A churchgoer left parishioners petrified when they found her surrounded in her own blood having gouged out her own eyes out.
Elizabeth Hiott was working at the South Main Chapel and Mercy Center in South Carolina when she heard screams coming from outside.
She ran out to find a 19-year-old woman near a railroad crossing holding one of her eyeballs having ripped it out of its socket.
Hiott immediately called for medics, but by the time they arrived, the woman had pulled her other eye out.
A churchgoer left parishioners petrified when they found her surrounded in her own blood having gouged out her own eyes out. Elizabeth Hiott was working at the South Main Chapel and Mercy Center (pictured) in South Carolina when she heard screams coming from outside
Anderson County Sheriff Chad McBride tells news outlets that it took two or three deputies and two emergency medical workers to subdue the woman so that they could start rendering aid.
A retired minister who helped the woman, Reverand Terry Mitchell, says it appeared she had intentionally hurt herself on nearby railroad tracks.
He said the woman looked young, and tried to fight anyone who tried to help her.
She ran out to find a 19-year-old woman near a railroad crossing (pictured) holding one of her eyeballs having ripped it out of its socket. Hiott immediately called for medics, but by the time they arrived, the woman had pulled her other eye out
Hiott told WYFF News 4 she was inside the church when she heard screams and cries for her to call 911.
‘It was across the street,’ she said, ‘And I could see blood, and could hear her screaming, and I realized something was wrong. Something was terribly wrong.
‘I immediately called 911 and it almost felt like the 911 dispatcher didn’t even believe me. That’s how crazy it was.’
The sheriff’s office says deputies responded to assist emergency medical workers, and no crime was committed.
The woman was airlifted to a hospital, but her condition is unknown at this stage.
South Main Chapel and Mercy Center worker Elizabeth Hiott says the church held a debriefing to counsel those who had seen what happened.