Originally posted by marwash22That was also from the rebounding force of the rope snapping.
indeed.but to actually pull off an arm? no way! I have actually seen pictures of someone who had their arm pulled off (Faces of Death or Rotten), but that happened in tug of war which involved a couple hundred people.
Unless it's one of those dudes from the strong man competitions going up against a child, there's no way a human pull off such a feat.
Which means that the rope with a tensile strength of 26 tons snapped and the force was distributed amongst the 1600 participants unevenly.
You don't honestly think it takes 26 tons force to rip off a person's arm?
Are you not taking into account that there were 799 other people pulling along side him in the same direction?