WTF?!? How do you not notice this?

[cobalt1999]

Japanese biker fails to notice missing leg

TOKYO, Japan (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.

The 54-year-old office worker was out on his motorcycle with a group of friends in the city of Hamamatsu, west of Tokyo, on Monday, when he was unable to negotiate a curve in the road and bumped into the central barrier, the Mainichi Shimbun said.

He felt excruciating pain, but did not notice that his right leg was missing until he stopped at the next junction, the paper quoted local police as saying.

The man and his leg were taken to hospital, but the limb had been crushed in the collision, the paper

www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/14/japan.biker.reut/index.html

[JVS]

1. I'm going to guess that shock was involved

[cobalt1999]

4. I was thinking massive amounts of alcohol were involved.

However, he did manage to ride a motorcycle without losing his balance.

[MonkeyFunk]

2. just a flesh wound

[Blue Diadem]

3. Weird..he felt excruciating pain but didn't bother to stop?

UGH and his poor friend..having to pick up the crushed leg.

[pagerbear]

5. A case of "phantom limb"

...as is often reported by people who have recently lost limbs?

[cobalt1999]

6. I hope that wasn't the leg...

he used to prop up the bike when he stops.

[Fire Walk With Me]

9. You'd hope that he would have noticed something amiss when he fell flat onto his side...

"Pain means stop."

[originalpckelly]

7. How much do you want to bet me he'd lose his head too if it wasn't attached?

[TreasonousBastard]

8. Shock and adrenaline do mysterious things. n/t