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Prosthetic leg lost at sea, returned to owner
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - A fisherman was surprised when he hauled up a prosthetic leg from the Gulf of Mexico, and even more surprised when he was able to find its owner.
The leg is emblazoned with the logo from the University of Kentucky and the school's wildcat mascot. Fisherman Matt Willingham says he contacted the manufacturer about finding the leg's owner.
WKYT-TV in Lexington reports that it belonged to Fred Robinson, who played on the school's football team in the 1980s and had lost his leg in a work accident five years ago.
Robinson says he was shocked to find out someone found his $30,000 prosthetic leg.
Robinson, who now lives in Florida, says he lost the prosthetic while swimming over the Memorial Day weekend.
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Information from: WKYT-TV, http://www.wkyt.com
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
Matt Willingham, owner of the shrimp boat Michele Dawn, looks for indentifying features on a prosthetic leg at his dock in Valapraiso, Fla. His boat captain pulled up the leg while shrimping in the Choctawhatchee Bay between Fort Walton Beach, Fla. and Destin, Fla. Thursday morning about 2 a.m. June 7, 2012. The leg has a few barnacles on it and is imprinted with the University of Kentucky Wildcat logo. Willingham contacted the media to help find the owner of the leg. (AP Photo/Northwest Florida Daily News, Nick Tomecek)
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