The Peg Leg Guru
This is one of the more unique tales of thievery that I've ever seen. Apparently, two robbers in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh stole the holy leg of a holy man there. What makes this truly a story of the weird isn't that it's in India or that it involves a holy man (events set in India and holy men are both common in that country), but that the elderly man was still using the leg when they stole it. That's right, it was some statue or relic from long ago that the man kept with him as a talisman. Instead it was the lower limb he sprouted back in his days as an embryo.
Apparently the guy claimed to have healing powers in his leg (faith healing is pretty common with the Hindus as well as Christians who watch too much religious TV) and a little problem with drinking. The two robbers consulted with the man over a supposed health issue and came back two days later under the pretense of thanking him. They got him drunk, he passed out and he woke up with the new nickname Pegleg Yonadi. He's currently recovering in a hospital.
Still, what shocked me was that an octogenarian can survive having his leg stolen in an amateur amputation in a second-tier city in a second world country while a young, healthy professional football player can't survive getting shot in the thigh by thieves in a major city in a decidedly first-world country. Maybe our health care system ain't so hot after all.
Or maybe it really was a magical leg.
5 comments:
I'm going with magic leg.
Yup. That's weird all right. Your next post topic should cover exactly what the hell you've been up to the last several days. I've gotten so used to your long but always interesting posts and equally interesting comments on everyone else's blogs. I missed Jacob! By the way, thanks for catching up on commenting. Your opinion is obviously very important to me.
Or maybe his body was used to putting up with a bunch of craziness, so it responded better than the spoiled American who got shot!
OR! Maybe he called on Benny Hinn to come lay hands on him! (just going with the TV evangelists and the people who watch them that you referred to in the post)
Meaghan- You insulted an innocent murder victim in this one! Where does it end?
I'm going to step out on a limb (ha! I have two limbs to step on!) and conclude that it was a magical limb. I am also going to say that it is also due to the environment in India. For all we know, the professional athelete in the US did have a magial limb but they mixed it up and took the wrong leg.
Side note to Jacob, I'm sorry it's taken me so long to catch up on your blog. You've been too prolific for me to keep up with on a regular basis. I apologize and will try to do better in the future.
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