Crime

Fight Over Headlights Leaves Three Fingers Severed by Samurai Sword

WTHI-TV:

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTHI) – A samurai sword seriously injures a Terre Haute man sometime overnight on Friday at the intersection of 4th and Lincoln.

According to the Terre Haute Police, a man was inside his home when he became upset that headlights from a car on the street were shining into his bedroom.

That’s when police say he got into a fight with the man in the car.

The man from the house eventually picked up a wooden club and then investigators say that’s when the man from the car pulled out a samurai sword.

According to detectives, in the middle of the fight, the man with the sword sliced off three fingers from the man with the club.

(via Fark)

Comments (102)

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  • RojBlake
    Posted on December 20, 2010 at 7:12am

    Folks, I think everyone is missing a point here…a club vs. a sword is a pretty even contest, I used to have a katana in my car years ago & then it was stolen.
    If person A picks up a bat, it’s still deadly force…the real problem here is the car lights; maybe we should outlaw cars…I mean this story wouldn’t even be news if the guy with the club had been hit with the frikkin CAR.
    Once again the media focuses on the TOOL; I will grant you that sword fights are pretty novel & makes good copy, but seriously….
    I remember (& this was YEARS ago) a guy lost it & pulled a sword on the Staten Island Ferry & was put down by an off-duty police officer; the media played that up, & totally missed the real point; if others had access to the appropriate tools it wouldn’t have gotten as far as it did (if memory serves the would be Highlander injured or killed as many as 10 people).
    I don‘t know what Indiana’s gun laws are like but maybe it’s easier to carry a sword than get a permit; maybe the guy does martial arts demos…like slicing up watermelons & stuff like that.
    There are actually quite a few reasons to have a sword, personally I think idiot A should have stayed in his house; & idiot B should have driven away.

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    • Masamune
      Posted on December 20, 2010 at 3:24pm

      I can’t say I agree with you on the weapons rojblake. The difference between a katana and a club is rather simple. If your arm gets hit with a club for example, it will probably be broken at worst. If your arm gets hit by a katana however, you may very well lose that arm. Idiot A was lucky he only lost three fingers. Idiot B could have probably easily done far worse to him.

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    • RojBlake
      Posted on December 20, 2010 at 6:26pm

      A sword has some advantages true, but a pipe is still leathal force…also a club doesn’t require the same level of skill, a sword (especially a katana) has only 1 real point of impact, the edge, a club not so.

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    • Masamune
      Posted on December 21, 2010 at 12:20am

      I’ll concede to you the point in that a club can be quite lethal with little skill required. Against a trained swordsman however, I would still say that the sword is the more dangerous weapon of the two. The man was able to cut off three fingers so I’d conclude that he must have had some skill with a blade and was aiming to injure or maim rather than kill his attacker since a more obvious tactic would have been to simply remove the weapon hand or arm. You can recover from broken bones or bruises but you can’t replace lost fingers unless you have access to a really good doctor or a lot of money.

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    • RojBlake
      Posted on December 21, 2010 at 7:20am

      I don’t know the full story, obviously, but it’s quite possible that the fingers could have been lost accidentilly. Consider that as far as I know removing fingers is not part of any Kenjutsu tecnique that I’ve ever heard of or seen it could have been the result of a bad parry.

      Most movies show edge to edge parries which is bad form, your supposed to use the flat of the blade, if he tried to parry with the edge, it’s quite possible that club wielder A actually slamed his hand on to the blade.

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    • Masamune
      Posted on December 21, 2010 at 12:46pm

      Hmm, I guess we just won’t know until we get more info on this story. Were the fingers lost due to skill or stupidity? Most people wouldn’t be used to fighting against a samurai sword so your argument is entirely plausible here. Does anyone know if any other news sources are looking further into this?

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  • Moment of Clarity
    Posted on December 20, 2010 at 7:04am

    better a pipe and a sword than guns … if it were guns the repeal 2nd amendment people would be all over this … now it’s just the 2 or 3 anti-samurai sword people who we’ll here from

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    • RedneckJim
      Posted on December 21, 2010 at 1:25am

      Not to be a stickler here, but where exactly in the 2nd Amendment does it mention guns? It doesn’t. It says “Arms.” Everybody these days (except those who are arguing about “knife rights”) assumes it’s about firearms. The 2nd Amendment covers samurai swords as much as AR-15s.

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  • green_manalishi
    Posted on December 20, 2010 at 6:31am

    I bring my luiville, champ brings out his samuari sword, I point the Sig Sauer at his head and ask him if he’s feeling lucky, ( providing there are few witness) this is my addaption to the gun to the knife fight , basball bat samaurai thing.

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  • GiGi80
    Posted on December 20, 2010 at 6:23am

    I have read a few of the “news articles” here and I have just one question: do you have an actual “editor” who proofreads for grammatical errors? It might be a good investment, since the text is apparently written by sixth-graders.

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    • Pocono Countryboy
      Posted on December 20, 2010 at 7:00am

      The article is credited to WTHI-TV:

      Most articles are not written by “staffers” they are related from other sources.. Evidently you haven’t read many articles here at all but are just looking to insult people. Well two can play that game. Merry Christmas ;)

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    • macpappy
      Posted on December 20, 2010 at 3:05pm

      Hey, what have you got against sixth graders? Really, you are worried about spelling and diction on a post board? My brain goes much faster than my fingers…and often in the opposite direction…so lighten up or maybe go over to the Huffinton Post for a more hoity toity banter….oh darn, did I misspell that?

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    • patriot308
      Posted on December 21, 2010 at 12:02pm

      I think, I understand your thought process; GiGi, born in 1980. You recognize sixth-grade text; because you haven’t progressed past that level. Well keep up your short bus education, and maybe some day you will get your GED.

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  • philm1
    Posted on December 20, 2010 at 5:02am

    If they outlaw guns, can we use swords?

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  • BeckFan1964
    Posted on December 20, 2010 at 5:01am

    The guy bought a house on a corner. Of course he’s going to have issues with headlights occasionally. Should have bought a different house.

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  • mikemanners11
    Posted on December 20, 2010 at 4:46am

    You all are probably right about that guy with the headlights. The USA has become a society of self absorbed Bottom Feeding parasites whose ONLY goal in life is to eat, copulate, sleep, play their PS3s, and take drugs as MUCH as possible. ALL other ethical or moral considerations are unregarded.

    Just look at the Black Friday behavior of our citizens. What Trash. Try driving in past the shops and malls during this wonderful Xmas season and see how full of the Xmas “spirit” every one is in….your life is in danger.

    We now are at the mercy of the godless mob of the underclass…

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  • Cuthalu
    Posted on December 20, 2010 at 4:33am

    Never bring a wooden club the a samurai sword fight?

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    • Hawaii Resident
      Posted on December 22, 2010 at 4:33pm

      Except if you’re Musashi Miyamoto. He brought one to fight with Kojiro Sasaki…and he won!

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    • RojBlake
      Posted on December 22, 2010 at 4:58pm

      Hawaii Resident
      Very true, but that was because the club Musashi had had a longer length than his opponents sword…not to mention the fact that Musahi was very well versed in the art of the sword.

      I don’t know for sure but if I had to take a guess…pipe moron came out of house not to get into a duel, but to smash sword morons headlights. Sword moron saw him coming & figured he was coming after him, drew sword & ended dispute.

      Has anyone ever seen the movie “Deal of the Century”?, I keep seeing Gregory Hines with a flamethrower.

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  • burnteye86
    Posted on December 20, 2010 at 3:23am

    I am outraged!!! Violence is completely unacceptable. I say.. nay, I demand, that the Government ban ALL sharp objects!!! And while they’re at it, the Government should make a law requiring that ALL people in the USA love their neighbor under the full threat of incarceration for life!!!

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    • retsofarik
      Posted on December 20, 2010 at 8:23am

      In which case they would be “loving their cell mate!”

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    • patriot308
      Posted on December 21, 2010 at 11:41am

      I like this idea! We should start with the pointy headed “climate change” (“scientists”), and end with pinhead politicians.

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  • NeoKong
    Posted on December 20, 2010 at 2:29am

    Never bring a lead pipe to a sword fight.

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  • mtnclimberjim
    Posted on December 20, 2010 at 2:11am

    should have lopped his head off. Dude went lookin for a fight and found one. lucky to be alive.

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  • New-American-Saviors
    Posted on December 20, 2010 at 1:59am

    No one uses a Club these days…you get trace DNA all over you, just like a knife. Even AIDS !

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  • olikikflip
    Posted on December 20, 2010 at 1:58am

    UNBELIEVEABLE!!!

    Has Beck been warning us about this for some time now? I may be wrong, but Did not CBS call Beck a Fear Monger for presenting this to us???

    http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7166293n&tag=contentMain;contentBody

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  • Larry Sheldon
    Posted on December 20, 2010 at 1:34am

    Nice reach, getting Beck’s name into the thing. I would not have thought it possible!

    Maybe Wlamrt has blinds. Maybe he can’t afford them. Maybe the landlord wouldn’t let him install them. Maybe the guy likes to look at the stars.

    Why is it his responsibility?

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    • yanki161
      Posted on December 20, 2010 at 11:52am

      Because, were it not for him going out of his home to start a fight with a club in his hand, his fingers would still be on his hand.

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    • macpappy
      Posted on December 20, 2010 at 2:53pm

      Might also add that windows are there to let light in and let you see out. Blinds are for when you don‘t want anyone seeing in or you don’t want light to come in. What does he do when the sun is unwanted? Take a club to ……..no he closes his blinds.

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  • welovetheUSA
    Posted on December 20, 2010 at 1:32am

    Its all about the attitude and consideration for those around us….the lack of this appears to be everywhere these days.

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  • NoMoO
    Posted on December 20, 2010 at 1:17am

    Kill Bill Vol. 3 begins filming in Terre Haute!

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  • rukdngme
    Posted on December 20, 2010 at 1:06am

    should have known better than to bring a club to a sword fight.

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  • Donald J
    Posted on December 20, 2010 at 1:03am

    Does walmart have window blinds?

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  • Balladeer
    Posted on December 20, 2010 at 1:00am

    a nickel says the guy with the headlights didn‘t give a Rat’s rear end that he was lighting up someone’s bedroom…as far as they piece of slime is concerned the world revolves around HIM.

    as much as Beck talks about the good in people that good is ALWAYS trumped by the selfish self centered creeps that our PC world has created, hey anteprogressive WHEN it happens to you I wonder if you will be so flip with your ‘self-defense’ comments

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    • mikemanners11
      Posted on December 20, 2010 at 4:45am

      You are probably right about that guy with the headlights. The USA has become a society of self absorbed Bottom Feeding parasites whose ONLY goal in life is to eat, copulate, sleep, play their PS3s, and take drugs as MUCH as possible. ALL other ethical or moral considerations are unregarded.

      Just look at the Black Friday behavior of our citizens. What Trash. Try driving in past the shops and malls during this wonderful Xmas season and see how full of the Xmas “spirit” every one is in….your life is in danger.

      We now are at the mercy of the godless mob of the underclass…

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    • highcarry
      Posted on December 20, 2010 at 7:11am

      wow, what a great guy you are. you shut your lights off everytime they might light up a house.

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    • Colonial Revolutionary
      Posted on December 20, 2010 at 7:59am

      Maybe the guy was warming up his car and the car had automatic headlights.

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    • patriot308
      Posted on December 21, 2010 at 7:03pm

      Uh……..Balladeer…… Please don’t drive through my neighborhood. We prefer to have people with lights on. It keeps cars out of our living rooms……… Col. Rev. and others are probably right…. Both of my rigs have lights on whenever the ignition is on. Day or night.

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  • javablanca
    Posted on December 20, 2010 at 1:00am

    the guy in the car could have driven away. he did not have to get out. thats how the police see it. the motorist should have driven away, called the cops about the threats and let them ‘hand’-le it.

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    • Sheepdog911
      Posted on December 20, 2010 at 6:14am

      No, “Two Fingers” should have just stayed in his house. This entire incident was his fault. Everything that happened after he left his house is his responsibility. Usless the Ninja drove around the side of the house to aim his lights in the window, this was probably not the first time headlights have “aimed” in the window. “Two-fingers” probably shouol have bought heavier curtains.

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    • patriot308
      Posted on December 21, 2010 at 11:51am

      Hey… former LEO here. It’s not really up to the cops…….. It depends on the political ambitions of the DA. I’m just sayin………

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  • traderdan
    Posted on December 20, 2010 at 1:00am

    maybe it’s to avoid having the govt track your personal defense items and avoid a waiting period for purchasing

    I bet the govt will be changing that shortly now though….. :-/

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  • davecoolworld
    Posted on December 20, 2010 at 12:55am

    Lemme guess, the sleepy guy’s name is “lefty”.

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  • Lord_Frostwind
    Posted on December 20, 2010 at 12:52am

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    I’m not going to lie, that is pretty awesome. Not the fact that a bunch of idiots got into an argument, but the fact that the guy in the car pulled out a samurai sword.

    Seriously, who carries a freaking katana in their car? It’s half retarded, and half cool.

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  • ADDICTED TO TRUTH
    Posted on December 20, 2010 at 12:52am

    EWWWW….. don’t cha hate it when that happens.

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    • GeauxAlready
      Posted on December 20, 2010 at 7:33am

      Can you hear this guy’s wife… Ok Capt America! Got our ass handed to us did we. Don’t you bleed on my clean floor! Have you lost your mind? Oh Hold still. For gosh sakes Suck it up Nancy it’s only a scratch………..

      Report Post » SpankDaMonkey  
  • Anteprogressive
    Posted on December 20, 2010 at 12:48am

    If it’s legal to have the sword, sounds like self defense.

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    • joseph Fawcett
      Posted on December 20, 2010 at 1:36am

      I agree, however, the guy should have turned off the lights. I would of. To me there is no reason why this should have gone that far in the first place.

      http://www.josephfawcettart.com western artist

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    • CatB
      Posted on December 20, 2010 at 1:53am

      LOL .. who carries a samuri sword in their car? I guess a samurri? Really people chill out … yes now they will be going after samuri swords (see I told people that you don’t have to have a gun to injure, kill someone — they were doing it long before the Chinese invented gunpowder).

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzFWRPiNXOI

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    • republitarian
      Posted on December 20, 2010 at 1:58am

      I agree with both of you. I get annoyed when people leave their lights on, but it should never have come to that.

      The story says that he cut of the fingers “in the middle of the fight.” My guess is that it ended the fight. A cut to the hands is a typical Samurai move. Maybe he was lucky, but I’m thinking he has some training. If that is true, then I am not on his side because he should know better to be in that situation in the fist place.

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    • Jhn'1
      Posted on December 20, 2010 at 2:46am

      It probably was one of the newer cars with “moron-proof” automatic headlights.
      Since the design engineer (most likely a Green Party member if hired since the late 80s) “knows” better than the vehicle operator that the headlights must be on if it is not bright outside and the key is on, and there can never be any possible conceivable reason for them to be off if the key is on and it is not bright outside.

      I remember when you would signal someone with a burned out light or such with turning your lights off for a moment, but the “new” moron (what the GM Greens think of drivers) operator systems pioneered by GM almost a decade ago don’t allow for lights off in dim or dark conditions and the key is on. not if the car is running and in gear, not even after the car has started. Before the starter engages; the headlights are on (causing serious reduction in halogen headlight life expectancy from the undervoltage condition)

      I would bet that the car has such an automatic system preventing turning off the headlights when it is not bright out and the key is on. Somebody wanted to warm the vehicle up, couldn’t turn the headlights off except by shutting off the vehicle and refused to do so.

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    • Sheepdog911
      Posted on December 20, 2010 at 6:05am

      @JHN1, Huh? What the heck does this story have to do with automatic lights? Stay on point or stay off of Comments. If you have a problem with how auto lights function, please feal free to send your comments to GM, or don’t buy their product, but this is not your venue for re-engineering GM.

      Sheepdog911  
    • Dustyluv
      Posted on December 20, 2010 at 6:09am

      Don‘t bring a lead pipe to a sword fight and don’t bring a sword to a gun fight. He deserved it. I wonder if my tax dollars went to reattach his fingers? If so, why do we pay for it. I say too damn bad for you!

      The police need to arrest the guy with the pipe and charge him with assault too.

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    • Post-Progressive American
      Posted on December 20, 2010 at 6:26am

      Isn’t that why God made blinds, drapes and shades…to keep the light out?

      But if you are going to grab a club and go after someone, count yourself lucky to get away (even with a bloody stump or two).

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    • Colonial Revolutionary
      Posted on December 20, 2010 at 7:56am

      @Sheepdog

      Who died and left you boss of the message board? JHN1′s post was relevant if you bothered to read all of it rather then read part of it and then be bossy. I won’t bother explaining to you how his point was relevant, being as you are not relevant.

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    • Diamondback
      Posted on December 20, 2010 at 10:58am

      @Sheepdog…

      and, YOU are NOT the comment moderator for this site!

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    • CultureWarriors
      Posted on December 20, 2010 at 11:44am

      Stupid is as stupid does. I guess we need to ban clubs and swords now. And I’ll bet alcohol was involved. Should we ban that too? Again?

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    • xjarhd
      Posted on December 20, 2010 at 11:50am

      samuri swords don’t cut off fingers….. people cut off fingers

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    • @leftfighter
      Posted on December 20, 2010 at 11:55am

      Loving how Sheepdog911 doesn‘t see how headlights that you can’t turn off has nothing to do with a story about headlights shining into someone’s window.

      Wow. Engage your brain housing group before your fingers, next time…

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    • ozz
      Posted on December 20, 2010 at 7:28pm

      Sword legal or not, it’s use is clearly self defense if the facts are straight. Self defense is a God given right.
      On a side note I own a katana but do not normally have it in my car.

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    • patriot308
      Posted on December 21, 2010 at 11:46am

      Hey Sheepdawg????? Maybe try reading the post, and thinking about the posters’ point of view….. instead of going all “al sharpton” on him.

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    • RojBlake
      Posted on December 21, 2010 at 2:01pm

      OZZ, question..is it sharp? For that matter what kind of quality is it? I’ve been posting with MASAMUNE& it occurs to me that most Katanas (Samurai swords) are made out of 440 stainless which will NOT stand up to a pounding from a lead pipe, also the tangs are usually pretty wimpy as well.
      So it begs the question was idiot B (guy with sword) skilled, or lucky…I recieved one of those “wall hanger” Katanas once…it lasted maybe 3 swings with any kind of impact.

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    • joe3
      Posted on December 21, 2010 at 11:41pm

      sometimes you gota pay if you wanta play

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    • Rowgue
      Posted on December 22, 2010 at 1:59pm

      You can manually turn off the headlights even on the new fangled cars with moron-proof headlights. They come on automatically, but you CAN turn them off.

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