Post by mindgames on Oct 3, 2007 16:41:11 GMT -5
ex) of SICKness!
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.
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.
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.
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.
