A Really Special Delivery
Ever get a delivery when you weren't expecting anything? You open the package not quite knowing what to expect but wondering who sent whatever it is to you.
And part of a human head is in the box.
CASCADE TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Two packages containing human body parts — including a liver and part of a head — meant for a medical research lab instead were delivered to a home.
The body parts, sent from China, were mistakenly dropped off Thursday at Franck and Ludivine Larmande's home by a DHL express driver who believed the bubble-wrapped items were pieces to a table.
"My husband started to unwrap one and said, 'This is strange, it looks like a liver,'" Ludivine Larmande said. "He started the second one, but stopped as soon as we saw the ear.
"Something wasn't right. It was scary, and I'm glad I didn't open them."
It gets better. There were other packages in other states and at least two packages broke open, scattering bits of human tissue here and there. Ever try to get across the US border with a plant? They'll - quite rightfully - get very cross with you. But Chinese body parts are legal to ship?
Anyone else get the feeling there is something wrong here?
News, Weird Stuff | Gaius Saturday, 3 March , 2007
By Donald Sensing, Saturday, 3 March , 2007 @ 9:04 pm
It is 99.44 percent certain that the body parts are from executed criminals. China executes a massive number of people every year. Possibly they have discovered captal punishment is a cash cow, too.
By Sarge, Sunday, 4 March , 2007 @ 11:18 am
I’m going to have to quote “Wayne’s World” on this one:
“Well, don’t you want to open your present?”
“If it’s a severed head I’m going to be very upset.”
By TimF, Sunday, 4 March , 2007 @ 2:32 pm
I once received a petite jeans jacket instead of the 1000W power supply I was expecting, courtesy of FedEx (didn’t fit, I’m 6′3″ :-). I always wondered what the Toronto recipient of the power supply’s reaction was…