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Japanese biker loses leg; doesn't notice

Ok, this is about as strange as it gets. How do you lose your leg without knowing it? How do you shift (or brake, as the case may be?)

TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese biker failed to notice his leg had been severed below the knee when he hit a safety barrier, and rode on for 2 km (1.2 miles), leaving a friend to pick up the missing limb.

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Author: Michael Curry /// submitted on August 14, 2007 - 5:37pm.
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