# Whatver happened to the guy who was going to cut his leg of on the internet?

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**Created:** [June 7, 2003, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatver-happened-to-the-guy-who-was-going-to-cut-his-leg-of-on-the-internet/180315 "2003-06-07T18:09:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatver-happened-to-the-guy-who-was-going-to-cut-his-leg-of-on-the-internet/180315/1 "2003-06-07T18:09:18Z")

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Remember him? I can’t find a link, but I am sure someone can.

He had sustained some injury to his leg, and needed some surgery, but his insurance would only cover a prosthesis, so he was going to cut his leg off live on a webcast…

…or something like that…

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**Author:** ![cheddarsnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cheddarsnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheddarsnax)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatver-happened-to-the-guy-who-was-going-to-cut-his-leg-of-on-the-internet/180315/2 "2003-06-07T18:20:55Z")

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[Freck’s New Feet](http://www.cutoffmyfeet.com/)