Just another typical Saturday night on the mean streets of Trenton, NJ: A 42 year old man ended his evening with a cigarette, a fistfight and a peaceful night’s sleep. Later that morning, the victim’s brother pointed out that what he must have thought was a dorsal appendage was, in fact, a five inch knife. The kicker? The stabbing victim received the injury not in his sleep, but in the fistfight the night before.

According to police, the victim had been drinking Saturday night, and stepped out onto his porch to have a cigarette around 2 a.m. Sunday morning. A passerby asked for a light, and an argument escalated to fisticuffs when the victim refused. When the victim gained the upper hand, the attacker suddenly fled the scene. Feeling vindicated, the victim returned to his home and retired for the evening.

According to NJ.com, Trenton PD spokesman Lt. Mark Kieffer says the victim awoke with pain in his back ten hours later. The victim couldn’t tell what the problem was until he spoke to his brother.

“And his brother said he had a knife blade protruding from his back,” Kieffer said.

Police officers were called to the man’s home around noon Sunday and confirmed there was a five-inch knife blade stuck in the victim’s back, Kieffer said. He said the stabbing victim was “very uncooperative” with detectives who tried to talk with him at the hospital. The man is expected to survive his injuries.

The Princess and her pea now seem silly in comparison.