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Man finds human leg in smoker
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Updated: 11:08 p.m. CT Sept 25, 2007
MAIDEN, N.C. - 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.
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The mother, Peg Steele, explained her son had his leg amputated after a plane crash 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.
Steele said her son, John Wood, plans to drive to Maiden, about 35 miles northwest of Charlotte, to reclaim his amputated leg, police said.
Man finds human leg in smoker
Purchase at auction results in macabre discovery
Video
Man finds human leg in barbecue smoker
Sept. 26: A North Carolina man finds a human leg in his new barbecue smoker. WCNC-TV's Glenn Counts reports.
NBC News Channel
Most Popular
? Most Viewed ? Top Rated ? Most E-mailed
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Man finds human leg in smoker
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Most viewed on MSNBC.com
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Updated: 11:08 p.m. CT Sept 25, 2007
MAIDEN, N.C. - 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.
Story continues below ↓
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The mother, Peg Steele, explained her son had his leg amputated after a plane crash 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.
Steele said her son, John Wood, plans to drive to Maiden, about 35 miles northwest of Charlotte, to reclaim his amputated leg, police said.
