Survivor’s Brady Booker Reveals Shocking Fate of Severed Thumb

But instead of the 27-year-old’s severed thumb being reattached to his hand, it was turned into jewelry.

“They ended up putting it in some resin, putting it in a necklace,” Booker revealed. “When I got back, we put a clasp on it.”

The shocking reveal came after host Jeff Probst shared Booker decided he wasn’t going to be able to outwit, outplay and outlast on the island as a member of the jury, becoming the first player to leave the jury in show’s history.

“First, a little business,” Probst explained to the players on the Nov. 11 episode. “Last night, immediately following Tribal Council, Brady asked to go home to tend to his injured thumb. So, Brady is out of the game. He’s gone, and will not be a member of the jury.”

While Booker’s historic decision to leave Fiji was on Day 14 of the competition, his now-infamous injury occurred 10 days prior.

It was on the fourth day of the competition—which was chronicled on the Sept. 30 episode—when Booker accidentally cut off a “quarter” of his thumb while chopping firewood with a machete.

After acknowledging this “stupid” mistake, he detailed what went down while being looked at in the medical tent.

“I was just splitting some wood to get to the dry center with the axe,” Booker explained to the doctor. “Had a little corner of my thumb, that little corner right there, and I just lopped it off. I truly feel like I can still compete and hopefully, we can do something.”

His wish was granted, with Booker expressing his relief that he was given the all-clear to continue after his thumb was wrapped.

“When Doc told me I can still be in this game, it was like a new life,” he reflected. “Sure, it’s still a little numb, but I can touch all the fingers. I can touch the far end. I can clap. I can grab. Sure, Brody, pain exists. But I’d rather feel pain than nothing at all.”

And while he was ultimately sent home—with a new necklace—he’s far from the only castaway to face a rocky journey on the island. Keep reading for a closer look at all of the players on Survivor 51…