Seeing is believing for Iowa blind man

Diet Coke and Mentos

Gary Random, a 33-year-old resident of Dubuque Iowa, has been legally blind for 12 years after a Mentos and Diet Coke trick failed and went horribly wrong. As he reported it, "I got hit by fragments of Mentos candies and I didn't have vision in either eye." Being legally blind did not limit Mr. Random's ambitions as he did parachute out of a plane in 2006. “I was secretly praying that my chute would fail because seeing nothing for almost a decade really sucked.” Random said. Life got better for Random in 2007 when he met Tina Connolly a local heroin dealer. “Tina taught me that it’s not shameful to sit at home, do nothing and collect a disability check.” said Random.

"I was skeptical about listening to the Ranger film"

Everything changed this December while Gary's now fiance, Tina was adding movies to her NetFlix queue and she accidentally moved Mighty Morphin Power Rangers The Movie into the number one slot, when the DVD arrived she convinced Gary to sit with her and listen to the movie. Random admitted, "I was skeptical about listening to the Ranger film. I’ve listened to thousands of adult films since the Mentos accident and the experience is really just not that good when you are completely blind". However, in spite of his skepticism, Gary received a vision of Kimberly the pink Power Ranger, and his world was changed forever.

Gary Random

 "Oh my God, I can see Amy Jo Johnson!”

Random recalled the events leading up to that vision, "My blind eyes starting watering after the opening music and they watered for 5 minutes straight. I went to wipe my right eye and I could see Amy Jo. His enthusiasm continued as he remarked, "While I wiped my right eye, I could see Amy Jo out of my left." He then told Tina, "Oh my God, I can see Amy Jo Johnson!” To which Tina responded, "For fuck’s sake Gary, you are such a friggin pervert." Random then exclaimed, "No, I really see Amy Jo out of my BLIND eyes!"

Amy Jo Johnson

"It is not uncommon for someone to remember Amy Jo in her tight white mid-drift revealing top and tiny pink shorts"

Dr. Samuel Emmanuel, a local optometrist, explained in an interview, "I've heard of cases of people regaining their sight, but I've never experienced something of Gary's magnitude. Miracles can happen and some of those miracles are pretty big." He continued his explanation of what happened by noting that Mr. Random's experience is quite unique as Gary could only see Amy Jo Johnson and could not see any of the other actors in the film. “I thought at first it was simply repressed memories that were giving Gary his special vision as it is not uncommon for someone to remember Amy Jo in her tight white mid-drift revealing top and tiny pink shorts jumping up and down and doing acrobatics such as cartwheels months or even years after viewing that particular film” noted Emmanuel.

 "Gary would sit straight up in a fully erect position and could describe exactly what Johnson was doing on screen”

Emmanuel then put Gray through a battery of tests such as playing episodes of Power Rangers Jungle Fury that did not feature Amy Jo Johnson and the doctor was mystified by the results. “Gary would just sit there seeing nothing and sometimes would simply fall asleep but when I’d play episodes of Flashpoint that did feature Ms. Johnson, Gary would sit straight up in a fully erect position and could describe exactly what Johnson was doing on screen”. The doctor noted that these could not be repressed memories as Flashpoint was produced well after the Mentos accident that cost Random his sight.

Tina Connolly

"Wow you have a face, I wonder what it looks like”

Random concluded his remarks and summed up the situation and optimism for his future by saying, "Well at least I can see something other than black nothingness. In books and movies they sugar coat blindness by saying you can smell things better or can see things by touch, it’s all a big lie, when I touch Tina’s face I still see nothing and I go wow you have a face, I wonder what it looks like”. Tina plans to use Amy Jo Johnson films and music to spice up the couples love life, "it's way cheaper than Viagra and you don't need a prescription to get it" explained Tina. "Gary has just been a love machine since having his Amy Jo Johnson visions!"

Gary and Tina plan to get married this coming April in a Power Rangers themed ceremony.