16 on a season of Worlds Dumbest Hillbillies) built the tension, and pinned the tabloid coverage as a villain. So Ed and then Clay and I just didnt know how this story was going to end. Carberry: John Wood was kind of the rich kid of this small town. Published by The News and Observer on Nov. 13, 2016. Though Woodhas hadhis ups and downs, the events have helpedhim regain perspective. I'm sure y'all figured that out by now. This would be the last time that Mr. Whisnant ever considered parting with his leg. CT: Ed and I are both originally from Virginia, so for me it was always weighing on my mind. He and Lisa are still together but certainly having some rough patches. Shannon Whisnant: I'm pretty smart. And where do their lives really go after the media attention perhaps really dies down? Doctors had to amputate Woods leg and his father did not survive. Whisnant, however, wanted to keep it. Shannon is a healthcare innovation enthusiast and passionate advocate for tech-enabled transformation. Courtesy of The Orchard Done grossed me out.. Shannon Whisnant, 42, of Stacy, originally of Hickory, died Friday, Nov. 11, 2016, at Carteret Health Care in Morehead City. On John Wood, the man to whom the leg once belonged. Self: Finders Keepers. He attempted to home-embalm and mummify the leg, then left it in the smoker. But now Whisnant wants it back. The bigger challenge was actually their family members: Johns sister, Marian, with her watching at a safe distance, having some perspective on it, and, in the movie, just being tired of having the tragedy brought up. This is the stranger-than-fiction tale like Carson McCullers come to life chronicled in the documentary Finders Keepers, opening on Friday, Sept. 25. Archival footage of Mr. Whisnant and Mr. Woods many TV appearances (they came in at No. It was tied so much into this tragedy, and getting past Johns fathers passing. Sign in to rate and Watchlist for personalized recommendations. In a half-dozen visits over seven years the documentary paused when the filmmakers ran out of funding and resumed when they Kickstartered themselves back on track they captured the bizarre details, from Mr. Woods D.I.Y. Its Woods left leg that gets amputated; Whisnant walks with a limp, due to a mysterious left leg injury. Trouble is, the original owner of the limb, John Wood, wanted it back. Eventually, Wood left his leg in his storage unit, but he was so grief-stricken over the loss of his father and the trauma of the accident that he fell deeper into a substance dependency and couldn't keep up with his finances. Meanwhile Woods addiction destroys his life utterly, leaving him estranged from his family and completely destitute. But you did a really good job of not poking fun at them, even though we see other media people doing that. On the same day last winter that Mr. Whisnant was arrested after showing up outside a bank with a gun, Mr. Wood won the lottery. Barnum route instead, charging local curiosity-seekers for lookie-loos ($3 for adults, $1 for children), selling Foot Man t-shirts, and stoking the national media attention for all it was worth. Which 'Tiger King' Character Would You Want To Be In Quarantine With? Still, the odd scenario which Finders Keepers showcase, may not find a larger audience that this documentary deserves. The most gripping TV drama of the year is happening behind closed doors. Shes been an entertainment journalist for more than 15 years previously working at DVD & Blu-ray. View Buzz Howard's email address: bxx@bigvalleymortgage.com & phone: +1-xxx-xxx-7332's profile as Senior Vice President at Big Valley Mortgage, located in Roseville, California. But in the throes of addiction which began after the death of his father, Wood failed to keep up repayments on the storage unit and lost his leg as well as all of his other belongings. . A story about fame, addiction and a custody battle over a man's leg.