The leg that didn't belong

@JudyEv (382036)
Rockingham, Australia
February 2, 2022 9:53pm CST
An Australian Paralympic champion, Chris Bond, has a tale to tell about his prosthetic leg. Three months ago, while swimming, a rogue wave knocked Chris off his feet and one of his prosthetic legs became detached. Chris is a two-time wheelchair rugby gold medallist and his leg is worth $15,000. After sharing the incident on social media, locals kept their eyes peeled for the leg. Eve Clifford was overjoyed when she found a leg outside her Kings Beach shop. But here’s the rub. After Chris had inspected the leg, he found it wasn’t his! What a coincidence for two people to have lost prosthetic legs in the same area? I don’t have any photos of surf but here’s one of a horse in the ocean.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174377)
• United States
3 Feb 22
What I would consider weird is that nobody else reported losing their prosthetic leg.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382036)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Feb 22
Exactly. They took the leg to a prosthetic place in case they could help with finding the owner.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174377)
• United States
3 Feb 22
@JudyEv Usually, there are serial numbers printed onto different parts of prosthetic legs/arms, just in case.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382036)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Feb 22
@DaddyEvil That might be helpful. Maybe the leg has floated a long way.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (135722)
• Marion, Ohio
3 Feb 22
Hope they could get the leg back to the right person at least
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (135722)
• Marion, Ohio
3 Feb 22
@JudyEv They are not at all. Hopefully they did get it replaced at least.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382036)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Feb 22
That would be good, wouldn't it? Someone must be missing it and they're not cheap. Maybe he/she already has another from insurance.
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86656)
• United States
3 Feb 22
Wonder if the horse likes the ocean? That is weird, indeed. Especially since the first person didn’t put up a lost and found notice about it!
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382036)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Feb 22
You'd think the owner would be looking for it. Believe me, you'd be battling to get the horse in there if it didn't like it. It might paddle but it would be unlikely to go out swimming.
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (148730)
• Roseburg, Oregon
3 Feb 22
Did he ever get his leg back.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382036)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Feb 22
It's new news so no, not yet. We may never hear if he does or not.
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Fleur
@Fleura (34989)
• United Kingdom
3 Feb 22
I wonder who else is still missing a leg?
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Fleur
@Fleura (34989)
• United Kingdom
3 Feb 22
@JudyEv Were there any clues regarding how long that leg may have been afloat?
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382036)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Feb 22
@Fleura No, I don't think so. DaddyEvil thought there might be serial numbers on them. Maybe they need to microchip them like they do dogs!
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382036)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Feb 22
Maybe they've been asking about their leg in all the wrong places.
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George B Vieto
@Deepizzaguy (122132)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
3 Feb 22
It is really odd to learn that two persons to lose their prosthetic legs in the same area.
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Fleur
@Fleura (34989)
• United Kingdom
3 Feb 22
Maybe the leg travelled a long way.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382036)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Feb 22
@Fleura Some items do eventually wash up a long way from where they started out.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382036)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Feb 22
That's what I thought. Surely there are dozens of people around with such legs.
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (51819)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
3 Feb 22
What, no arms?
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382036)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Feb 22
Nope, just one leg!!
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OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
3 Feb 22
Whoa that is weird.....wonder whos leg it was then
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OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
3 Feb 22
@JudyEv It made me think a shark got the rest of them if they never came to claim it or even a serial killer..see that is where my mind goes
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382036)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Feb 22
@RebeccasFarm A shark ate them and spat out the leg! Oops - sorry, it's not really funny I guess (smirk)
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382036)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Feb 22
Somewhere, there is a person with a leg missing!!
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502415)
• Italy
3 Feb 22
They should post, may be someone would love to have his leg back. I hope that Chris can find his leg.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502415)
• Italy
4 Feb 22
@JudyEv I imagine that it's not easy to make the difference from prosthetic legs. Of course Chris immediately noticed it was not his leg.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382036)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Feb 22
Chris now has a new leg but I don't know if they have found the owner of the other. The woman finding it would have been quite convinced that it was Chris'.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (222314)
• United States
3 Feb 22
Well, that certainly was a coincidence. I hope he finds his leg.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382036)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Feb 22
I hope he has it insured. Actually, I think the article said he now has his new leg.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (222314)
• United States
3 Feb 22
@JudyEv That's good to hear.
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Faster16
@Faster16 (3248)
• Indonesia
4 Feb 22
I just found out that horses can swim
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382036)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Feb 22
All animals can swim to some degree. Kangaroos are good swimmers.
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