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RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- A South Carolina man may have to share custody of his severed leg with a North Carolina man.
John Wood of Greenville, S.C., lost his leg in a plane accident in 2004. Doctors amputated it because they were unable to save his shattered limb.
Wood had his severed leg shipped to him for burial purposes upon his death and was forced to store the limb in a barbecue smoker after an electricity shut-off jeopardized its preservation. Wood had dried the limb previously on his fence post.
Shannon Whisnant purchased the smoker last week after Wood failed to make payments on the storage unit where he kept it. Whisnant sees a potential for profit after a Google search yielded nearly 2 million hits for the phrase "man finds leg in smoker."
He posted a sign and is charging people to view the smoker.
“He’s making a freak show out of it,” Wood told the Raleigh (N.C.) News & Observer.
Whisnant has expressed willingness to share profits and custody.
The leg is currently in custody of the local police department.
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