Talk about an eyesore.
According to the paper, the man is in his 30s and a Boston area resident.
And since then, it seems like the splinter has been a harmless passenger.
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That said, there have been other reports of benign eye splinters documented before.
And the authors have advised that the man keep a close eye on himself for the foreseeable future.
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