A woman who claims to be the ‘most modified transsexual in the world’ has spent more than £42,000 to become a DRAGON.
Eva Tiamat Medusa's transformation includes a forked tongue, tattooed scales and even eight horns on her head.
In 1997, Medusa, from Bruni, Texas, was living as a man, named Richard Hernandez, and operating as a vice president for one of America’s leading banks.
But an HIV diagnosis sent Eva's life in a completely different direction and she vowed ‘not to die a human’.
Leaving the corporate world behind, Eva began morphing into the reptilian form she’d always longed to have.
She believes that, after being abandoned by her parents at the age of five, she was ‘born again’ under the care of the western diamondback rattlesnake.
The now 56-year-old began her transformation with a series of scale tattoos before later having her nose re-shaped, ears removed and the whites of her eyes permanently stained green – all costing an estimated $60,000 (£42,000).
But with a further $40,000 (£28,000) worth of modifications still planned, Eva opened up about her ‘trans-speciesism’ in a hope to break down the boundaries for others like her.
Eva told The Wizard of Odd TV : “For me, my transformation is the greatest journey of my life.
“There are profound reasons and deep meanings about my transformation and why I’m doing it.
“I have to mothers: One is my original birth mother and my second birth is to my reptilian parents, which are the rattlesnakes.
“I hope that my story will help other people – not only those who have gone through hard times, but also people who have lost hope.
“I myself know what it’s like to be at that point.
“Before my transformation I was vice president of one of the largest banks in the U.S. and I left when because I became HIV positive and feared I was going to die.
“My big thing though was I didn’t want to die in this world looking like a human.
“As much awesomeness and goodness there is in humans, compared to other species they are the most destructive and hateful.
“There’s a lot of misunderstanding about what it means to be transsexual and then further than that – something that I’m introducing – the idea of trans-speciesism.
“I consider myself not just to be human anymore; I’m human and reptilian.
“My greatest desire in life is to continue my body modification until my metamorphosis is complete.
“This is what drives me – this is the reason why I get up every day and live.”
The Mirror
