WTF???:Man's Leg Found In Smoker To Be Returned;Buyer Of Smoker Had Wanted To Keep Leg

This story is from last year, but somehow Jonny missed this little gem when it was Breaking News. Jonny has a very puzzled look on his face.

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MAIDEN, N.C. -- A South Carolina man who mistakenly lost his amputated leg when it was sold in a barbecue smoker at a public auction will get the appendage back, authorities said Wednesday.

John Wood, of Simpsonville, S.C., had been battling to regain custody of the leg from Shannon Whisnant, who found the leg in the smoker he purchased at an auction of Wood's belongings last week, WXII-TV in Greenville, N.C., reported

Whisnant had said he wanted to keep the leg if Wood wasn't willing to pay to get it back. The leg was being kept at a funeral home, the television station reported.

Whisnant said he previously charged people to look at the severed leg.

"It's mine, I want it back, I have a receipt," Whisnant said Tuesday.

He said that if Wood cared about the leg, it wouldn't have been left behind in the smoker.

Wood's leg was amputated three years ago after an airplane crash. He had been keeping the leg so it could be cremated with him when he dies.

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So just to make sure Jonny has the facts straight:

1. This guy had his leg amputated, and then he stored it in his BBQ smoker? What condition was the leg in that he was saving? Was it a complete leg covered in decaying flesh, or was it just bones? Was it somehow preserved or stored in some sort of container, or was it just loose leg parts?


2. He sold his smoker at auction, and he didn't realize, "Oh yeah, I need to take my leg out of there first."?


3. The guy that bought the smoker actually wants to KEEP the leg?


4. The guy that found the Cracker Jack Surprise in his newly-purchased smoker was CHARGING people to look at the leg?


5. People were actually PAYING to look at the leg?


6. Are we really witnessing a custody battle over a severed leg?

My nominee for the best quote EVER is the guy who found the leg in his new smoker saying "It's mine, I want it back, I have a receipt." Jonny laughs his ass off when he pictures some bitter, angry old guy (kinda like Jonny) angrily waving his receipt and asserting his claim to another guy's smelly, decaying severed limb.

We live in a STUPID world, folks.

Jonny out. ♥ Love you long time.