An ex-banker who transformed into a "genderless reptilian" claims their son abandoned them after seeing their incredible change.
Due to their reptile look, the body modification enthusiast from Texas, who was born Richard Hernandez and refers to themself as "it" in their Instagram bio, has amassed quite a social media following over the years.
They have spent over $75,000 on alteration procedures, including tongue splitting, ear removal, and even 18 little horn implants, and are now known as Tiamat Legion Medusa. Tiamat is also almost entirely covered in tattoos that resemble scales.
That's not all, as they've disclosed that they're planning additional changes, such as teeth removal, penis removal, and even more tattoos, to entirely transform from human to reptile, according to News.com.au.
Tiamat, a former bank vice president, went on YouTuber Anthony Padilla's channel for an interview, where they boldly described themselves as "a freak."
"I was in my late 40s, prior to me living my life as the freak that I am, proudly a freak here," they stated. "I already had 79 piercings and most of them were hidden. The ones that weren't I could take out every day and put them back in, which is what I used to do as a banker."
Unfortunately, Tiamat revealed that their son had rejected them as a result of their controversial lifestyle changes.
Tiamat recalled:
"The relationship or the connection with my son has also changed. At that time when I started my transformation, my son had already turned 16, and he rejected me at that point in my life,".
They added:
"[It was] through no fault of his own, it was all the father's fault. My son hasn't been in my life for seven years, I'm hoping that he is at least watching me on the internet because the reason I'm out there in such a big way is for him. So that he can see what his dad's doing, his weird, strange, used to be a man, is now a woman, is now reptilian, dad."
Padilla then asked Tiamat if they had a message for their kid, to which they responded:
"I would like to say first of all, 'son, I'm sorry for the mistakes that I've made in life. I own up to all of them, I don't make excuses for any of them, but it's those very mistakes that have made me the awesome person that I am now. I'm hoping that you'll give me the chance at some point in your life, and know that I'm always here waiting with wings open for you.'"
