Man Finds Leg In Smoker
 

MAIDEN (AP) — A man who bought a smoker Tuesday at an auction of abandoned items might have thought twice had he looked inside first.

Maiden police said the man opened up the smoker and saw what he thought was a piece of driftwood wrapped in paper. When he unwrapped it, he found a human leg, cut off 2 to 3 inches above the knee.

The smoker had been sold at an auction of items left behind at a storage facility, so investigators contacted the mother and son who had rented the space where the smoker was found.

The mother, Peg Steele, explained her son had his leg amputated after a plane crash near Stone Mountain State Park in 2004 and kept the leg following the surgery "for religious reasons" she doesn't know much about.

"The rest of the family was very much against it," Steele said.

Maiden police said the leg belonged to John Wood, who had lived in the Maiden area and rented the storage unit with his mother. Police Chief Troy Church said both now live in South Carolina.

Steele said Tuesday her son planned to drive to Maiden, about 35 miles northwest of Charlotte, to reclaim his amputated leg.

Steele said she didn't know how the leg ended up in the smoker.

I found this little gem on my town's newspaper.

And technically speaking it was a piece of Wood.

Also, I can't help but wonder if it was smoked.

Wow... that's gotta be pretty mind-scarring right there.

I'm thinking a Smoker is a chest, right?

But yeah - I'm with 42. I'd think of selling it on EBay.

I hate you so much.

Am I missing a pun?

The legless guy was named John Wood.

And it was smoked because... you know... it's in a smoker.

This has got to be a joke... it has so many amputated leg jokes built in! I mean, the mother's name was Peg, the son's name was Wood. Ok, thats all I got but damnit its enough!

If it's not he should take that smoker back.

Totally not fake.

It was even on the evening news.