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Shopper Gets Leg Up at Carolina Auction
From Associated Press
September 25, 2007 7:14 PM EDT
MAIDEN, N.C. - A man who bought a smoker Tuesday at an auction of abandoned items might have thought twice had he looked inside first. Maiden police said the man opened up the smoker and saw what he thought was a piece of driftwood wrapped in paper.
When he unwrapped it, he found a human leg, cut off 2 to 3 inches above the knee.
The smoker had been sold at an auction of items left behind at a storage facility, so investigators contacted the mother and son who had rented the space where the smoker was found.
The mother explained her son had his leg amputated after a plane crash and kept the leg following the surgery. The mother said her son plans to drive to Maiden, about 35 miles northwest of Charlotte, to reclaim his amputated leg, police said.
Andy Lustig
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
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Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
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Interesting for a 3000th post, isn't it?
Authorized dealer for PCGS, PCGS Currency, NGC, NCS, PMG, CAC. Member of the PNG, ANA. Member dealer of CoinPlex and CCE/FACTS as "CH5"
Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa
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Not if it's smoked . . . kind of like human prosciutto.
OK, 'fess up. Who here lives in or near Maiden, NC?
<< <i>Shopper Gets Leg Up at Carolina Auction
From Associated Press
September 25, 2007 7:14 PM EDT
MAIDEN, N.C. - A man who bought a smoker Tuesday at an auction of abandoned items might have thought twice had he looked inside first. Maiden police said the man opened up the smoker and saw what he thought was a piece of driftwood wrapped in paper.
When he unwrapped it, he found a human leg, cut off 2 to 3 inches above the knee.
The smoker had been sold at an auction of items left behind at a storage facility, so investigators contacted the mother and son who had rented the space where the smoker was found.
The mother explained her son had his leg amputated after a plane crash and kept the leg following the surgery. The mother said her son plans to drive to Maiden, about 35 miles northwest of Charlotte, to reclaim his amputated leg, police said. >>
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I give away money. I collect money.
I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 BC
May 18th, 2006
From News24.COM:
Man tries to auction leg
Wellington - A New Zealander whose right leg was amputated because of diabetes is trying to sell it to raise money for his daughter who has inherited the disease, a newspaper reported on Thursday.
Shane Torrance, 42, kept the tattooed leg in the freezer for 15 months before deciding to sell […]
lol, but not that daughter part.. just the selling leg part :-|
i'm in asheville nc located at least 2 hours away.....seems like weird stuff like this always makes the news making nc look like a freak show
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Rob
"Those guys weren't Fathers they were...Mothers."