Legally speaking, Whisnant owns the foot, since he bought it. He also began petitioning the police to return the leg to him. hide caption. Self: Finders Keepers. "Yes there's this moment of hilarity of two guys fighting over a leg," says Tweel, "but then how does the rest of it play out? My favorite thing I've heard as a reaction is Marion, John's sister she felt like she's been watching this story through a knothole in a fence, and she feels like we knocked the fence down for her. Shannon Whisnant - Address & Phone Number | Whitepages Sundance audiences loved it. Done grossed me out.. BC: After getting to know them so well as people, you start to really not question their motives. So it goes for a film that manages to make a grotesque and often bleak situation hilarious. Adam Hobbs. The cameras began rolling after a producer, Ed Cunningham (the Oscar winner Undefeated), overheard Mr. Woods high school football coach unspooling the tale in a steakhouse. Sidebar: Is there another term, in the film world, except footage? Mr. Wood asked during a recent interview alongside his directors in New York. Still, the odd scenario which Finders Keepers showcase, may not find a larger audience that this documentary deserves. Did the leg rightfully belong to its original owner, or to the man who had inadvertently paid good money for it? Everybody wants to make a leg pun, Mr. Tweel explained. A part of me just died. His life quickly spiraled out of control; by the summer of 2005, he was forced to move all his possessions into a storage facility, and soon thereafter, he stopped paying rent on the unit. They are each more self-aware and comically self-deprecating than you might think. View Buzz Howard's email address: bxx@bigvalleymortgage.com & phone: +1-xxx-xxx-7332's profile as Senior Vice President at Big Valley Mortgage, located in Roseville, California. His buddy worked at the mortuary so he borrowed some embalming fluid and did it himself at home. And why in the world would anybody have their own amputated limb preserved for posterity? Its important to Wood that he gives back to his community, and that his reputation extends beyond this strange scenario. The bigger challenge was actually their family members: Johns sister, Marian, with her watching at a safe distance, having some perspective on it, and, in the movie, just being tired of having the tragedy brought up. Hes married to his wife, Leslie, now. No, Mr. Wood said. The biggest challenge, the filmmakers said, was finding the right tone. Junk dealer Shannon Whisnant, is the, er, lucky guy who found Wood's appendage, in 2007, rolled up in a length of window screen like a taquito, after winning the contents of Wood's storage. With Mark Hamilton, Lisa Whisnant, Shannon Whisnant, John Wood. embalming of his leg to the amateur forensic veterinarian who eventually preserved it. After a two-year treatment program, he has stayed on track, he said: Ive seen enough bad karma, and now Im starting to taste some of those good flavors of karma.. The Deeper Meanings Of A Leg, Lost And Found And Fought Over - NPR Would you believe me if I told you the story gets even crazier as it goes along?
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