Forthman Murff - Accidental Chainsaw Decapitation

Published: Sept. 7, 2018, 1:33 p.m.

b"A 74 year old Mississippi lumberjack had an especially gruesome accident in the Summer of 1984.\\xa0 Forthman Murff was cutting down trees alone as he'd done for decades when one of these trees struck several others on its way down.\\xa0 This led to a shower of heavy branches one of which landed on Murff and left him momentarily unconscious.\\xa0 When he came to he found that his left leg was broken, and his left foot was crushed.\\xa0 More troubling than that though was that he had landed on his chainsaw and it had cut through the front of his neck all the way to his spine.\\xa0 His head was left attached to his body by only his spine and a bit of surrounding tissue.\\xa0 Forthman managed to get medical attention after hopping out of the woods on one leg while holding atop his shoulders his own nearly-severed head.\\xa0\\xa0In this episode we speak with a relative of Forthman Murff who shared stories with us about his favorite fun-loving uncle.\\xa0 We also embarked on our first ever Where is the Line? road trip which we managed to fowl up."