Ozark Amputation?

(Pulaski County, Arkansas) On Tuesday evening, a 46-year-old local man, Gregory Carlson, blew his hand off with his homemade cannon.

Pulaski County Sheriff's Deputies say Carlson was working on a cannon in a barn outside his home in the 28000 block on Kanis Road in Paron Tuesday afternoon.

Carlson told investigators he was trying to pack Pyrodex into the cannon when it ignited and exploded. When officers found him, he had severe damage to his left hand along with burns on his chest and face.

When investigators looked around the area where the explosion occurred, they found a finger and other pieces of flesh.

Carlson is hospitalized. It's unknown whether he was given the finger.

Note that casualties from homemade cannon fire are not new. A few months ago, a woman died in a homemade cannon accident in California when a projectile sliced into her home.