Strongman Eddie Hall has told how he thought he was going to die moments after his legendary 500kg dead lift in 2016.
The Beast, 32, went blind and had blood pouring out of his nose, ears and tear ducts after he smashed the world record.
The 28-stone strongman made history when he became the first human to ever lift half a ton off the ground.
But Hall’s incredible feat of strength in front of 10,000 fans in Leeds left him fighting for his life backstage.
In a video posted to his YouTube channel, the 32-year-old has revealed exactly what happened to him after the lift.
After explaining that he blacked out immediately after the lift and again once he left the stage, he said: “It was at this point I realised I was actually going blind, I lost the vision in the centre of my eye, I couldn’t see around it.
“It was like an arc-eye effect, and that’s when I got quite scared.
“I remember laying down on my back and staring at the ceiling and this horrible, sort of hallway, behind the arena.
“Just staring at this commercial ceiling with all air ducts and everything, and I thought this is where I’m going to die.
“This is it, this is where Eddie Hall dies.
“People were wiping blood out of my ears, I had blood coming out my tear ducts in my eyes, the blood was still coming out my nose.
“I think it was something pretty evident that I did something pretty serious, I blew something up in my head that was pretty nasty.”
Hall revealed it took two to three hours for his blood pressure and heart rate to stabilise.
But the former bouncer admitted the next day he could not even work out how to drive his car home from Leeds.
He said: “I went to drive my car home and I, physically or mentally, could not drive the car.
“I couldn’t work out how to work my gear stick, I couldn’t work out what the steering did.”
The Beast attended his son’s fourth birthday party the next day – but couldn’t remember people’s names and was having the same conversations several times.
And he revealed he did not recognise his own brother when he turned up, which he admitted was “quite scary”.
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