An Iowa man who claimed to be God was arrested after he tried to “heal” a man whom he believed was addicted to drugs by hitting him in the head with a steel rod.

Local news station KCCI reports that Des Moines resident Carl Stroud last week spotted a man outside his apartment building whom he believed was a drug addict.

Stroud then walked outside, informed the man that he was God, and attempted to cure his addiction by “striking him with his… steel rod,” police documents allege.

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When first responders arrived on the scene, they found the man laying unconscious and severely bleeding from his head. He was taken to a nearby hospital where he was treated for a fractured skull.

Police arrested Stroud, despite his claims of divinity, and charged him with willful injury and assault. His bond is currently set at $5,300.