Daily Dose of Weird: Man Saws Off Own Foot to Avoid Work

I've heard plenty of stories of people coasting on unemployment benefits and going out of their way to avoid going back to work, but none of those stories ever involved disembodiment; that is, until now.

An unemployed man in Austria apparently decided he could live without one of his limbs if it meant he could continue living off of government tax money.

Hours before an appointment on Monday for the labor office to check on his health, the 56-year-old man held his left leg against an electric saw in his home workshop and severed his foot just above the ankle, Austrian broadcaster ORF reported.

[via HuffPost Weird News.]

The man then tossed the severed foot in the oven and called an ambulance.  Doctors were not able to reattach his foot.  I wonder if he thinks his plan worked, then?

I really don't think this guy thought everything through.  After all, you don't need both feet to work a desk job!

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