Farmer Cuts off Right Arm With Pocket Knife to Save Life

A farmer from Kershaw County, South Carolina, cut off his own arm after it got stuck in a piece of equipment, WYFF4.com reported Sunday.

The nightmare for Sampson Parker began when he noticed a pice of cornstalk stuck in a farm machine. When he tried to release the cornstalk, his hand got stuck in the machine.

After about an hour of being trapped, with no response to his calls for help, Parker's arm became numb. He reached for his John Deere pocket knife and started cutting his fingers.

According to the report,
shortly after Parker began his dramatic rescue, a fire broke out. He
then did the only thing he could to save his life—sacrifice his right
arm.

With little-to-no time to spare, Parker went
straight for his arm, cutting away from the bone as fast as he could.
Once he severed his arm from his body, he managed to drive himself to a
road where a firefighter helped him with the injury.

"My skin was melting. It was dripping off my arm like plastic, plastic melting. I realized I was in trouble," Parker told WYFF4.