I just watched a somewhat interesting documentary about Santini, the “World’s Most Extreme Escape Artist”. This guy escapes from contraptions that look like something out of the Saw series: drills and knives and flames slowly come towards him as he struggles to free himself from the locks. Some of his escapes are less than exciting to watch, but the one in which he pulls his thumb free from a medieval thumb lock attached by rope to a speeding truck is pretty crazy.
Santini: The World’s Most Extreme Escape Artist
Thanks to Lady Morgana for the link.