Maybe he could be used as bait.
A man puts packing hooks through his cheek in Phuket province, 690
kilometers (428 miles) southwest of Bangkok, Thailand, to celebrate the
annual Vegetarian Festival Saturday, Oct. 12, 2002. Every year around early
October devout Buddhists in the overseas Chinese community celebrate the
nine-day festival, during which some perform acts of self-mortification including
body-piercing, although such acts are not part of mainstream Buddhist faith.