“Nub City,” Where Residents Cut Off Their Own Appendages for Insurance Money

>One claimed he shot his own hand while aiming for a hawk, while another said that he shot his foot when he mistook it for a squirrel.

>These claims generally received payouts of $5,000 to $10,000, but as the scam went on, the claims increased in value as the residents became more bold.

Wow that is nowhere close to worth it for that amount of money. Even the "larger numbers" of potentially being able to get away with $100k-$1M seems pretty low as an upper limit for self amputation.