My mom knows this man he had been cutting a tree apart. So the chain saw he had been using jammed on a knot in the wood. So instead of turning the saw off and pulling the saw out he decided to move closer and yank the saw back. The saw's blade kicked the saw back and spun out of his hands and cut his stomach open. So he lived to tell the story. A few months later he went back to cutting that tree (why not have some one else do it escapes me). So he is cutting the tree and again the blade gets stuck on a knot and again he does not stop the saw. So he tried to pull it out again, but this time it was stuck in the tree. So he placed his leg right next to the saw blade to help in removing the stuck blade. Note the saw is still running. He yanked the blade up and it actually came out after putting up a fight. He cut his leg all the way to the knee. Ok so 3rd time is a charm right? No. He learned his lesson and used a hatchet this time. So he is cutting the wood down to even smaller sizes and he starts getting into cutting the wood. Soon he forgets that he is using a hatchet and he moves his head just a little bit and at the same time he lifted the hatchet. The blunt side of the hatchet smashed him square in the nose crushing it. After this he learned and didn't do it again. A few years later the same man is Go Cart racing at an amusement park. He is driving around and suddenly the vehicle jerks to a stop. Now this is were ignorance stops and stupidity begins. He had forgotten which was acceleration on the Go Cart and he had placed his foot on the brake. So instead of switching to acceleration like a smart person he looks back and places his hand under the wheel of the Go Cart and attempts to disengage the brake that way thinking that the E-Brake had failed. Keep in mind this particular Go-Cart is an electric Go-Cart and it has a speed of about 30MPH it is powerful. So he lifts his foot leaving his hand under the wheel and smashes his foot on the acceleration. This causes the wheel to grip his hand and yank him from the Go-Cart and then causing the Go-Cart to drive over him. He suffered from a broken hand and a couple of bruises.

Submitted on 07/04/2008

Submitted by: Rob
Reference: Personal Account

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Tracy said:
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Please keep us informed on this guy - I feel he is a DA in the making. The fact he got 3 different injuries from the same tree makes me laugh!

Bruce said:
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This guy certainly does sound like he could be in the running for a full fledged DA one of these days. Thanks, Rob!

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