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Bellingham man cuts off own arm with guillotine

by KING 5 News

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Posted on October 27, 2011 at 2:33 PM

Updated Friday, Oct 28 at 2:55 PM

BELLINGHAM, Wash. -- A man walked into a Bellingham medical clinic Thursday morning after he reportedly cut off his own arm, police said.

According to officers, the man severed his right arm while living in an outdoor camp near the clinic.

At the camp, police found a homemade guillotine and the man's right arm.

The man was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center. His arm was also transported so that doctors could attempt to reattach it.

Police said the man entered the clinic in the 300 block of Birchwood Avenue with the severe injury, where employees called police.

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The guillotine the man used to sever his arm (courtesy Bellingham Police Dept.).

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underserf said on May 19, 2012 at 7:49 AM

Alien Hand Syndrome - in the panoply of weird stuff the human brain does to it's undercarriage, this ain't even in the top ten...

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epicure43 said on May 9, 2012 at 3:22 PM

Only in Bellingham

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Gortbardnicktoe said on May 8, 2012 at 7:28 AM

He's homeless and made a guillotine to chop wood. No one is paying for his medical because it's a fiat currency system and if someone can offer evidence that we are paying for his medical then I say good. It beats the 18 trillion dollars taxpayers are paying the banks which some people making jokes here are still using. Sheeze! Which is more stupid?

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bumpus said on April 16, 2012 at 11:34 AM

shoulda just slipped his head in there instead...better off dead

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zaxxon7469 said on January 12, 2012 at 1:36 PM

...And the Darwin Awards Honerable Mention goes to....

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draughck said on December 17, 2011 at 10:08 PM

This is just whacked

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tootoo said on December 14, 2011 at 9:03 AM

What's a redneck's typical last words? "Hey guys, watch this!"

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looking4sun said on November 25, 2011 at 9:22 PM

Snicker

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underserf said on November 10, 2011 at 6:04 PM

Assuming he WANTS a new arm, Hinn or that OTHER famous German, P.Popoff could pray him one...

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ronulus said on October 28, 2011 at 5:02 PM

Don't you need a permit to operate a guillotine.

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stonetrails said on October 28, 2011 at 11:58 AM

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What a b@@b

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fwkc63 said on October 28, 2011 at 10:13 AM

He definitely gave his right arm for that one! LMAO!!!

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earthstamp said on October 28, 2011 at 10:04 AM

Just tell him it'll grow back and send him on his way

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nobody_else said on October 28, 2011 at 8:36 AM

Unfortunately, somebody will have to pay the medical bills for this idiot and just a wild guess is that it won't be the patient. On a less serious note. This is getting out of hand.

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dakotanative said on October 28, 2011 at 8:06 AM

Go hiking in the wilderness and have to cut off your hand, it is time for a new hobby. Get messed up on drugs and chop your arm off for kicks, time to get sober.

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SMHATYOU said on October 28, 2011 at 7:18 AM

LOL!!!!!!!!

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vickdichselbst said on October 27, 2011 at 10:56 PM

Wow Baz, you must have stayed up all night to come up with that witty repartee. Please reference the Reverend Jim Jones, David Koresh and Timothy McVeigh, et al.

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mtntony said on October 27, 2011 at 6:52 PM

Or addicted to Oxy and needed a big enough dose to scratch that itch.

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bazwest said on October 27, 2011 at 6:10 PM

@vickdichselbst - it is actually more likely he was a democrat than that he was religious.

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vickdichselbst said on October 27, 2011 at 6:04 PM

OK, granted, Kryptin's answer is more logical, but you can never tell with some of these Fundies...handling rattlesnakes, drinking poison, speaking in tongues et al...

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Shiny said on October 27, 2011 at 5:53 PM

Although it was no laughing matter, the man's sense of humor was disarming.

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vickdichselbst said on October 27, 2011 at 5:49 PM

Ismith has the correct answer. Pathological monkey spanking. Open your bible to Matthew 5:30; "And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell." This is why he left the severed arm at camp.....Holy biblical delusions Batman!.... Now I'll just wait to hear about my eisegesis again...

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kryptin said on October 27, 2011 at 5:40 PM

Sounds like he has apotemnophilia which is a condition where a normal healthy person has a feeling or desire to want to cut off one or more of their healthy limbs. Some of these people will tie up the offending limb and act like it's not their. They'll sit on their legs in wheel chairs pretending like their legs are amputated and other wierdness while others take it a step further like this guy and actually cut it off themselves as doctors refuse to remove it. I bet this guy is refusing any reattachment surgery as he's probably happy to get rid of it.

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lsmith5870400119 said on October 27, 2011 at 5:30 PM

Apparently his arm offended him.

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snakepliskin said on October 27, 2011 at 5:26 PM

Obviously, he wasn't using his head.

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trojan33 said on October 27, 2011 at 3:58 PM

His arm obviously went bad, so for Gods sake don't reattach it.

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vickdichselbst said on October 27, 2011 at 3:24 PM

"Oh, yeah......the arm....I left it back at camp." .....In other news, mycologists announced the official start of mushroom season today.

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andyblue555 said on October 27, 2011 at 3:18 PM

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bet he had a bad infection that made him delirious. Just a hunch. That or he was in a drug induced state of paranoia and thought his arm was watching him.

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clear2copy said on October 27, 2011 at 2:52 PM

wtf?

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