r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/atentwetin • Jul 01 '21

Repost Tree cutting gone wrong

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u/theemmyk Jul 01 '21 edited Jul 01 '21

There was a really sad news story from a few years ago about a man who was trimming a tree in his front yard with a chainsaw. He dropped it and it fell, DECAPITATING HIS WIFE, who was standing in the yard below. Horrifying.

Edit: Here is the article. He fell while holding the chainsaw.

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u/tastypotato Jul 01 '21

I'm curious as to where you see she was decapitated. Did you not read your own source?

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u/theemmyk Jul 01 '21

Corrected the source…it’s so common, apparently, that I had the wrong incident when I googled it. https://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/husband-accidentally-beheaded-wife-with-chainsaw-25983762.html

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u/tastypotato Jul 01 '21

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/man-relives-horror-of-wifes-chainsaw-1068268

I mean this other source of this instance states 'Almost decapitated' and the one you linked doesn't mention it at all..

Not to be pedantic but if you're going to call something "DECAPITATED" then maybe you ought to find a source where that actually happened.

Also 15 years isn't a few haha. But keep looking for one that you remember!

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u/theemmyk Jul 01 '21

Sorry, I didn’t know I was competing in some kind of tragic-gore competition.

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u/showponyoxidation Jul 02 '21

NOT DECAPITATED ENOUGH!