Turn Signal From 1963 Car Wreck Removed From Illinois Man's Arm

[UrbScotty]

An Illinois man who wrecked his new Ford Thunderbird in 1963 unwittingly carried around a memento of the crash for decades — a seven-inch turn signal embedded in his arm and not removed until this week.

Arthur Lampitt, 75, was pretty sure what the foreign object was even before a surgeon cut it out of him on Wednesday. When his arm started to swell recently, he unearthed photos of the totaled car and noticed the blinker lever was missing.

Still, his wife Betty was stunned when doctors removed the piece of metal and confirmed her husband's suspicion. "Oh my god," the Granite City, Ill., woman told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/turn-signal-1963-car-wreck-removed-illinois-mans-arm-n278046

[Warren DeMontague]

1. Left, or Right?

[Victor_c3]

3. The tittle is a little misleading

I was wondering that too. However, after looking at the picture on the thread, it is the lever you use to turn on your turn signals from inside of the car that is attached to the steering column. Still weird, but it makes a little more sense.

[krispos42]

2. Ow!

Ow ow ow ow ow ow!