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North Carolina pair feud over leg

A US man who stored his amputated leg in a barbecue smoker that was later auctioned off is locked in a custody dispute with the man who bought it.

John Wood's smoker was sold to Shannon Whisnant last week after he fell behind on payments at the storage facility in North Carolina where it was kept.

He wants his leg back but Mr Whisnant says he has a receipt for the smoker's contents and wants to share ownership.

Mr Wood's leg was amputated above the knee after a plane crash in 2004.

He asked to keep the leg so he could be buried as a whole man when he died, and stored it at the facility in Maiden after losing his home.

But when Mr Wood failed to pay the necessary rental fees, the storage company auctioned the smoker and all its contents.

'Strange incident'

After buying the smoker last Tuesday, Mr Whisnant looked inside and found a man's leg wrapped in a wire screen.

He initially gave the leg to the police, who concluded it had not been removed as a result of a crime and sent it to a funeral home until Mr Wood could pick it up.

But after making money by charging adults $3 (£1.47) and children $1 (49p) to look inside the empty smoker, Mr Whisnant asked for it back.

His request was refused by the funeral home, so he decided to try to persuade Mr Wood to share custody and profits.

"I told him I'd share custody of it..." Mr Whisnant said.

"It's a strange incident and Halloween's just around the corner. The price will go up if I get the leg."

'Despicable'

Mr Wood, who now lives in Greenville, South Carolina, has insisted he is not interested in using the leg to make money and plans to travel to Maiden as soon as possible to reclaim it.

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

"I don't mind having the 15 minutes of fame, but I'm not looking to really profit off this thing.

"He's making a freak show out of it."

Having had his offer rejected, Mr Whisnant has threatened to begin legal action if the leg is not returned to him by next week.

He says he has a receipt showing he bought both the smoker and its contents at the auction.

"Everybody knows it's mine, period," he said. "And if anyone tries to take it, I want everything they got."

Sourced BBCi: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7024124.stm

[Tyrones own]

  Ah sure she's some spot, you'll have to take a trip out Ziggy

[Puckoon]

North Carolina pair feud over leg

A US man who stored his amputated leg in a barbecue smoker that was later auctioned off is locked in a custody dispute with the man who bought it.

John Wood's smoker was sold to Shannon Whisnant last week after he fell behind on payments at the storage facility in North Carolina where it was kept.

He wants his leg back but Mr Whisnant says he has a receipt for the smoker's contents and wants to share ownership.

Mr Wood's leg was amputated above the knee after a plane crash in 2004.

He asked to keep the leg so he could be buried as a whole man when he died, and stored it at the facility in Maiden after losing his home.

But when Mr Wood failed to pay the necessary rental fees, the storage company auctioned the smoker and all its contents.

'Strange incident'

After buying the smoker last Tuesday, Mr Whisnant looked inside and found a man's leg wrapped in a wire screen.

He initially gave the leg to the police, who concluded it had not been removed as a result of a crime and sent it to a funeral home until Mr Wood could pick it up.

But after making money by charging adults $3 (£1.47) and children $1 (49p) to look inside the empty smoker, Mr Whisnant asked for it back.

His request was refused by the funeral home, so he decided to try to persuade Mr Wood to share custody and profits.

"I told him I'd share custody of it..." Mr Whisnant said.

"It's a strange incident and Halloween's just around the corner. The price will go up if I get the leg."

'Despicable'

Mr Wood, who now lives in Greenville, South Carolina, has insisted he is not interested in using the leg to make money and plans to travel to Maiden as soon as possible to reclaim it.

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

"I don't mind having the 15 minutes of fame, but I'm not looking to really profit off this thing.

"He's making a freak show out of it."

Having had his offer rejected, Mr Whisnant has threatened to begin legal action if the leg is not returned to him by next week.

He says he has a receipt showing he bought both the smoker and its contents at the auction.

"Everybody knows it's mine, period," he said. "And if anyone tries to take it, I want everything they got."

Sourced BBCi: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7024124.stm

He might have used up all his good graces already. That sounds more than lucky to me, considering my fear of dying in a plane crash

Ziggy is planning on coming out here, but I think he wants to head down under first.

[mannix]

Its a case of the man not having a leg to stand on.

[Bensars]

Nothing suprises me with the staes and the mentality of those within.

Remember when i was out there for a few years the whole holaballo about Mc Donalds being sued as their coffee being too hot. Nothing said of the stupid cnut who raced off through the driveway and split contents on his passenger.

They should have got Judge Judy on the case

[mannix]

Is that a churn on Bensars side panel?

[Puckoon]

Nothing suprises me with the staes and the mentality of those within.

Remember when i was out there for a few years the whole holaballo about Mc Donalds being sued as their coffee being too hot. Nothing said of the stupid cnut who raced off through the driveway and split contents on his passenger.

They should have got Judge Judy on the case

I think it was a woman, who spilt it on herself. Either way, the coffee cups now come with disclaimers on them

[Bensars]

as far as i can remember it was the nephew of the woman who was driving. the woman was obviously in the passenger street.

They got millions from it and Mc Donalds were forced to implement changes.

[Puckoon]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald's_coffee_case

Close enough bensars. Have a read if you are interested.