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It seems some guy used a chainsaw to remove his own legs, then told police that a "Chainsaw Gang" attacked him. I'd love to know his motivation for amputating his legs. It's got to be an interesting story.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16767194&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=saw-man--hacks-off-own-legs---name_page.html

Legless Pirates.

maybe his van didn’t have the legroom :D

"I'm a Lumberjack and im OK"

Looks like something that could be used as evidence of demonic possession or some such a thing...

Perhaps aliens, bigfoot, the loch ness monster.

Cutting off your own legs with a chainsaw, and THEN trying to blame it on someone else, like a child caught red handed saying, "it wasn't me!."

I'd love to know his motivation for amputating his legs.
Sometimes you win the bar bet, and sometimes you chop of your own legs and nearly bleed to death next to your burning van.

How the hell does one manage to cut off his/her own legs?
Somebody might want to tell this to the poor guys that fantasize about losing limbs and ask for a doctor's help: do it yourselves, you just have to think of something nice when you do it.

wtf is wrong with people.

Sometimes you win the bar bet, and sometimes you chop of your own legs and nearly bleed to death next to your burning van.
Hell of a bet. I wonder what he stood to win?

people with the urge to cut of their limbs or other body parts or people that find sexual pleasure in getting eaten alive by a cannibal


-[you know that thing in germany where some guy had an ad asking for people to eat and got tons of replys and some guy came they both enjoyed, he left the guys dick last he said "its a delicacy"]

ok yea all those people should be shot to make sure their genes are not carried on. But then again you could always blame freedom...to much freedom is not a good thing.

people with the urge to cut of their limbs or other body parts or people that find sexual pleasure in getting eaten alive by a cannibal


-[you know that thing in germany where some guy had an ad asking for people to eat and got tons of replys and some guy came they both enjoyed, he left the guys dick last he said "its a delicacy"]

ok yea all those people should be shot to make sure their genes are not carried on. But then again you could always blame freedom...to much freedom is not a good thing.
I don't blame freedom. I blame mental illness. Too much mental illness makes for weird news stories like this one.

Now why do you hate freedom? Are you with Al Qaeda? Should I call the FBI?

ok yea all those people should be shot to make sure their genes are not carried on. But then again you could always blame freedom...to much freedom is not a good thing.
No, the pronblem is that they don't have enough freedom. Since their fetish is ultimately lethal, simply allowing them to pursue their particular method of sexual gratification would, eventually, eradicate whatever gene disorder is causing the problem.

No, the pronblem is that they don't have enough freedom. Since their fetish is ultimately lethal, simply allowing them to pursue their particular method of sexual gratification would, eventually, eradicate whatever gene disorder is causing the problem.And as an added bonus, we'd be able to have national competitions for Darwin Awards. A both useful & amusing past time.

Hell of a bet. I wonder what he stood to win?

A pair of legs :D

Hell of a bet. I wonder what he stood to win?
A pair of really, really good pants.

A pair of legs :D
So if he won he'd have had four legs?

http://i2.tinypic.com/qpgq3o.jpg

Theres a similar darwin award about a guy who had hsi cousin attack him w/ a chainsaw so he could collect insurance money. ITs probably something liek that.

Whoa. I cringe at a paper cut. This guy must be one badass.

Whoa. I cringe at a paper cut. This guy must be one badass.
Not any more. What's he going to do? Run you over with his wheelchair?

Not any more. What's he going to do? Run you over with his wheelchair?

hey dont underestimate the power of those things.*runs*

It seems some guy used a chainsaw to remove his own legs, then told police that a "Chainsaw Gang" attacked him. I'd love to know his motivation for amputating his legs. It's got to be an interesting story.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16767194&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=saw-man--hacks-off-own-legs---name_page.html

I don't mean to spoil everyone's fun, but has anyone seen the same story in any OTHER media?

The Mirror is something of a spoof.

I don't mean to spoil everyone's fun, but has anyone seen the same story in any OTHER media?

The Mirror is something of a spoof.
What? You mean it's like Weekly World News?

Women. So they can keep them closed instead of being sluts who need abortions. That's what I hear, anyway.

What? You mean it's like Weekly World News?

Yes. Exactly that kind of thing. Although, there are USUALLY less dwarf-cannibals, and alien/Elvis lovechildren, and more half-naked women, in the Mirror.

It seems some guy used a chainsaw to remove his own legs, then told police that a "Chainsaw Gang" attacked him. I'd love to know his motivation for amputating his legs. It's got to be an interesting story.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16767194&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=saw-man--hacks-off-own-legs---name_page.html

There's a psychological disorder called Body Identity Integrity Disorder, in which the person actually feels incomplete because of having a certain limb attached to them. They only feel complete when the limb is removed. It's incredibly rare, and there's no treatment for it. A lot of patients will attempt to either remove the offending limb themselves or mangle it enough that it requires amputation. That may well be why.

There's a psychological disorder called Body Identity Integrity Disorder, in which the person actually feels incomplete because of having a certain limb attached to them. They only feel complete when the limb is removed. It's incredibly rare, and there's no treatment for it. A lot of patients will attempt to either remove the offending limb themselves or mangle it enough that it requires amputation. That may well be why.


My God, theres a clinical "disorder" for just about anything these days. I wonder if theres one for someone who eats boogers?

My God, theres a clinical "disorder" for just about anything these days. I wonder if theres one for someone who eats boogers?

The human mind IS very prone to being disrupted and disturbed, y'know.

And no, sorry, don't think there's a term for such...at least, none that I know of.