[M]edical staff in a clinic in the central Colombian town of Honda have discovered a potato growing inside a patient’s vagina.

The embarrassed young woman explained that she had been advised by her mother to insert a potato into her vagina as a means of avoiding unwanted pregnancy.

“My mom told me that if I didn’t want to get pregnant, I should put a potato up there, and I believed her”.

After leaving the potato in place for around 2 weeks she began to experience intense pain in her lower abdomen. The potato had germinated, and grown roots inside the lady.

I’ve heard of some odd approaches to contraception, but this has to be one of the more unfortunate ones.

Via Columbia Reports.