Man gets arm stuck in gas tank fishing for candy

FOND DU LAC, Wis. - A Fond du Lac man got his hand stuck in a car's gas tank after he reached in to try to retrieve a Snicker's candy bar he saw inside.

The Fond du Lac Reporter says firefighters freed 20-year-old Earr Stokes on Tuesday afternoon.

Capt. Tony Knecht says firefighters cut the filler pipe, then accessed the backside of the gas tank opening to release Stokes' fingers. Once he was free, emergency personnel helped take the pipe off his hand. Officials stood by with a hose during the cutting in case there were sparks.

Stokes' cousin, Tyrone Williams, says Stokes happened to look into the gas tank and saw the candy bar. He says someone had removed it from the wrapper and jammed it into the gas tank.

"It was just chocolate. Chocolate and peanuts," Williams told the Reporter.

"He's hurting," Williams added while glancing over at his cousin who was attempting to pry his hand out of the tank with the help of firefighters.

Firefighters wrapped Stokes in a blanket and placed a jacket on him as a cutting machine was used on the car, the newspaper reported, saying that rescuers were concerned about the possibility of a spark setting off a fire in the fuel tank.

[magnumdr]

This would make a good commercial for snickers candy bars.

[RedDeath50]

How come they didn't report on the condition of the Snickers bar? The Snickers bar is probably more intelligent than the moron trying to retrieve it!!

Folks, what we have here is a future Darwin Award winner!

[jmailbox]

You know, the car must be really old not to have a net in it to prevent large objects, such as candy bars from falling in.

Besides, who in the h*ll would be dumb enough to try and reah inside a d*mm gas tank to pull out a candy bar? $0.70 of goods for the almost loss of a hand?

[guyfrompa46]

Apparently Earr Syokes is dumb enough.

[erasmus111]

I would never put my hand in a gas tank for a Snickers bar. Yikky.

[erasmus111]

"What about an Almond Joy?"


Nope.

Maybe a Cadbury Fruit and Nut. : )

[opticallady1]

cheaper to go to store and buy one.

[Nate650]

I guess this goes to show just how much of a problem industrial/processed food addiction has become.