Somebody Got Medieval

In what many imagine as a scene straight out of Pulp Fiction, Sheriff's investigators uncover a scene that leaves the locals befuddled and shocked.

The AP reports thusly:

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Three men accused of running a sadomasochistic "dungeon" in rural Haywood County were in custody Friday, charged with performing illegal castrations.

Investigators from the office of Sheriff Tom Alexander said the men admittedperforming at least eight surgeries on six consenting clients over the pastyear, including castrations and testicle replacements.

According to Alexander's office, detectives who searched the home Wednesday found medical supplies that included scalpels, sutures, bandages, local anesthetic and artificial replacement testicles known as "neuticles."

Also seized were videotaping equipment, videotapes, compact discs and DVDs that the sheriff's office said had recordings of the surgeries.
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Two plastic containers holding what appeared to be frozen testes were sent to a forensics lab for testing.

The suspects were arrested Thursday without incident. Each man faces 18 charges — five counts of felonious castration without malice, five counts of felonious conspiracy to commit castration without malice and eight counts of misdemeanor performing medical acts without a license.

"This right here beats anything I have ever seen," Alexander told the Asheville Citizen-Times, which reported that victims may have come from as far away as South America.

The men are charged with felonies. District Attorney Michael Bonfoey said the law distinguishes between malicious and non-malicious castration, but that the consent of the castrated makes no difference."

Contray to the impression from the first line-- Charlotte is nowhere near Haywood County, and if Waynesville, Haxelwood, and Haywood County seem vaguely familiar to you that could be because, in addition to being the home Cold Mountain, the area is also connected to My Lai via it being the summer home of one of the principals, Lt. Calley, and is also the home of the Baptist church that kicked out the Democrats last year.

No word on the politics of the castraters or castratees.