A Bellingham, Washington man severed his arm just above the elbow using a homemade guillotine according to this report from the Bellingham Herald. Police found the arm and an elaborate homemade guillotine in a transient camp in the woods near a clinic where the man showed up around 11:30pm this past Thursday.

The arm was sent with the man to the hospital in hopes that it could be reattached to his body. He was flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. His condition is unknown.