We all know how it feels to have high hopes that we’re about to pull off something big and then be crushed when things don’t end up turning out. Here’s an example of one such disappointment that will hit you right in the gut: This man cut open his grandfather’s scrotum hoping to find treasure, but all he found was testicles. 

Oof. Talk about a letdown. 

When 21-year-old smoke shop clerk Justin Wilson dreams, he dreams big. After noticing one day that his grandfather’s scrotum appeared to be filled with something, Justin couldn’t stop imagining that his gramps’ hefty satchel was loaded with valuable gold coins, pearls, or even a Fabergé egg. He’d lie awake at night imagining snipping into his granddad’s leathery sack with scissors, holding a bucket beneath the incision, and watching diamonds and wads of cash spill out and fill it to the brim. But sadly, it didn’t quite end up working out like that. 

Upon making a careful cut in the bottom of his grandpa’s scrotum with a scalpel, Justin was disappointed to find that the first thing to pour out wasn’t rubies and sapphires as he’d imagined, but blood. Shaking the split open nutsack around didn’t improve things for Justin treasure-wise, either. All he was able to shake loose was a plump pair of 83-year-old testicles and not a single fleck of gold dust or even a quarter. Justin continued to explore the inside of his grandpa’s scrotum in stubborn disbelief until he finally was able to accept that the treasure he was so certain was going to be inside was nowhere to be found. 

Brutal. This is one heart-crushing experience that Justin won’t be recovering from anytime soon. 

People have a right to dream about finding priceless treasure inside their grandpas’ scrotums, but it’s important to temper those hopes with the reality that all they might find is a big ol’ set of nuts. Let’s pray that Justin can recover from this and gets back on the treasure hunting horse soon!