A veteran who was blinded in one eye by shrapnel in 1942 has seemingly been cured by My Buddy Chimo, a race horse who head-butted him. According to an ophthalmologist, the impact might have reset a dislocated lens. The man, Don Karkos, was hit by the horse while collaring him at the Monticello Raceway in New York. From Scotsman.com:
"I was putting a collar around his chest, and he whacked me real hard with his head," Mr Karkos told the New York Daily News.
"Being kicked is part of the job, but I've never been hit that hard.
"I was pretty shaken up, kind of dazed. Then, later that night, I started to get the vision back in my right eye…
Although his vision is still not perfect, Mr Karkos has been able to see about 15ft…
