Talk about taking things into your own hands…
Convicted sex offender attempts to castrate himself; Tells police he was fighting the urge to offend again
From The State Journal-Register, Springfield, Illinois
A convicted sex offender who told police he was feeling an urge to offend again took a fillet knife to his testicles in an attempt to castrate himself Sunday night (10/21/07).
The 59-year-old man, who lives in the 1600 block of Seven Pines Road, was bleeding profusely when police and paramedics arrived. However, he was expected to survive.
The man successfully removed one testicle and flushed it down the toilet; the other testicle was severely injured.
He then called a friend for help. Authorities were notified about 8:15 p.m. Sunday, and the man was rushed to the hospital.
According to a police report on the incident, the man, who was not identified, said he was feeling the urge to touch and hurt children. He was not trying to take his life, he reportedly said, but was trying to stem the urge.
The man’s offense happened in 1984, police said. He had been on a sex offender registry for some time but no longer was required to register.
Self-castration is not as rare as one might think. Historians say some early Christians castrated themselves… And instructions for castrating oneself accompanied by firsthand accounts can be found on the Internet.
In case any “responsible child molesters” are reading this, here are the instructions for using an elastrator (a device used in the castration of farm animals) to nullify your urges. Go ahead, knock yourself out!
Link contains images that might produce feelings of being kicked in the nuts, so don’t say I didn’t warn ya.
I learned recently that Bert Brooks, the son of my cousin, Ozella (making him my second cousin, I suppose), died on 7 September in a BASE jumping accident at Lauterbrunnen, Bern, Switzerland. I can’t say I knew him—I only remember meeting him a few times when I was very young. As can be assumed about most of those involved in the BASE jumping scene, I guess he must have been an intense guy and presumably died doing what he loved. Any one of us can only hope to go out like that…
