Chaser’s World Weird Web: A Guy Turned His Amputated Leg Into a Lamp

This guy obviously got his idea from the classic movie "A Christmas Story" and decided he needed to keep his amputated leg and make it into a lamp.

According to New York Daily News, 53-year-old Leo Bonten of the Netherlands had to have his leg amputated in June, because of a bad infection after breaking his leg in a kiddie pool two years ago.

Before the operation, he decided to turn his severed leg into a lamp.  First he had a doctor preserve it.  Then he had a lighting designer turn it into a lamp, by fixing it in formaldehyde inside a large cylindrical container.

Then he tried to sell it because he needed to pay his medical debts, and also wanted to help other amputees.  So he put it on eBay for $80,000.  But they ban the sale of body parts, and pulled his listing.

Now he's trying to figure out a way to sell it privately.