Dennis Avner and his fatal flaw

Who will answer what pushes people to such radical modifications of their body? Now they even introduced the term bodmod, derived from the English Body Modification. A person seeks to look not like everyone else, perhaps this is his personal freedom of choice. But what is behind this? Mental abnormalities, a desire to stand out, loneliness? It will be a story about a real animal-man who has become a real celebrity in the whole world.

The image of a cat

Dennis Avner was a strange and terrible sight: tattooed body with imitation of tiger color, bifurcated lip, sharp accreted fangs, special tunnels in the face, in which were inserted a cat's mustache made of plastic, silicone implants on the forehead and cheeks, pointed ears, contact lenses with Pupils of a cat. The image was full of long claws and a mechanical tail that could move.

Dennis did not stop only on the external transformation, he was happy to eat raw meat and climbing trees, like a wild cat.

Secret meaning

Dennis Avner was born in 1958 in America, in a family of real Indians, who gave his young son the nickname "cat, going for prey." As a man later admitted, he took this information to heart, deciding that this is his true destiny in life and the real essence. And he began to search for a secret meaning in the ancestors of the tribe, changing completely the outer shell. Plastic modifications, along with tattoos and piercings, cost him a tidy sum, though Avner himself never considered the money spent. Mentioned 33 operations, which completely changed his face, he even severely narrowed his eyes, bringing them as close as possible to the feline.

Fame

Naturally, after such cardinal changes in appearance, the Cat Man was noticed by the general public. He attracted everyone's attention, and not always the reactions to him were positive. Someone admired him, but most considered it abnormal. Perhaps the goal of Avner, unsatisfied with his former appearance, was achieved this time, he was noticed, invited to a talk show, interviewed. His secret call to pay attention was heard by a multi-million audience.

Dennis Avner before the operation served in the US troops as a locator adjuster, then worked as a programmer, but the desire to reincarnate from person to cat was the strongest. In 1985, his body and face appear first tattoos. And this was only the beginning of the changes that turned him into a victim of plastic surgery. His images appear in magazines and the press, Avner is entered in the Guinness Book of Records, is called for shooting television programs, and even well-known presenter Larry King once invites him to his show. The popularity is growing, along with her fees for performances that are spent without rest on new modifications of the body.

Loneliness

The crazy idea to turn into a real cat, known all over the world, finds its embodiment, but did this make Dennis happy? Probably not. After reaching the age of 54, Dennis Avner was completely alone, the peace of mind, which he dreamed of, was missing in the new image. The discomfort that was present in him since childhood, did not go anywhere. Friends recalled that from close attention, the Cat Man began to get tired, people asked for an autograph and a joint photo with a strange character. The expression of this essence did not give him harmony with himself. If it is not inside, then it's pointless to look for external tattoos.

The official medical version said that Avner had serious problems with the psyche. His disorder was called dysmorphophobia, which arose because of an extreme concern with an imaginary defect in appearance. The experience of their alleged inferiority resulted in the decision to get rid of all the complexes in such a strange way.

Suicide

At the end of November 2012, the American media spread information that Dennis Avner was found dead in his house. The cause of death is suicide. Long before the tragedy, his health caused great concern for doctors. Those who went far experiments trying to reincarnate in a human animal brought him severe suffering. Pain from piercing and permanent operations made his body unusually susceptible to pain. For a good-natured smile, the soul suffering from physical and moral torments was hiding.

Fatal mistake

The acquaintance Avner said that attempts to get used to the unnatural role for him seemed to blur his natural genetic code. And the happiness that the man dreamed about was inaccessible to him. Thoughts of suicide began to haunt him when Dennis Avner realized that he committed the biggest mistake of his life. A year before the suicide, he turned to those who want to use his image, asking not to forget that he needs to live on something. And he added that he needed a job and a house.

"It was a complex, but memorable person with a lot of problems," - so they wrote about him after his death. A kind and sociable, but deeply unhappy man, who spent 27 years on reincarnation, tried to take in himself the essence of the animal, but did not succeed in it.