who's leg is it anyway?

[Toshtishtash 1]

:blink:

MIAMI (AFP) - 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.

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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.

Wood is now up in arms over the leg the buyer of the barbecue wants to keep.

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.

He believes a lot more money could be made by going on television shows.

Whisnant even suggested joint custody of the leg, much to Wood's outrage.

"He's making a freak show out of it," said Wood. "He wants to go on 'The Tonight Show' and he wants to sell it to the National Enquirer and call Ripley's Believe It or Not. He wants to put money in his pocket with this thing."

"I just think it's despicable," he said.

Wood lost the leg in a 2004 plane crash that killed his father. He kept the limb in a freezer, then dried it out in his front yard, and eventually stored it away.

Whisnant said that when he found the leg he thought "it might have been part of a missing person or someone's ex-wife" and called police, which gave the limb to a funeral home.

To date, Wood has not taken legal action to force the return of his leg.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20071003/tod-...-f62056d_1.html

[MissStacey 1]

Very strange.

[almaty 19]

another thread on this already

[Toshtishtash 1]

another thread on this already

Sorry, I didn't see it

[almaty 19]

another thread on this already

Sorry, I didn't see it

it is all good sister.,,,besides, it is a very strange story

[Toshtishtash 1]

another thread on this already

Sorry, I didn't see it

it is all good sister.,,,besides, it is a very strange story

Indeed it is!

[ajames79 0]

BIZARO...

[*julez* 124]

Strange and somewhat hilarious! How funny that the leg was being stored in a BBQ smoker!

[Aymerlu 3]

Nasty, nasty, nasty

[MissStacey 1]

As weird and macabre as it is- it is the one guys leg. Give it back to him.

What he wants to do with it is his business.

[isleta521 5]

As weird and macabre as it is- it is the one guys leg. Give it back to him.

What he wants to do with it is his business.

Well,

He lost it when he stopped paying for his storage. I don't think he has a leg to stand on.

Or maybe he's just pulling his leg and will give it back soon.

[Ban Hammer 13,636]

As weird and macabre as it is- it is the one guys leg. Give it back to him.

What he wants to do with it is his business.

Well,

He lost it when he stopped paying for his storage. I don't think he has a leg to stand on.

Or maybe he's just pulling his leg and will give it back soon.

i really doubt he will kick the other guys ####### in court

[almaty 19]

He lost it when he stopped paying for his storage. I don't think he has a leg to stand on.

he still owes them an arm

Edited October 4, 2007 by almaty

[MissStacey 1]

The other day I was driving behind an SUV that had part of a fake leg and foot hanging out of the back. I couldn't stop staring at it. It was gross yet kinda funny.

[Sister Fracas 5]

because a BBQ smoker is just where I'd store an amputated leg..........

And maybe I'm missing this, but is it customary for hospitals to give over amputated limbs, even though they previously belonged attached to said amputee???

Edited October 4, 2007 by Frances