A man suffering from mental illness self-amputated his penis, threw it on the sidewalk, and later returned to kiss it before walking away, creating a bizarre and gruesome scene for emergency responders.
Takeways• Mentally ill man self-amputated his penis and discarded it on a sidewalk.
• Emergency responders found the organ frozen to the sidewalk, complicating retrieval.
• The man returned to the scene and kissed his severed penis before leaving.
A disturbing incident involved a mentally ill man who self-amputated his penis and left it on a cold sidewalk. Emergency medical technicians attempted to retrieve the organ for potential reattachment, but it was frozen to the ground. The man later returned to the scene, kissed the severed organ, and then departed.
Self-Amputation Incident
• 00:00:00 A patrolman responded to a 911 call about a severed penis on a sidewalk, leading to a blood trail that stretched several hundred yards to a three-family house. Officers found the perpetrator, a mentally ill man, completely naked and missing his penis, standing silently at his door. The incident required EMTs to attempt collection of the severed organ for reattachment, highlighting the severe mental state of the individual involved.
Frozen Organ Retrieval
• 00:01:18 EMTs faced difficulty retrieving the severed penis from the sidewalk because it had frozen solid to the ground due to the cold temperatures. Despite using gloves and a special cylinder for transport, the EMT had to tug at the organ to dislodge it. In a further bizarre turn, the man, who had initially thrown the organ, later returned to the scene, knelt, and kissed the severed penis before walking away.