In 2007, tabloids across the world were thrilled to report about how the
leg of amputee John Wood was found in a barbecue grill by flea marketer
Shannon Whisnant. Naturally they were ecstatic to then report how
Shannon subsequently sued John in a bizarre custody battle over the leg.
But
a few things never made the papers: like how John had been keeping the
leg as a painful memorial to his late father, or how Shannon had simply
viewed the now-famous leg as a way out of a life of hardship. Nor did
the news mention how the ever-intensifying media frenzy and an
inexplicable chain of events sparked by the leg’s discovery pushed John
past the brink of addiction and very nearly to the grave, before
ultimately offering him a second chance at life. And it was never known
how the story really ended…