Graphic footage showing the moment a man in Walton County, Georgia lost his leg while shooting a lawn mower loaded with three pounds of explosives has been released by local police as a deterrent to others.
In the video, David Pressley, 32, moves closer and closer to the unused lawnmower as he peppers it with bullets from a semi-automatic rifle.
Pressley and his friends had filled the lawn mower with three pounds of Tannerite, a binary explosive that can be purchased legally in Georgia and – when mixed – ignited by gunshot.
Shooters should be 100 yards (300 feet) away from their target per pound of Tannerite, local sheriff Joe Chapman told USA Today.
Pressley was just 14 yards (43 feet) away from the lawnmower when it exploded and a piece of flying shrapnel hit him, slicing his leg off below the knee.
In the gruesome footage, blood spatter hits the camera lense as Pressley yells: “I blew my leg off!” Another man shouts: “Call an ambulance!”
Walton Co. man shoots lawn mower with tannerite in it,blows up taking his leg off. Neighbor heard it! Tune in at 4pm pic.twitter.com/vSrczEeYrl
— Tyisha Fernandes (@TyishaWSB) March 24, 2016
Pressley is still recovering in hospital from the incident, which took place on March 19.
Many videos of people improperly using the explosive mix can be found online.
Sheriff Chapman says he receives several complaints about the explosive on a weekly basis, and released the graphic footage to demonstrate just how dangerous it is. “It’s not a toy,” he warned.
A video of a barn being blown up using 164lbs of Tannerite has been viewed over 1 million times on YouTube.
https://www.rt.com/usa/337481-lawnmower-explosion-tannerite-amputation/
Damn, wanted to see the stump.
fixing stupid is hard work
it says right on the can , 100Yard distance per pound
and stuffing explosives into something that can send shrapnel far and wide , standing there unprotected is a recipe for a Darwin award , he got lucky
Im sure now , because of things like this .. this product will be taken off the market ..
CRAP……….. SO MUCH FOR BUYING TANNERITE
You can make your own, and it’s even legal in most areas. Check YouTube for more.
Tannerite is potent stuff. Basically, it’s just ammonium nitrate and aluminum powder (AlAN for short), though the commercial version has a few additional additives. And it’s legal in most areas if you don’t store it or transport it, but mix it on-site before use.
You Tube has videos of people making it, and some show it being used to blow up old cars, etc. Pretty impressive.
https://youtu.be/HE3Q5xPtS3A?t=18
LOL… couldn’t resist… 😆