Another reason to not fell trees alone

[Radar67]

I read this article on MSNBC

Man Amputates Own Leg

Another reminder to have someone with you when felling trees.

Stew

[Kevin]

I hope he tried digging the earth out around his leg with the knife to free himself before the amputation.

[Radar67]

The article didn't make any mention of him trying to dig out.

Stew

[sawguy21]

I saw that story too but with my tolerance to pain, I am suspicious.  :D He must hold a lot of blood to stay conscious that long.

[rebocardo]

Yea, I was wondering those things myself when I saw the article. 

[metalspinner]

I would have to be pinned alot longer than 11 hrs to undergo that surgery.

[Faron]

Maybe that was  a wooden leg he amputated?  ???;D

[Tom]

I have a Forester cousin who was involved in an equipment accident while in the woods alone and amputated his leg with his pocket knife too.  I don't think it is that uncommon of a thing.

[DanG]

It all sounds quite gruesome, but I suppose if a limb were already mangled beyond repair, the blood vessels would already be closed up, and a lot of nerves severed.  It might not be as bad as it seems.  It still gives me the sweaty-palm willies to think about it though.

[Furby]

How about the guy that cut his arm/hand off after being trapped by a boulder in a canyon out West for a week or so, then climbed/crawled out to find help.
Seems like it took 6 guys or so to shift the boulder enough to recover the remains of his limb some time later.

[Tom]

They should have left it.  Millions of years from now, some future archeologist would have thought he found a human egg.

[rebocardo]

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[Faron]

Furb, It seems to me they were unable to recover that arm.  I really don't  know what the point of trying would  be anyway. ???

[Furby]

Look it up, they recovered it. ;)