Man Buys Smoker, Finds Human Leg Inside
September 25th, 2007 @ 9:43pm

MAIDEN, N.C. (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 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.

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'68 220D(another one)
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'06 Lexus RX330
'93 Ford F-250
'96 Corvette
'99 Polaris 700 RMK sled
2011 Polaris Assault
'86 Yamaha TT350(good 'ol thumper)

I guess maybe he'd grown attached to it.

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I wonder if it would have tasted like smoked chicken?

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I wonder if he's ever going to use that smoker?

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Whhaaaatttttt ? You mean that wasn't a "Leg of Lamb?" The test market kitchen is in big trouble now! Find out what kinda smoker that was- if you couldn't smell it then it worked. Religious purpose my bahind- he wanted it to replace his rabbits foot key ring.

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