Man Saws Off His Own Foot To Avoid Work

chaparral · 1 Apr 2012 at 18:12

http://news.sky.com/home/strange-ne...ser=1695534360&ajaxpipe_token=AXiyoZO84nFjCv_

An unemployed Austrian man has sawed off his left foot, apparently to avoid being found fit enough to go back to work.

Police said the "desperate" 56-year-old man deliberately sliced it off above the ankle with a mechanical saw and threw it into an oven.

The man, from Mitterlabill in southern Austria, then hobbled into his garage and called an ambulance.

He sliced his foot off just a few hours before he was due to have a health check with the labour department on whether he was fit to work, Austrian broadcaster ORF reported.

When police arrived, the man was still conscious but had lost a lot of blood, local police chief Franz Fasching said.

Emergency services "looked in the oven and were able to recover the foot," Mr Fasching said.

"The foot was taken the hospital but it was so badly burned that it cannot be sewn back on."

The man was flown to hospital in Graz, where he was said to be in a stable condition.

There some really crazy people in this world :rolleyes:

Edward78 · 1 Apr 2012 at 18:15

OMG, wow dude!!! I hurt thinking about it.

psd99 · 1 Apr 2012 at 18:16

why!?

Werewolf · 1 Apr 2012 at 18:18

I guess he wanted to be footloose and fancy free....

More seriously, he must have been either pretty desperate or had some major mental health issues to do that.

Viper² · 1 Apr 2012 at 18:18

psd99 said:
why!?

To avoid work - it says in the title.

GravyMonster · 1 Apr 2012 at 18:19

"The foot was taken the hospital but it was so badly burned that it cannot be sewn back on."

Heston would still have eaten it.

Bit of gravy, some potatoes and yorkshire.

twist3d0n3 · 1 Apr 2012 at 18:19

chaparral · 1 Apr 2012 at 18:20

There was a total nutcase that worked at one my old jobs who smack his leg with a metal pole and broke his leg so he could have time off work..

Edward78 · 1 Apr 2012 at 18:21

Viper² said:
To avoid work - it says in the title.

There is lazy & crazy, this guy was crazy!!! :eek:

Spenty · 1 Apr 2012 at 18:21

Stop it, you'll be giving the doleys over here ideas.

chaparral · 1 Apr 2012 at 18:25

Spenty said:
Stop it, you'll be giving the doleys over here ideas.

That a point, Maybe i should edit it to this

"Man Saws Off His Own head To Avoid Work "

Makhaira · 1 Apr 2012 at 18:31

Sure he should be given time off work, but for apparent mental issues!!!

Martini1991 · 1 Apr 2012 at 18:33

He probably wasn't mentally fit to go to work if he was capable of that.

scottmuir424 · 1 Apr 2012 at 18:33

the world is made up of many kinds of people

Andr3w · 1 Apr 2012 at 18:34

What an idiot.

Yosiah · 1 Apr 2012 at 18:35

What if you don't want to work? Unfortunately, the current system doesn't allow people to go off into the wilds and live a materialistically free life -- that's illegal in most developed countries; unless you live somewhere with massive forests/mountain ranges. Seems like this guy was either absolutely crazy, or making a point that if you don't want to work, avenues should be available for you to choose that life-style.

RomanNose · 1 Apr 2012 at 18:35

I guess he found his own Achilles heel.

998cc · 1 Apr 2012 at 18:35

Give him a desk job. That'll learn him.

piggeh · 1 Apr 2012 at 18:45

But will the government continue stumping up the cash? Surely deliberately disabling yourself is not toeing the line for benefit payouts.

Spenty · 1 Apr 2012 at 18:46

piggeh said:
But will the government continue stumping up the cash? Surely deliberately disabling yourself is not toeing the line for benefit payouts.

LOL