It's late at night and you and your girlfriend are driving down a lonely country road somewhere
in the heart of Texas.
Your girlfriend points out how clear the night skies are all the way out here, and she asks
you to pull the car over so you can have a romantic moment under the stars.
You point out that you're in the middle of nowhere, maybe it's not so smart to stop-
but she's insistent, so grudgingly you pull the car over.
Gazing out at the Milky Way laid out before you, you have to admit that she's right, it
really is beautiful out here.
Then, suddenly, you think you hear the sound of a twig snapping.
Alert, you look around, but your girlfriend insists it's nothing.
Relaxing your guard, you hear another twig snap, just at the edge of your headlights.
This time you know there's something there!
Worriedly, you say that you should get back in the car, and reaching for your keys you
drop them like a klutz.
Bending over to pick them up you suddenly hear it- the sound of a raging chainsaw, and
from out of the darkness comes the legendary human-skin wearing Leatherface!
Hello and welcome to another episode of The Infographics Show- today we're putting you,
the average Joe, up against the chainsaw-wielding psychopath from Texas: Leatherface.
Leatherface is originally from Texas, where he lives with his family who cook the people
he kills and makes them into chili and other foods to be sold at his father's gas station.
Though his iconic weapon is a chainsaw, Leatherface has used everything from his bare fists to
sledge hammers to kill his victims, or he might just incapacitate them and hang them
up on meathooks so he can skin them alive.
As a skin connoisseur, Leatherface has a fixation on making clothes out of his victim's skin,
much like real serial killer Ed Geins, whom it's thought that Leatherface was based off
of.
Whatever the inspiration, Leatherface will famously fashion his victim's skin into a
mask to wear, though the exact reasoning for this is unknown.
Give the fact that Leatherface is likely either autistic or mentally retarded, he might not
even be aware of the horror he inflicts or the inappropriateness of wearing other people’s
faces as masks.
Leatherface is the first opponent we've featured which does not have any sort of superhuman
or supernatural abilities.
Terrifying as he might be, Leatherface is a normal person, albeit quite a bit bigger
than most people, standing over six feet five inches in height.
Facing off against Leatherface- pardon the pun- means you're going to be going up against
an individual who has no increased abilities or powers, perhaps giving you the best fighting
chance of any opponent we've featured thus far in You Versus.
However you are going to have to watch out for the fact that Leatherface is quite strong,
able to lift an adult person two to three feet into the air and onto a meathook- that
takes some serious upper body strength, so you're probably not going to want to get into
a punching match.
Leatherface also has some resistance to pain, and this may be physiological such as the
inability to feel pain for people who suffer from anhidrosis.
Seeing as Leatherface does react to pain however, it's likely that he is simply psychologically
better able to handle extreme amounts of pain compared to the normal person.
As our first opponent who doesn't feature any supernatural, superhuman, or other types
of powers, we thought it would only be fair for you to fight on a level playing field.
That means no access to high powered weapons, military tech, or any of the explosive goodness
we're so fond of here at The Infographics Show.
Instead we're putting you in the shoes of his recent victim, and will show you how to
survive and defeat Texas' most legendary serial killer.
You wake up hanging on a meat hook, the pain is severe but thanks to shock you're not in
complete agony.
Also the meat hook hasn't penetrated all the way though your body, instead it's pierced
through the back muscles just under your shoulder, so bleeding out isn't an immediate threat.
Looking across from you though is your unfortunate girlfriend, seeing as her face is already
gone it's clearly too late for her- oh well, you warned her it was a dumb idea to stop
and stare at the stars.
First things first, you're gonna have to grab on to the chain above your head and lift yourself
off the meat hook, no doubt an extremely painful experience, but you're up against Leatherface-
you better get used to pain.
Once you hop off the hook, there's a bit of good news: if you haven't already bled to
death that means that the hook didn't pierce anything too vital.
Still, you're gonna want to try to seal that wound up best you can.
Rip your shirt in half and tie it around your upper body so it makes a giant bandage, and
make sure to tie it up tight.
Don't bother with cleaning the wound, you don't have time, and realistically speaking
we doubt Leatherface sanitizes his meathooks in between killings, so you're probably already
screwed on the infection end of things.
You sort of have bigger problems to worry about right now.
Next up you're going to want to get yourself armed- if you're in a shed then it's likely
that there's plenty of improvised weapons just laying around.
You might be tempted to go for a sledgehammer or other such heavy weapon, but here's the
thing: you're gonna have to get up close and personal to use that sledgehammer, and with
a gaping wound on your back taking a few swings with a heavy sledgehammer is going to wear
you out and tear the wound open.
Plus, Leatherface is a big guy, and he has a nasty chainsaw that'll cut you to pieces
at close range- it's going to be best to keep your distance.
Instead, find a rake, or a spade perhaps, and leaning the head against a wall, kick
the wooden shaft just below the head as hard as you can- presto, you have yourself a spear
with a wicked sharp end now that the wood is fractured and splintered.
The spear is thought to be the first hunting item humanity ever invented, and with the
ability to keep hungry lions at a distance it's clear why.
Keep in mind you're not going to be throwing your spear, that would require a really sharp
tip and for it to be balanced correctly, which your makeshift spear definitely isn't.
You're going to be making sure Leatherface keeps his distance or risk getting a gut full
of splinters.
That's where you'll be aiming by the way- the gut.
Because your spear is pretty primitive and doesn't have a solid or sharp head, you're
going to want to make sure you avoid striking at any bony areas of the body.
Instead go for the soft, fleshy bits, places where you can sink your spear in deep and
do some serious structural damage.
It doesn't matter if Leatherface can resist pain, having several inches of spear thrust
into his belly is going to lead to some serious blood loss.
It likely won't be fatal as it can take upwards of a half hour to die from a stomach wound,
but it's going to definitely slow him down, and maybe even open up an opportunity to get
in a killing stroke.
Spears are great, but you always want to have a backup plan.
Next you're going to want something for close quarters, but something you can pull out in
an emergency.
You might be tempted to go for the shears, they are after all nice and sharp- but they're
also unwieldy, and in a panic if you grab them the wrong way you might end up cutting
yourself.
Instead opt for a decent length screwdriver, something between four and six inches long.
That length will ensure you penetrate deep enough into vital areas to achieve a killing
blow, such as the eyes, ears, and throat, but isn't so long and unwieldy that it's useless
if you get into a wrestling match with Leatherface.
Next you want to find yourself some barbed wire- this is Texas, if you're getting strung
up on a meathook in some random killer's tool shed, there's definitely going to be barbed
wire laying around.
You're going to want to make a trip line out of the barbed wire, so simply find a place
where you can lure Leatherface to that has only one point of entry.
You're also going to want to make sure that the actual entryway is dark, with little if
any direct light shining on it.
That's because you're going to make an ankle-high trip line by stringing the barbed wire from
one end to the other- it's vital that you keep the wire right around ankle height, if
you place it too high then it's likely that Leatherface will simply crash through it.
You want to exploit physics by placing the trip line so low that Leatherface's center
of gravity is too high up for him to compensate when he starts falling forward and tips over
like a pendulum.
Keeping the trip line in the shadows will help hide it, but you're not done.
You're going to place a second trip line at about face level, only this one you're going
to make sure isn't as tightly fastened.
With a pair of pliers, you're going to then turn the individual barbs of wire so that
they face parallel to the wire and outwards at the approaching Leatherface.
This will ensure that the physical profile of the wire is very small, so as Leatherface
rushes forwards he isn't able to see it in the dark, but it'll also serve another, much
more diabolic purpose.
Your last preparation will be to find some turpentine, or something similarly irritating
such as paint thinner, which again should be easy to find in a Texas tool shed.
Once you've got it, sprinkle it pretty liberally over both of the barbed wire trip lines, and
for good measure go ahead and pour it over the end of your spear.
Once you're ready and armed, go ahead and call out to Leatherface.
Unlike most psychopaths he doesn't seem to have any particular weakness to insults or
taunts, so just play scared.
Scream and cry, maybe yell out how badly you don't want your skin turned into a mask.
Leatherface should quickly respond, looking to secure his final kill.
As he rushes through the booby-trapped doorway he'll run into both trip lines simultaneously.
The first line down at his ankles will cut into his ankle flesh and trip him, causing
him to fall.
The second line will catch him in the face, and because you fastened it more loosely than
the first, the force of him falling will cause it to yield as he falls, instead of simply
stopping the fall.
As he falls and the second line gives way, it will severely gouge his face, hopefully
scoring some pretty deep lacerations along his eyes.
The turpentine coating will magnify the pain of the cuts both on his face and ankles, and
if any of the barbs manage to actually cut across his eyes, severely irritate him and
cause him to tear up, effectively blinding him.
Now you've got Leatherface on the ground, but he's not going to stay there for long.
If you can, spear him while he's on the ground, aiming just left of where the left shoulder
meets the neck.
Coming from a downward angle, if properly aimed your spear will avoid all of the bones
in the shoulder, and cut into Leatherface's torso along, or next to, the esophagus, avoiding
any rib bones as well.
If you manage this, congratulations, because that's going to be an instant kill.
If however, Leatherface stumbles up, take advantage of his temporary blindness to ram
your spear through his gut, but really put your shoulder into it!
You want to not just stab him through the mid section, but you want to drive him backwards
and back over the same ankle-high trip wire he just tripped on.
That's gonna put Leatherface flat on his back, spear in his belly, and eyes blinded with
cuts and stinging turpentine.
This is a good time to run.
Sure, you could take your chances and jump on top of Leatherface, finishing him off with
your handy stabbing screwdriver- but for any of you that have seen Game of Thrones, well
you might remember The Mountain's most infamous scene.
Do what any self-defense expert will tell you and don't take any chances, Leatherface
is down for the count, go ahead and make a run for it.
If you were trapped in Leatherface's kill shed, how would you escape?
How would you defeat Leatherface?
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