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2008 Reader Submission
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In Tylldalen, a country side-valley in Norway where my father grew up in the 50's, something rather bizarre happened while a family was doing their annual wood-chopping session. My father has passed away, and I can only tell this how he told it to me as a warning when I was a kid, helping him with the annual chopping.

The whole family contributed - including the mother of the family - in the chopping and stacking of the wood, while the grandmother who still lived on his son's heritated farm was cooking coffee. When she announced to the workers that the coffee, including cookies for the children, was ready, they all stopped working to relax in the shade from the

Determined to finish off the log he had already started chopping, the father continued by himself. Tired of the hard work and blinded by the sun, he misjudged direction, and chopped his finger off on the rotating sawblade. The pain made him lose his temper, and he kicked the stack of giant logs. One moved, and made the whole stack tumble over the man, pushing him over the sawblade. He departed with his head and finger parted from his crushed body.

The rest of the family started to wonder why he hadn't returned, especially since they still could hear the saw running. They sent his 5 year old son to check it out - I can only imagine the traumatized kid's face when he returned.

The kid's brother was a friend of my father. I'm not sure he still lives, but I cold check it out if this story is of any interest.

Submitted on 02/25/2008

Submitted by: Robert Øverby
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Bruce said:
Neutral: Personal Account
I'm curious how the family knew the father had cut his finger, lost his temper, and kicked the pile of logs if nobody was around to see what happened. How do we know the log pile didn't just fall on him due to being improperly stacked, and the finger got severed as a result of that accident. Nonetheless, this does make for an amusing personal account. Thanks, Robert.


Chip said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
I'll go with a PA. Veracity is good but not mandatory on a personal accounts. Thanks for the story, Robert


James said:
Neutral: Personal Account
I'm inclined to go with Bruce's point. There's no way to know what really happened, and there's a marked difference between being tired/overworked )and making a subsequent judgment error), and premeditated stupidity. Nevertheless, it IS a PA, so I will vote to keep it!


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