Leg lost in cannon blast

news.com.au ^ | September 13, 2002

[Ranger]

A MAN who tried to fire a plaster-filled beer can from a homemade cannon lost a leg in a blast that peppered a car with shrapnel and exploded a gas cylinder, a Perth hospital said.

The 52-year-old suffered severe burns and shrapnel injuries to both legs after trying to fire a can of Emu Draught from a metre-long pipe mounted on a metal plate last weekend.

Police said they were astonished the man from Kendenup, 345km south of Perth, survived.

The makeshift gunpowder-filled cannon backfired, shooting hot metal and plaster shrapnel through the man's legs before blasting through a metal shed and a caravan.

The man remains in Royal Perth Hospital in a stable condition.

[cmsgop]

Do You Know This Guy ???????

[TheOtherOne]

Fun with explosives - always a Darwin competition.

Where's the 'Hold Muh Beer' Alert?

[Shermy]

Hold muh beer alert!

[dasboot]

'old m' suds, mate.

[lexington minuteman 1775]

The guy blew off his leg and he is in "STABLE CONDITION" bwhahahahahahahahahhaa. Sounds like a nutcase to me!

[cmsgop]

I Really Loved Your Movie!!!!

[GeneD]

I regret to say this remarkable story has already been posted TWICE (at least).

Oh well, it does boggle the mind.

[PoorMuttly]

Make that "Kendenup, 345 and 1/2 kilometers south of Perth."

...and slightly deeper than previously reported.

[Dog Gone]

Emu Draught

That's his problem. Duck-billed Platypus Draught is much better as ammo.

[Cicero]

Unless he dies, he's never going to get beyond runner-up for the Darwin Awards.

[savedbygrace]

The guy blows his leg off and you want to nominate him for runner-up?

Very clever.

;-)

[El Gato]

You forgot the "Hold my beer" and "watch this" alert.

[SGCOS]

Leg lost in cannon blast

What do you say to a one-legged hitch-hiker?

Hop in.

[drlevy88]

SHOOT MUH BEER alert!