Man Overcomes A Lifetime Of Crippling Fear…By Biting The Goddamn Head Off A Hamster In Front Of Children

Professor Yu, 44, is a teacher at a boarding school in South Korea, and he has spent his entire life living with a crippling fear of rats. So what does Yu do in order to overcome his musophobia? He bites the goddamn head off a live hamster and swallows it, while at school, in front of seven young children who attend the boarding school, all while using abusive language. #HashtagYOLO #HashtagFearIsForTheWeak #HashtagHamstersAreProteinNotPeople

Yup, it is being reported that this professor, in order to overcome his musophobia (fear of mice and/or rats), just bit the head off a live hamster at school and swallowed it in front of the pupils, and now the local police are investigating. I’m all for exorcising the demons in any way that works for you, but biting the head off a school pet because you’re afraid of rats? And doing so in front of kids? That’s a clown move. You don’t eat bananas to get over your fear of banana spiders. What’d that adorable hamster ever do to you?

The Korea Times reports:

Police Monday investigated an instructor at a rural South Korean boarding facility who bit a hamster to death and swallowed it in front of children.
The instructor, surnamed Yu, 44, said he did so because he was “afraid of rats.”
The incident happened on May 11 at a boarding facility in Jeongeup, North Jeolla Province.
After finding out that some children were teasing hamsters, Yu bit one to death and swallowed it to teach them “how dear life is,” according to police.
Seven children saw him eat the animal.
Yu also used abusive language in front of the children.
He left the facility when other teachers protested. Parents have filed a complaint with police, alleging child abuse.
Yu told Yonhap News Agency by phone that he had feared rats after being bitten while at elementary school.
“I couldn’t control the situation and couldn’t stand it,” he was quoted as saying.
He then reiterated that he wanted to teach the children how precious life was.
“While watching the hamsters die from teasing, I thought I should teach the children it was wrong to make light of life,” he said.
He apologized to the children, parents and other instructors, saying he would not have killed the hamster if he had known it would be considered a form of child abuse.

Let’s not forget that this is what hamsters are up to these days on the Internet (being adorable and virtually harmless):

And one of the greatest videos ever produced (via ParryGripp):

Side note: I made it through my entire life up until my freshmen year of college thinking the word ‘hamster’ was spelled ‘hampster’. To this day I probably even still say it aloud with a ‘p’. It wasn’t until my freshmen year at SMU (before transferring to FSU) when I wrote the word ‘hampster’ on someone’s dry-erase board in our dorm regarding some message (probably South Park related) that someone called me out. How in the hell did I make it through that many years of my life without ever being corrected? What is wrong with society when a boy can go 18 years and turn into a man before ever even knowing how to properly spell or pronounce the word ‘hamster’?!?!