/K.

Shell · Post by **Shell** » Thu Mar 18, 2004 3:02 pm

Why in the world are you trying to figure out what he's talking about, LOL?

SamScales · Post by **SamScales** » Fri Mar 19, 2004 1:06 am

Oh, man, it's easy......there's nothing to figure out! You can grow your own Taco Bell in your backyard! I'm gonna try that tomorrow!

epdc · Post by **epdc** » Fri Mar 19, 2004 11:49 am

OHHHHHHHHHHHH

...ok

ya know, I knew it

just wanted to make sure YOU knew

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