Man Impaled By Tree And Lives To Tell The Story

Posted by Queuebot in Everything Else on November 10, 2009 at 3:03 pm


Jack Weir was clearing trees in his family farm with a Bobcat when a large cottonwood hit back and impaled him with a piece of wood 20 feet long and 6 inches thick.

What happened next was nothing short of a miracle:

A broken limb came flying in under the roll bar, spearing Jack through the belly with a piece of wood 20 feet long and six inches thick.

“I’ve always had a pretty high tolerance for pain. I had no pain, I had none,” Wier said.

Still, he knew the situation was desperate. That’s when Jack remembered the military mantra he relied on during his 38 years in the army.

“You define the problem…you identify alternatives… you accumulate relevant information… and then you make a decision. My problem was I got this tree in me,” explained the tree accident victim.

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8 comments to "Man Impaled By Tree And Lives To Tell The Story"

  1. Old Geezer
    November 10th, 2009 at 3:19 pm

    An to think that,
    a) All those people who died from similar accidents did so because God wasn't watching and,
    b) God could see it coming and let it happen, while he was right there to see that it didn't get worse.

  2. pwscott
    November 10th, 2009 at 3:56 pm

    God works in mysterious ways. Of course I could see myself panicking and driving the Bobcat out with the piece of wood flailing around. Ouch. :^P

  3. C.A.
    November 10th, 2009 at 4:56 pm

    I kind of want to not follow the link because that is an amazing stopping point! "My problem was I got this tree in me,"!!! Fantastic!

  4. Wes
    November 10th, 2009 at 6:50 pm

    ... or, as the headline should've read:

    Rescue Personnel and Surgeons Save Man's Life, Plaster Statue Gets All the Goddamn Credit

  5. Kelsey
    November 10th, 2009 at 10:20 pm

    My problem was I got this tree in me.

  6. ted
    November 11th, 2009 at 7:10 am

    I wonder if he was aiming for somewhere else and missed.

  7. Felipe Venancio
    November 11th, 2009 at 7:13 am

    damm...

  8. ByrdBrain
    November 12th, 2009 at 12:15 pm

    All of you complaining about how he credits God for his survival are just jealous because he didn't pick you.


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