??!! The Story of the Year
posted by on October 3 at 9:35 AM
Some stories defy belief. This is one of those stories:
Two US men are locked in a war of words over custody of an amputated leg, which one of them says he lost in a plane crash and another insists he owns since it was inside a barbecue he bought at an auction.
Okay, first of all…what?
John Wood of South Carolina says he had left the limb inside the barbecue smoker at a storage facility, because he wanted to be buried with it. But the storage business auctioned off the barbecue and other items after Wood fell behind with payments.
You wanted to be buried with your leg so you…stored it in a barbecue inside a storage facility? Huh?
Shannon Whisnant, who was at first shocked by what he found inside the smoker, now believes it could bring him fame and fortune.For now, he has put up a sign on the smoker charging adults three dollars and children one dollar for a peek inside, even though the leg is no longer inside but at a funeral home.
Wait: You mean people are actually paying to look inside a barbecue that once held an amputated leg?
He believes a lot more money could be made by going on television shows.
I smell a Today Show exclusive.
Whisnant even suggested joint custody of the leg, much to Wood’s outrage.
Well of course he’s outraged. Can’t a man store his amputated leg in a barbecue without some greedy asshole trying to turn a profit on it?
And by the way: How did Wood’s leg end up in the barbecue, anyway?
He kept the limb in a freezer, then dried it out in his front yard, and eventually stored it away.
Thank you and goodnight!
South Carolina. What's new.
Say what now? Nice find Bradley!
They printed this in The Guardian yesterday as one of their "those crazy Americans" stories.
Many states have laws banning the sale of body parts. With any luck, Mr. Whisnant will soon be in jail.
Maybe a pit bull is responsible.
I'm so sick of kids getting discounts at my favorite attractions.
I think the leg should be used to beat the living shit out of both of them.
I'm so sick of kids getting discounts at my favorite attractions.
well, wood is the one who didn't pay his storage fees. he screwed up, and now he's lost the leg.
Could have been worse:
Some of those storage places charge and arm AND a leg...
Why hasn't anyone recommended the King Solomon option?
I am the victim here.
Just think of the t-shirt and trucker hat possibilities for that attraction.
If your head was severed which would be you? The head or the rest of the body.
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He dried the leg? Does this mean it looks like a giant piece of Beef Jerky with toes?? EWWWW!
Where's the picture? I want to see it!
Comte wins.
More of the Bernhardt Effect:
In 1915, ten years after a serious injury, Sarah Bernhardt's right leg was amputated, confining her to a wheelchair for several months. She supposedly refused a $10,000 offer by a showman to display her amputated leg as a medical curiosity.
Dried it out in his front yard? A local elderly woman here got her entire garden razed by the city because she hadn't been strong and agile enough to get out and trash a raccoon that had died on her lawn.
How the hell did this guy dry his fucking amputated LEG and not have any of his nosy neighbours notice?
Gloria:
This is South Carolina. His neighbors were all probably jealous because they didn't have their own severed legs drying in the front yard next to the engineless camaro jacked up on concrete blocks, and the clothes drying on the clothesline.
Well, there are certain binding laws regarding a contract agreement as Mr. Wood had with the storage facility. Mr. Wood was unable to meet those requirements and actions were taken which are completely in line with the legal rights of the storage facility at the point of non-payment. In my opinion, Mr. Wood doesn't have a leg to stand on.....
Well, that is perhaps the weirdest thing I've read all year! Do we live in an actual country or in a Dukes of Hazzard movie? Probably the movie...yah, that would explain everything.
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