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Human Finger Found in Wendy\'s Chili
« on: March 25, 2005, 06:31:27 am »
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Human Finger Found in Fast Food Chili

Mar 23, 2005 12:27 pm US/Pacific
A woman who ordered chili at a San Jose Wendy\'s Restaurant found a cooked human finger in her bowl.

The Wendy\'s on Monterey Highway was still open Thursday while the Santa Clara County Health Department investigated. But officials there said it was definitely a human finger -- complete with a long manicured fingernail -- and it probably did not come from a Bay Area Wendy\'s employee.

"We have no evidence of any accident within the employees at the facility itself," said Ben Gale of the Santa Clara County Health Department. "We\'ve asked everybody to show us they have ten fingers and everything is OK there."

The incident came to light about 7:20pm Wednesday, when the woman called 911.

"Initially she did put this object in her mouth and did bite down on it," said Dr. Marty Fensterscheib of the Santa Clara County Health Department. "Initially, she was a bit grossed out ... and vomited a number of times."

The fingerprint is mutilated, but officials believe there might be enough there to run the print through a national computer to try to find the owner. The finger has jagged edges, which means it was likely lacerated by a machine -- possibly a meat grinder.

The health department says Wednesday\'s batch of chili was likely cooked at a hot enough temperature to kill any diseases, so nobody should get sick from eating there. Health officials are trying to trace where the ingredients came from, but they\'ve decided it\'s OK for the store to remain open in the meantime.

"We are as anxious as anyone else to get to the bottom of this," said Wendy\'s spokesperson Bob Bertini.


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« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2005, 08:04:00 am »
i say she sues for about $8mil...

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« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2005, 09:40:01 am »
Dave Thomas is rolling in his grave.
Not sure what is gonna transpire. Regardless, we ain\'t gonna forget the gravy.

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« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2005, 10:20:40 am »
mmmmmmm......tasty!!! :drool:
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« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2005, 11:18:32 am »
Good Eats.......
take the E to the A to the D...you\'ll be all set

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« Reply #5 on: March 25, 2005, 02:51:23 pm »
Quote from: freddiewaht
Good Eats.......


In N\' Out Burger!!
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« Reply #6 on: March 25, 2005, 03:25:24 pm »
Welcome to Good Burger, would you like a good burger
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« Reply #7 on: March 25, 2005, 03:28:56 pm »
its there new healthier finger foods
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« Reply #8 on: March 25, 2005, 03:30:34 pm »
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its there new healthier finger foods

:lol: Good one!
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« Reply #9 on: March 25, 2005, 04:00:01 pm »
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In N\' Out Burger!!


LOL One of Socal\'s finest inventions the Double Double ANIMAL style! How did you come across In N\' Out Zurflu?
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« Reply #10 on: March 25, 2005, 11:58:37 pm »
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LOL One of Socal\'s finest inventions the Double Double ANIMAL style! How did you come across In N\' Out Zurflu?


In N Out is also up in NoCal.  I ate there for lunch today in Long Beach.  No trip to the S.D. Zoo tomorrow so I\'ll catch you when Breakfast makes it westward.
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« Reply #11 on: March 26, 2005, 12:39:18 am »
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In N Out is also up in NoCal.  I ate there for lunch today in Long Beach.  No trip to the S.D. Zoo tomorrow so I\'ll catch you when Breakfast makes it westward.


Cool. Last I saw the farthest north In N\' Out was Ventura by Magic Mtn. Well I tore up my back a bit working @ Motley Crue, so i would of had to beg off anyway if you came down. Keep it real up there and try and make way for The Breakfast through the forest of TLG and ALO fans up north. LOL
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« Reply #12 on: April 08, 2005, 08:17:25 am »
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Posted on Fri, Apr. 08, 2005

Home of woman who reported finger in chili searched

By Sandra Gonzales

Mercury News

The saga of the mysterious finger in a bowl of Wendy\'s chili continues.

Authorities have searched the Las Vegas home of the woman who reported it. No one is saying what they were looking for.

``I\'d like to know, too,\'\' said a distraught Anna Ayala from her home in Las Vegas on Thursday night. ``I\'ve been dragged through the mud. We\'ve been treated like animals. I\'ve been through too much.\'\'

Ayala, 39, said police officers were at her home from about 4 to 11 p.m. Wednesday. She said they ransacked her home, broke down doors and even pointed a gun to her head at one point.

``They destroyed my home,\'\' said Ayala, who would not say what, if anything, police took.

She scoffed at TV news reports Thursday that suggested the finger may have belonged to a deceased aunt. She said all her aunts are alive.

``It\'s a bunch of lies,\'\' she said.

San Jose police officer Gina Tepoorten confirmed that local investigators along with the Las Vegas police served a search warrant Wednesday, but she wouldn\'t divulge further details.

``We\'re not going to put out our findings,\'\' Tepoorten said. ``We\'re going to conduct a thorough investigation into this case, and our investigators are talking to everybody involved, and that includes customers at Wendy\'s at the time as well as the finder of the finger.\'\'

Asked if the search suggested that authorities were investigating the possibility the finger may have been planted, Tepoorten said, ``We\'re looking into all possibilities.\'\'

Tepoorten emphasized those possibilities could include an industrial accident or an unreported homicide.

In another development, Wendy\'s on Thursday offered a $50,000 reward for the first person to provide verifiable information leading to the origin of the finger.

Wendy\'s officials said every restaurant employee had been interviewed and no one has suffered a hand injury nor were any such injuries reported by any of its suppliers of the chili ingredients.

``With all the facts we have, we find no credible evidence that Wendy\'s was the source of the foreign object,\'\' said Bob Bertini, a spokesman for Wendy\'s. ``At this point it\'s important for us to know the truth.\'\'

Ayala was dining at Wendy\'s fast-food restaurant on Monterey Road in San Jose on March 22 when she chomped on the tip of a human finger while eating a bowl of chili.

The case, which could have been written off as an urban legend, gained nationwide attention after Santa Clara County\'s medical examiner determined the finger was genuine.

Ayala has since hired a lawyer, and several agencies are continuing the search for the finger\'s owner.

The finger is with the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner\'s Office, which is conducting DNA tests that could turn up the race and gender of the person it was once attached to.


http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/11342760.htm

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« Reply #13 on: April 08, 2005, 08:28:25 am »
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In another development, Wendy\'s on Thursday offered a $50,000 reward for the first person to provide verifiable information leading to the origin of the finger.


You want a toe? I can get you a toe.

How long before some sick freak lobs off his (own/girlfriends/mothers/etc) finger just to collect the money? Grave robbers of the world unite!
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« Reply #14 on: April 08, 2005, 12:47:27 pm »
FORGET THE FUCKING TOE!!!

i like the wording..... "chomped on".......  "initially, she was grossed out".......
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