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Teenager Hacks Off His Leg

“An 18-year-old hacked off his own leg using a blunt hoe and then a saw after he was trapped in rubble following an earthquake. Construction worker Ramlan, from Padang, Indonesia, had been working on the seventh floor of a new building when the tremors hit the island of Sumatra on September 30. He was trapped by a concrete girder which crushed his right leg up to the shin as he tried to flee with his fellow workers. Fearing aftershocks the teenager decided his only way to escape was to cut off his leg and he grabbed a hoe. He hacked at the limb but the instrument was too blunt to cut through to the bone… His colleagues had all fled but he used his undamaged mobile to phone one, Eman, who returned to help. Eman, 53, handed him a trowel which he tried to use to hack at the bone. When he could not get through it Eman found him a wood saw. Ramlan continued until the pain became too much. His friend, who lived in the same street and called him Adik, meaning little brother, finished the amputation.” w/ photos

Man’s Arm Horrifically Bent Out Of Shape

“A plumber whose arm was left twisted grotesquely out of shape in an accident ten months ago has had an operation to correct it ‘cancelled four times’. Torron Eeles, 50, has been left unable to work since falling down the stairs and now fears he may lose his home after being denied incapacity benefit. The father-of-three today hit out at the NHS for the ‘unacceptable delays’, but East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust said Mr Eeles had his operation cancelled on ‘only’ two occasions on clinical safety grounds. His left arm has hung limply by his side since he fractured the humerus bone in December 2008. Mr Eeles, from Welham Green, Hertfordshire, applied for employment and support allowance but a doctor ruled he is ineligible for both because he can turn on a tap.” w/ photos

Most Painful Backflop Dive Ever

“Well, it’s debatable whether or not it’s the most painful of all time. But I certainly wouldn’t want to be this guy.”

200 Birds Sucked Into Jet Engine

“Dwarfed by the jetliner, they look little more than a smattering of black dots. But this flock of birds could have brought the plane crashing down in seconds. They flew straight into the path of the Germania airlines flight to Kosovo as it took off from Dusseldorf airport with 80 on board. ‘It was like a scene from the Hitchcock movie The Birds. One second all was clear, and the next thing you saw were these birds swarming over the plane,’ said an onlooker. It is thought more than 200 starlings were sucked into the right engine as the Boeing jet approached 200mph. Others dented the fuselage but thankfully did not pierce it. Their splattered remains could be seen on the plane later.” w/ photos

Plane Crash Lands On Top Of Man

“A roadsweeper today told of his relief at being alive – after a commercial plane crash-landed on top of him. Abraham Mthethwa, 48, was working outside at 8am yesterday when the 29-seater jet hit difficulties after taking off from Durban International airport in South Africa. As the stricken plane crashed it ploughed straight into the father-of-two from behind – breaking both his legs and leaving him with serious head injuries.” w/ photos

Guy Lives With 4,600 Scorpions

“Suang Puangsri’s housemates… are a little dangerous.”

74-Yr-Old Scoops Bodybuilding Championships

“Most men who reach their 70s are happy to sit back and reflect on their earlier years when they were finer physical specimens. But Japanese weightlifter Tsutomu Tosuka proves that despite being 74 years old, you are never too old to have a great body. Tsutomu was crowned champion in the senior category of the Japan Masters Bodybuilding Championships at the weekend. With his heavily bronzed physique, the Japanese has a body that would be the envy of millions of men more than half his age. At 74 years old, Tosaka is not your typical bodybuilder. But he is well known in the Japanese bodybuilding circuit for his mastery at such an advanced age. Unlike most competitors, he didn’t begin bulking up until age 40 when a friend introduced him to the sport. He hasn’t stopped since. Here, silver-haired Tsutomu flexes his muscles on stage and shows he still has plenty of pecs appeal despite his declining years.” w/ photos

Logs Crush Swedish Man’s Home, Again

“Erold Sigurdsson, 65-year-old man from northern Sweden, is once again counting his blessings and picking up the pieces after a truckload of timber slammed into his house on Thursday – for the third time. By now, Sigurdsson is familiar with the loud rumbling and violent shaking that occurs when a load of timber flies off one of the many trucks that round the bend on route 363 in front of his house in Örträsk, just south of Lycksele in north central Sweden. On Thursday, Sigurdsson happened to be in his attic as another timber truck came around the turn, prompting a recognizable sound. “I realized what was happening when things started rumbling and the house started shaking. All the doors were blocked by the logs so I had to wait for help,” Sigurdsson told the local Västerbottens Kuriren newspaper. “It’s happened three times before. The first time was in 1989 and the second time the house really took a licking was about five years ago.” w/ photos

Sexual Healer Slept With 1,500 Men

“This woman has had sex with more than a thousand men – and most of them are the husbands or boyfriends of other women. Mare Simone, 54, calls herself a “sex surrogate” and has devoted her working life to helping men, women and couples overcome problems in the bedroom. As a qualified sex therapist, she has given lessons in love to more than 10,000 clients over the past 23 years. And while she estimates she has had penetrative sex with 1,500 of them, she insists there is nothing illegal about what she does. Mare says: “I earn my living by sleeping with other women’s husbands or boyfriends. But I am in no way a prostitute as sex surrogacy is legal, as long as it is done in a therapeutic and healing atmosphere.” w/ photo

World’s Worst Soccer Team

“It’s a barren spell that no team-hopping prima donna Premiership footballer would ever dream of putting up with. But in ending a three-year losing streak, Harraby Athletic’s teenage players have proved their passion and dedication to the beautiful game. The under-14 squad – dubbed ‘Britain’s worst football team’ – were thrashed 19-0 in their first ever game and they went on to endure a painful 90-game losing run.” w/ photos