# Naked man running on highway, his prosthenic leg on fire. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 11, 2010, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272 "2010-07-11T03:33:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/1 "2010-07-11T03:33:04Z")
Story here: [http://www.lcsun-news.com/las\_cruces-news/ci\_15482548](http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-news/ci_15482548) > [@](#): > > It’s not unusual for motorists to report a suspicious-looking hitchhiker to the police - unless the hitchhiker is naked and running into highway traffic with a prosthetic leg on fire. It seems that he and some friends were drinking, and made a bet. The person who was able to drink the fewest beers, would have his pants set on fire. He survived, so no Darwin Award. I know, I know, I should be appalled and outraged over this human tragedy, but I can’t help thinking it’s kind of funny. ---
**Author:** ![foxymoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@foxymoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foxymoron)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/2 "2010-07-11T03:41:50Z")
Wow. That’s pretty fucking stupid. Fortunately for me, it’s the kind of stupidity I enjoy, from a distance. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/3 "2010-07-11T03:45:38Z")
Sounds like a perfectly normal day around here. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/4 "2010-07-11T03:55:09Z")
This is the real reason they tell you not to mix viagara and nitroglycerin. ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/5 "2010-07-11T13:48:58Z")
Kind of reminds me of a frantic call I once took from a local gas station. A woman had pulled up to get some gas, and had spilled some on her sleeve (it was one of those cheap pumps that spits a little bit if it kicks on before you get the nozzle into the tank). So like a dumbass she lit a cigarette, and her sleeve caught fire. The cops got there first (they were only a couple of blocks away) and saw her running around flailing her flaming arm around and shrieking like a banshee. They arrested her. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . For waving a firearm. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Debon\_Err](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ea924/32.png) [@Debon\_Err](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debon_Err)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/6 "2010-07-11T17:44:48Z")
Marlitharn WINS! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/7 "2010-07-11T19:52:18Z")
From the title I thought that the naked man was running at such a high speed (due to not being weighed down by clothing) that his prosthetic leg caught on fire. That would have been much cooler. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/8 "2010-07-11T21:19:23Z")
I guess this answers the age old question of why a naked drunk man with his prosthetic leg on fire would go running across the road through traffic. To get to the other side. ---
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/9 "2010-07-11T22:11:31Z")
I just wanna hear the story of how he lost the leg. ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/10 "2010-07-11T22:21:39Z")
This one has got me stumped. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/11 "2010-07-12T01:21:52Z")
> [@](#): > > It’s not unusual for motorists to report a suspicious-looking hitchhiker to the police - unless the hitchhiker is naked and running into highway traffic with a prosthetic leg on fire. Is it me, or does that seem like it’s saying that naked people running in traffic with their prosthetic legs on fire usually go unreported? ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/12 "2010-07-12T03:58:44Z")
Perhaps he was hotfoot in pursuit of someone? > [@waterj2](#): > > Is it me, or does that seem like it’s saying that naked people running in traffic with their prosthetic legs on fire usually go unreported? Clearly, as you’ve not read reports of it before. Have you? ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/13 "2010-07-12T04:10:34Z")
Did he make it to burning man or not? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/14 "2010-07-12T04:20:27Z")
There’s a parody of _Born to be Wild_ waiting to be written. \* Get your buddy wasted, Set his ass on fiiii-yer…\* ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/15 "2010-07-12T16:44:46Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > There’s a parody of _Born to be Wild_ waiting to be written. > \* > Get your buddy wasted, > Set his ass on fiiii-yer…\* Or “set his leg on fire” (“prosthetic” has too many syllables, grr). ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/16 "2010-07-12T17:41:53Z")
> [@](#): > > No criminal charges were filed against the men who set him on fire or left him on the highway, and the man told police he didn’t once try to stop them. > > “If they had lost the bet,” the man told police, “he would have done the same to them.” Is there really an “A Bet’s a Bet” exemption to setting someone on fire? ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/17 "2010-07-12T18:09:35Z")
[James Brown]Hot pants![JB] > [@](#): > > “Bring it on home, Hot Pants, I dig runnin’ or walkin’ > I be mellow- they give me fever- like any other fella > The Hot Pants I dig runnin’ or walkin’ > Be mellow they give me the fever like any other fella > My temperature is goin’ up- about to give me a fit > The feelin’ I’m gettin’ just won’t quit” ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/18 "2010-07-12T20:22:48Z")
If the leg fits, burn it. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/19 "2010-07-12T21:48:42Z")
> [@Marlitharn](#): > > They arrested her.　。。。 \ Well done. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/20 "2010-07-12T22:22:42Z")
Reminds me of the one-armed guy I saw feeding branches into a wood chipper. It may seem inappropriate, but so many people laugh when they form the image in their minds. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272.md?page=2)