[ProtectOurFreedom]

This was in a fiction book, but the author had done extensive research to support it. The torture scene was supposedly drawn from such first person accounts as you describe.

A quick Google search found this:

9. Tying Intestines Around a Tree

Okay, the technical term for this is disembowelment, which has been a pretty common practice throughout history. But there have been rare cases where the victims' intestines were pulled out, tied/nailed to a tree and then they were made to run around the tree which resulted in eventual death. The tree below is one in Cuylerville, NY, where in 1779, Lt. Thomas Boyd was tortured and killed when Seneca chief Little Beard tied his intestines around the tree and made him run around it.

[1Old Pro]

Seneca chief Little Beard tied his intestines around the tree and made him run around it.

So water boarding is worse?