British tourist's shocking holiday: hotel lamp zaps fillings, nearly burns him alive
After touching a faulty bedside lamp it sent electric current straight through the metal fillings in his mouth.
A British tourist's beach holiday in Egypt turned into a near-death shocker and not the kind you post about for clout.
Steve Ellis, 42, says he was "nearly burnt alive" in his hotel room after touching a faulty bedside lamp that sent an electric current straight through the metal fillings in his mouth.
The same fillings people are now ditching in favour of polished veneers and 'perfect' TikTok smiles. Ironically, Ellis's old-school dental work almost cost him his life.
'I've got fillings in my mouth, so the electric was going up there – it burnt my mouth,' he said. 'If I wasn't able to get myself off the lamp, then I would have burned alive.'
It happened in his hotel room in Sharm El Sheikh.
Ellis touched the bedside light with one hand, got stuck, then used the other, which also got stuck, before being flung across the room. He was alone. He screamed for help.
Afterwards, he noticed exposed wires sticking out of the lamp, but said you wouldn't have seen it unless you were actively inspecting it, which, let's be honest, who does on holiday?
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