Working in the medical field is not for the faint of heart. Doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals need to have enough physical and emotional resilience to be able to withstand grueling hours, rude patients, and unexpected situations.
Some doctors cave and quit; in fact, 25% of American physicians have thought about leaving medical practice since the beginning of 2025. Most just can't deal with the burnout anymore, while others cite retirement and clinical demands as the top reasons.
Yet sometimes doctors may want to quit due to crazy experiences. Bored Panda recently came across a thread where medical professionals were sharing the creepiest things that happened to them, and honestly, some of them are totally worthy of noping out of your job immediately. We've collected the most interesting answers to the question "Doctors of Reddit: What's the creepiest thing you've encountered while on the job?" and present them to you below!
#41
Not I, but current coworker in IT. He was previous EMT, responded to a call of an accident. Corvette rear ended a semi at a high rate of speed. Driver was decapitated. Head was found on the passenger floor.
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16points
#42
I felt like i should say something though i am not in the medical field. My Mom told me a story when i was young about my great grandfather often going to a bar when he was young and it became regular for him. Where we live in maine and seeing as he was a WWII vet cant rightly say i blame him especially since he was a medic.
But i will say in returning to the story that at certain period in time a man would often join him for drinks at the bar and they became well acquainted. Having never met the man outside of the bar prior to the several days that he would sit and chat with him he told us before his passing he always seemed like such a nice man.
Until one night he entered the bar and he seemed different to him according to what i can remember and they talked for a bit but the man was anxious to leave.
My grandfather left the bar about a half hour later and discovered a large amount of police officers at the hospital while he was driving past. To which he payed no attention too, but after arriving home the very same man who had been drinking with him every other night or so was on the news wanted in connection to several violent crimes at the hospital of registered nurses after hours.
But i will say in returning to the story that at certain period in time a man would often join him for drinks at the bar and they became well acquainted. Having never met the man outside of the bar prior to the several days that he would sit and chat with him he told us before his passing he always seemed like such a nice man.
Until one night he entered the bar and he seemed different to him according to what i can remember and they talked for a bit but the man was anxious to leave.
My grandfather left the bar about a half hour later and discovered a large amount of police officers at the hospital while he was driving past. To which he payed no attention too, but after arriving home the very same man who had been drinking with him every other night or so was on the news wanted in connection to several violent crimes at the hospital of registered nurses after hours.
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13points
#43
Not me, but my friend and old coworker used to work in a psych ward and mentioned there was one girl there who would speak in tongues occasionally and had a vocal condition that allowed her to electively speak in 2 octaves. One night while he was nearby her, her eyes rolled back, she started speaking in dual octave tongues, getting louder and louder until suddenly the power went out in the building.
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12points
