A teenage boy came perilously close to losing his leg after contracting a flesh-eating disease, following a dip in a lake with friends during a heatwave. Jacob Butler, 14, was left with a horrific wound on his leg after deciding to take a swim at a lake known as the Blue Lagoon, in Colliers Moss Park, near Burtonwood, Cheshire. As he leapt into the water, his right leg became snagged on a piece of wire, slicing it down to the bone just below his knee.