Man cuts off own leg with a pocket knife (1 Viewer)

[Optimus Prime]

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A farmer says he had to cut off his own mangled leg with a pocket knife after it became trapped in a grain hopper in northeastern Nebraska.

KETV reports that 63-year-old Kurt Kaser, of Pender, was unloading corn last month when he accidentally stepped on the opening of the hopper and his leg was sucked inside by a device designed to deposit grain in a bin.

Kaser said he couldn’t free his leg, he was alone and he didn’t have his cellphone. So he took out his pocket knife and sawed off his leg below the knee...…………….

Nebraska farmer cuts off trapped leg using pocket knife

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A farmer says he had to cut off his own mangled leg with a pocket knife after it became trapped in a grain hopper in northeastern Nebraska.

apnews.com

 

[superchuck500]

My choose your own adventure would have gone differently.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

k, i'm having trouble here
'sawed' and 'pocket knife' don't really go together

if i'm guessing (which this article is making me do) he cut through tendons & cartilage attaching the patella to the tibia

 

[Sun Wukong]

It doesnt say how long he waited before making this decision. Was it like 15 minutes and he panicked and made an impulsive decision?

 

[Flipx99]

I have done something similar.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

I have done something similar.

must resist
must... resist...

 

[Consigliere]

This thread is better without pictures

 

[DaveXA]

This thread is better without pictures

Agreed, but...I'd like to see a picture of the knife.

How did that guy not pass out or bleed out?

 

[Saint_Ward]

k, i'm having trouble here
'sawed' and 'pocket knife' don't really go together

if i'm guessing (which this article is making me do) he cut through tendons & cartilage attaching the patella to the tibia

Nope. Judging by the picture of him after he was bandaged up, he cut like 6 inches below the knee. Right through the damn bones... yuck.

 

[CapitalCitySaint]

Like that guy who went out rock climbing and had to cut his own arm off and they made a movie out of it....I forgot about him until now.

 

[Madmarsha]

Like that guy who went out rock climbing and had to cut his own arm off and they made a movie out of it....I forgot about him until now.

"127 Hours" with James Franco

 

[Yatman]

Between A Rock And A Hard Place by Aron Ralston, the guy who did it. Truth is stranger than fiction. Very graphic.

 

[Dan in Lafayette]

You could do all kinds of surgery with this Taysom Hill special:

 

[Brennan77]

But did he drink his own pee?

 

[brandon8283]

The things we do for love.