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Posted on Jun 9, 2012 by ContributorIn the San Francisco suburb of Fremont, police report they responded to a 911 call early Thursday morning to find a 20-year old man who had cut off his own penis with an X-Acto knife.
The man's motivation for removing his own genitalia is currently unknown. However, since drugs have been removed as a factor, bath salts --the synthetic substance known to trigger extreme and often violent hallucinations --can likely be ruled out.
Authorities located the severed organ in question and doctors are working to re-attach it.
Cutting off one's own penis, a practice called autopeotomy, is not quite as uncommon as one would think, although in certain cases it can prove fatal.
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