Friday, 24 January 2014

The Hacksaw

Okay so this one isn't supernatural, even though I've no idea what on earth possessed him to do this, but definitely falls under very very creepy. And nice and recent. One thing that gets me is that so many horror films all happen quite a while ago. Suspiciously before camera phones were everywhere...

This story is about a man called Barrie Hepburn and starts in 2000 after he was shot by his neighbor three times following an argument over a dog at his holiday home in the South of France. He survived the injuries but was left in a wheelchair.

Barrie drove a Jaguar XJ that he had modified but had trouble getting in and out of the car due to his legs.

The next part of the story is in 2011. After years of struggling with his injuries he started to consider getting his legs amputated, he beleived that they served little use anymore but after discussing this with Doctors it was dismissed. But here's where it gets real creepy.

On the 29th August the emergency services reveived a call from a man saying that he was suffering from heavy bleeding, but before the paramedics could reach him the line went dead and the worst was feared.

A few minutes later the paramedics arrived to find Mr Hepburn sat on the floor using a hacksaw to cut off his own legs using a plastic bag as a makeshift tourniquet, figuring that if he got so far they would have no other choice than to remove the rest for him.

The coroners verdict was death by misadventure.