The saga of Jose Canseco's finger — yes, the finger he recently shot off and had surgically reattached — has apparently taken another equally tragic and squeamish turn.

While participating in a poker tournament on Thursday night, Canseco claims the finger just fell off, and he has the witnesses to back him up. He even says one person was taking video when it happened.

Here are the bizarre details, as only Canseco himself can tell them.

Dam I was playing in a poker tournament last night and something crazy happened to my finger that I shot off and they put back on. — Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco) November 14, 2014

I knew something crazy was going to happen with this dam finger cause it felt like it was falling off. — Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco) November 14, 2014

Ok well I might as well tell you .I was playing in a poker tournament last night and my finger fell off .someone took a video of it. — Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco) November 14, 2014

My finger should have been amputated from the beginning. It was very loose with no bone to connect it.it was also smelling really bad. — Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco) November 14, 2014

This guy called my agent and sold him the video.of my finger falling off .it looks kinda funny.lol — Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco) November 14, 2014

Dammm I thought the guy was funny meaning kidding just saw the video .OMG — Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco) November 14, 2014

Canseco was attempting to clean his gun on Oct. 28 when it accidentally fired and took his finger off in the process. He was hoping to keep the finger, obviously, but if we're to believe what we're reading he's experienced a setback that will be difficult to overturn.

For the record, we have not seen the video, nor has it been released anywhere to our knowledge. At this point, we're more than happy to take Canseco at his word while awaiting the next chapter in the curious story of his detached digit.

Update: Canseco posted a photo of his finger not long before it's ultimate demise. It's pretty much the grossest thing ever, so be forewarned before clicking here.

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