Ambikapur, India resident Anand Yadav, 35, fainted at home and his family rushed him to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. During an autopsy, physicians were shocked to find a live chick lodged in Yadav's throat.
According to physician Santu Bag, the bird, nearly 8 inches long, had obstructed Yadav's breathing resulting in his death.
"This is the first time I have encountered such a case in my career," Bag said.
The Hindustan Times reports that, "according to some local residents, Yadav was in contact with a 'tantrik' (occultist) and had been struggling with infertility. Villagers believe that he may have swallowed the chick as part of a ritual to fulfill his desire to become a father."