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Categories: Life, WeirdSep 25, 2008 @ 4:05pm

Surgeon confuses bear paw, kid's foot

From the Associated Press:


Police: Severed foot was bear’s paw, not child’s

RUSSELLVILLE, Ala. — Authorities in Alabama say a severed foot brought home by a family dog belongs to a bear — and not a child as they first thought.
Police in Russellville spent two days searching surrounding wooded areas for a small child after a family dog brought the foot to its home late Saturday.
Chief Chris Hargett says the structure of the bear’s foot was close enough to a human’s to fool an orthopedic surgeon who examined it. But forensic tests later found its origin.

Sounds like somebody you'd want sawing on your bones, eh? At least he's in Alabama.

KNOWledge Net has a database of disciplinary actions taken by the Arizona Medical Board. I didn't see any stories this odd, but poke around a bit, who knows what you'll find....

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Sep 25, 2008 @ 7:18pm
Oops, what a mistake that was.
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Sep 25, 2008 @ 9:55pm
But still, a rather positive one. I could've hoped for this, but who'd-a thought?
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Oct 3, 2008 @ 9:54am
the bear paw is the closest mammalian anatomical structure to resemble the human foot. similarly, certain skeletal structures of pigs are often confused for human bones, such as femurs. forensic anthropologists use them to study human anatomy when human specimens are not available. that being known, 'tis not VERY weird mix-up, i'd say.
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