Man Blows Off Own Arm With Pipe Bomb

[matcom]

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Andrew Greff drove to a Bismarck hospital with one arm Saturday morning after he blew apart his other arm with a pipe bomb.

"I lit a pipe bomb, and it went off in my hand," the 21-year-old Bismarck man told St. Alexius Medical Center staff at about 6:30 a.m. when he ran through the emergency room doors. He said the accident happened at Kimball Bottoms, about 10 miles south of Bismarck.

The explosion blew apart Greff's left arm between his hand and mid bicep, Bismarck Police Lt. Dan Donlin said. The Tribune was unable to contact Greff for comment, and the hospital was unable to release his condition Monday afternoon.

Earlier this month, Greff and a friend, Doug Feist, 27, were accused of keeping poisonous snakes in Greff's 306 N. 13th St. apartment. They both face felony reckless endangerment charges for putting neighbors in danger. Greff was out of jail on a $500 bond.

Hospital staff called Bismarck police shortly after Greff pulled up next to the ambulance entrance. The bomb squad roped off an area around Greff's car while they searched inside it for explosives. The car was towed when only a few large fireworks were found inside.

Greff didn't answer many of the officers' questions. He was heavily sedated due to the "extreme pain," Donlin said.

http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2004/07/12/news/local/nws01.txt

[Spinzonner]

1. UnArmed and no longer dangerous, I presume

[Massacure]

2. If you play with fire, then you will get burned.

[Xithras]

3. What the heck, domestic terrorists maybe?

Further investigation revealed that Feist, of Bismarck, helped make the pipe bombs and that he and Greff were attaching them to propane tanks, Donlin said. Feist was arrested after a witness said Feist helped construct the bomb, Donlin said.

What the heck was this guy planning on doing with pipebombs strapped to propane tanks? That would make a BIG bang :nuke:

[name not needed]

4. Fuck.

He'll still be able to reproduce.

[Padraig18]

5. LOL!

My exact thought! :P

[madinmaryland]

6. Shit

This sounds like a serious case of inbreeding. You know if we could have passed the Defense of Marriage Act we could have stopped the incest that creates assholes like this

[roguevalley]

7. my sister lost a leg due to a motorcycle accident. he's in for a life of

hell

[Spirochete]

8. These two guys

sound like very likely candidates for future Darwin awards, all right.

[comradebillyboy]

9. mr greff is a fuck-up

nt

[TroubleMan]

10. Cue up Nelson from The Simpsons:

HA! HA!