How could you not notice?!?!?!

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/14/japan.biker.reut/index.html

TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) -- A Japanese biker failed to notice his leg had been severed below the knee when he hit a safety barrier, and rode on for 2 km (1.2 miles), leaving a friend to pick up the missing limb.

The 54-year-old office worker was out on his motorcycle with a group of friends in the city of Hamamatsu, west of Tokyo, on Monday, when he was unable to negotiate a curve in the road and bumped into the central barrier, the Mainichi Shimbun said.

He felt excruciating pain, but did not notice that his right leg was missing until he stopped at the next junction, the paper quoted local police as saying.

The man and his leg were taken to hospital, but the limb had been crushed in the collision, the paper said.  

i guess he had that thing- where amputees still have a memory of their missing limb.
or he smoking something crazy!
how do you not realize that you lost your leg- if i hit something if i rode a bike- i would have pulled over from the shock that i kinda effed up- but hey- if he didnt feel it- then.. i guess its cool??
cant ride bikes anymore
sucks for him  

Shock goes a long way.  After a certain level of pain, the area of trauma will go numb, which is a survival mechanism.  Consider that the first Homo Sapiens had no natural armor or even thick fur to defend against wild animal attack.  Additionally, as far as animals go, we are also some of the slowest and weakest mammals.  The subsequent massive release of endorphins will allow a person who had been maimed while hunting to possibly escape and heal.  It's another aspect of the fight or flight response.  

standing ovation! wow- thats phenomenal information. i found the human encyclopedia-   i just hope i never experience that. i want my endorphins to stay at a normal level- and i want all my limbs- haha  

Yeah, limbs are good.  Sucks for the biker.  

at least he can sell his bike now to pay for his medical bills
i knew there was a reason i never want a bike