Hey Oldtaku, need some help here: A YouTuber made a video last year claiming that a con attendee at Otakon was struck, sideways, with a yaoi paddle, suffered a shattered pelvis, is still in a wheel chair, and the attacker went to prison. Anyone heard this story BEFORE 2019? https://twitter.com/BlissWallpaper/status/1263112660486414460

Like, I'm searching around and I can't find any forum posts or even 'I know a guy who knows the guy' type posts of this event. The YouTuber claims that Hen Da Ne told them this story but they themselves tell the story purely through paraphrasing. They have no supporting evidence.

From what I can gather, this specific 'Legend' didn't exist prior to 2019 when the YouTuber more or less invented it. Weather they were mislead or they made it up, I dunno. But nothing else supports it and this is the kinda thing that would not be forgotten till 2019.