Slog - Comments on The Story of the Year http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_story_of_the_year 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... Copyright 2008 Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:35:21 -0800 Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:31:47 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Mr. Poe South Carolina. What's new.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_story_of_the_year#c817070 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_story_of_the_year#c817070 What the Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:38:41 -0800 Comment by Carollani Say what now? Nice find Bradley!

]]> Carollani http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_story_of_the_year#c817072 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_story_of_the_year#c817072 What the Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:40:51 -0800 Comment by Gabriel They printed this in The Guardian yesterday as one of their "those crazy Americans" stories.

]]> Gabriel http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_story_of_the_year#c817074 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_story_of_the_year#c817074 What the Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:43:44 -0800 Comment by J.R. Many states have laws banning the sale of body parts. With any luck, Mr. Whisnant will soon be in jail.

]]> J.R. http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_story_of_the_year#c817084 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_story_of_the_year#c817084 What the Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:47:04 -0800 Comment by V Maybe a pit bull is responsible.

]]> V http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_story_of_the_year#c817085 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_story_of_the_year#c817085 What the Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:47:18 -0800 Comment by The General I'm so sick of kids getting discounts at my favorite attractions.

]]> The General http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_story_of_the_year#c817086 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_story_of_the_year#c817086 What the Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:47:50 -0800 Comment by monkey I think the leg should be used to beat the living shit out of both of them.

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_story_of_the_year#c817087 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_story_of_the_year#c817087 What the Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:47:52 -0800 Comment by The General I'm so sick of kids getting discounts at my favorite attractions.

]]> The General http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_story_of_the_year#c817089 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_story_of_the_year#c817089 What the Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:48:06 -0800 Comment by konstantConsumer well, wood is the one who didn't pay his storage fees. he screwed up, and now he's lost the leg.

]]> konstantConsumer http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_story_of_the_year#c817092 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_story_of_the_year#c817092 What the Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:54:26 -0800 Comment by COMTE Could have been worse:

Some of those storage places charge and arm AND a leg...

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_story_of_the_year#c817097 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_story_of_the_year#c817097 What the Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:56:37 -0800 Comment by Gitai Why hasn't anyone recommended the King Solomon option?

]]> Gitai http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_story_of_the_year#c817098 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_story_of_the_year#c817098 What the Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:56:38 -0800 Comment by Leg I am the victim here.

]]> Leg http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_story_of_the_year#c817100 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_story_of_the_year#c817100 What the Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:57:01 -0800 Comment by Explorer Just think of the t-shirt and trucker hat possibilities for that attraction.

]]> Explorer http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_story_of_the_year#c817115 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_story_of_the_year#c817115 What the Wed, 03 Oct 2007 10:16:38 -0800 Comment by -B- If your head was severed which would be you? The head or the rest of the body.

]]> -B- http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_story_of_the_year#c817137 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_story_of_the_year#c817137 What the Wed, 03 Oct 2007 10:32:49 -0800 Comment by -B- ?

]]> -B- http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_story_of_the_year#c817139 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_story_of_the_year#c817139 What the Wed, 03 Oct 2007 10:33:35 -0800 Comment by lilblackcat He dried the leg? Does this mean it looks like a giant piece of Beef Jerky with toes?? EWWWW!

]]> lilblackcat http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_story_of_the_year#c817142 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_story_of_the_year#c817142 What the Wed, 03 Oct 2007 10:35:14 -0800 Comment by mirror Where's the picture? I want to see it!

]]> mirror http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_story_of_the_year#c817155 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_story_of_the_year#c817155 What the Wed, 03 Oct 2007 10:46:35 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Comte wins.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_story_of_the_year#c817225 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_story_of_the_year#c817225 What the Wed, 03 Oct 2007 12:07:33 -0800 Comment by HOW DIVINE, SARAH... 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.

]]> HOW DIVINE, SARAH... http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_story_of_the_year#c817285 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_story_of_the_year#c817285 What the Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:11:22 -0800 Comment by Gloria 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 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_story_of_the_year#c817331 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_story_of_the_year#c817331 What the Wed, 03 Oct 2007 14:05:01 -0800 Comment by COMTE 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.

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_story_of_the_year#c817389 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_story_of_the_year#c817389 What the Wed, 03 Oct 2007 14:49:09 -0800 Comment by cunei4m 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.....

]]> cunei4m http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_story_of_the_year#c817453 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_story_of_the_year#c817453 What the Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:40:15 -0800 Comment by Kristin Bell 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.

]]> Kristin Bell http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_story_of_the_year#c817606 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_story_of_the_year#c817606 What the Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:31:47 -0800