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Bedeviled by a painful wart that no cream, ointment or doctor could cure, Sean Murphy decided to try a radical at-home procedure. His surgical tool: a 12-bore shotgun... Unfortunately for Murphy, the blast had collateral damage. According to The Telegraph, it blew off nearly the entire middle finger on his left hand, and left the 38-year-old facing possible prison time for illegal possession of a firearm.

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