N.C. Man Talks After Someone Finds His Foot In A Smoker
Thursday, Sep 27, 2007 - 12:34 PM Updated: 01:01 PM
By Carrie Davis
John Wood takes to the driving range at Furman University's golf course. The amputee is in the Upstate to raise money for Roger. C. Peace Hospital-Rehabilitation. He lost his leg three years ago in a plane crash and he says that's just one of the many hurdles life has thrown at him. Wood says, "I have had a hard life this is my second plane crash. I have been in two plane crashes, shot, run over by a state dump truck, electrocuted. I have been through a lot."
John has a good attitude, but with that track record something else was bound to happen.
That's where Shannon Whisnant comes in. He bought John's old smoker at auction when john failed to pay the rent on a storage unit, but what Shannon Whisnant didn't buy was the surprise inside. When he saw it he immediately called 911.
Disptach: "What's the problem there?"
Caller: "I got a human foot."
Disptach: "Have a what?"
Caller: "A human left foot."
Disptach: "What's your name?"
Caller: "My name is Shannon Whisnant and its plum nasty got me grossed out."
That's right, in the smoker was John's old foot and part of his leg. The question is why? Wood claims, "I had some spiritual beliefs that I wanted to be cremated whole, so I had my leg preserved. I hate it for everybody I told them not to go in there after that leg you know."
So what happened to the lost limb? Whisnant says he wants to make the most of his money. Shannon Whisnant says, "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."
Of course John hopes he'll get his body part back. Wood says, "I asked the police department when they called me and told me that my leg was sold at public auction and I asked the police department that called me its not on impound is it? "
The police in Maidan, North Carolina say they do plan to give John his leg back.
