I remember hearing about that when I was a kid. Probably about '70-'72.
40-45 years later, science fiction is getting closer to reality.
And the horrific Ted Williams account.
“I saw his (Williams’) head,” Johnson asserted that, “What happens is they had had his head in one — looked like a freezer chest ... and it was malfunctioning, there were some issues. So they wanted to move his head into another vessel to lower the temperature of his head down it minus 321 Fahrenheit, so they went to put his head in that vessel. Obviously, the head’s round, it’s not gonna sit upright.
“So, they got a tuna fish can, and they put it in the bottom of that vessel. They set the head on top of the can and then filled the vessel with liquid nitrogen. Well, obviously, after two or three days of being in that state, when they pull you out, that can is stuck to the top of the head and in Williams’ case, that’s exactly what happened.
They pulled him out, the tuna can was stuck on the top of his head, a technician grabbed a monkey wrench, took a swing at the can, missed it, missed the can, hit the head, drew back again, (took) a second swing, hit the can, sent it flying across the room.”
I have no idea if anything ever came of this, or if it was legit or what.
Freegards