Man in custody battle over amputated leg

[Wheetsin 714]

I caught this on NPR this morning. I'm not the best storyteller, so bear with me.

A man named John had his leg amputated after a plane crash. His piritual beliefs require the body be buried whole, so he had the leg preserved. For safe keeping, he put it in his BBQ. The BBQ ended up in storage, but John didn't pay his storage bill. With most storage places you sign an agreement that upon X number of missed payments, the storafge facility assumes ownership of your property and can auction it off. The BBQ with leg inside was auctioned and bought by a man named Shannon (who didn't know it had a leg in it).

Shannon eventually found the leg and gave it to a funeral home so John could claim it. Then Shannon started charging people $3 to peek inside the now empty, but once held the leg grill.

Now, seeing that he can has a lot of potential to make money off the leg, Shannon is pursuing a joint custody battle with with John, claiming he's the rightful owner since he paid for it, fair and square.

The latest from Shannon: "I thought about pursuing the foot just as a conversation piece, religious or not. Put it in an air tight box with a glass window on it." "It's a strange incident and Halloween's just around the corner. The price will go up if I get the leg."

[want_so_bad 0]

one--people have no shame! give the poor guy his leg!

two--wth would you store your leg in your bbq'er? come on now! no better place to put it??

[Boo Boo Kitty 3]

I would say more like wtf?? lol...

OH MY GOD..we should all be ashamed to be on the same planet as these idiots--

1.The guy who let it get taken for not paying a bill

2. The guy selling peeks.

3. The ones paying to see it...

UGH....

[Jachut 487]

Because of course, I store things in my BBQ.

Then again I do hide chips and snack foods in the microwave, lol, so the kids dont eat them all on the first day.

[AshevilleEddie 14]

I would say more like wtf??

OMG Brandy, I was thinking exactly the same thing!

BTW, I read earlier tonight that the judge gave John his leg back. I'm sooo relieved.