Woman Eating Chili Bites Into Human Finger, Truth or a Hoax? Options

[gas65]

Wonder if this is true or a hoax?

Finger Lickin Good Chili


Woman Eating Chili Bites Into Human Finger Wed Mar 23,10:35 PM ET





SAN JOSE, Calif. - A woman's meal at a Wendy's restaurant brought a whole new meaning to the term "finger food." The woman bit into a portion of a human finger while eating a bowl of chili Tuesday night at the San Jose restaurant, Santa Clara County health officials said Wednesday.



The woman, who asked officials not to identify her, immediately spit out the finger and warned other diners to stop eating, witnesses said.



"Initially she did put this object in her mouth and did bite down on it and wasn't sure exactly what it was," Santa Clara County Health Officer Dr. Martin Fenstersheib said at a news conference. "She's doing OK. Initially she was a bit grossed out it was described to me, and vomited a number of times."



Fenstersheib said the finger had been cooked at a high enough temperature to kill any viruses.



Officials said the fingertip was approximately 1 3-8-inches long and a half-inch piece of fingernail was also found. They believe it belongs to a woman because of the long, manicured nail.



Health investigators seized all of the ingredients at the restaurant and are tracing them back to their manufacturer. They believe the finger got into the chili at an earlier stage.



"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 asked everybody to show us they have 10 fingers and everything is OK there."



The restaurant has had only one minor health violation stemming from a leaky vent, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.



"Food safety is of utmost importance to us," Wendy's spokesman Joe Desmond said in a statement. "We are cooperating fully with the local police and health departments with their investigation. It's important not to jump to conclusions. Here at Wendy's we plan to do right by our customers."

This post has been edited by gas65: Mar 24, 2005 - 4:14 PM

[carb0n_f1b3r]

LMAO thats friggin hilarious i'd be so pissed off though

[Supersprynt]

[shin]

damn...... i would be sueing somebody if that happens to me..... but first i gotta go throw up...

[BLINKYxMUNKEY]

and i had a little bit of wendy's chili for lunch too.

[BlackCelicaGT94]

YUM YUM! TASTES LIKE CHICKEN! NOW THATS FINGER LICKIN GOOD!

[asg14]

It's true. Has been all over the news today, and i bet she will be suing.........

[Batman722]

YUM YUM! TASTES LIKE CHICKEN! NOW THATS FINGER LICKIN GOOD!
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lmao

[BlackCelicaGT94]

yeah but remember back in the day some lady said she found a needle in her pop can. But come to find out she put it in there.

someone just wanting money im sure

[gas65]

yeah but remember back in the day some lady said she found a needle in her pop can. But come to find out she put it in there.

someone just wanting money im sure
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So where did the finger come from?

[gas65]

Click to see the pics.

Update

Search Continues in Wendy's Finger Case

Thu Mar 24,10:43 PM ET


By BRIAN SKOLOFF, Associated Press Writer

A woman said she bit into a partial finger served in a bowl of chili at a Wendy's restaurant, leading authorities to a fingerprint database Thursday to determine who lost the digit.





The incident Tuesday night at a San Jose, Calif., Wendy's restaurant left the unidentified customer ill and distraught, said Joy Alexiou, a spokeswoman for the Santa Clara County Health Department.


Employees at the Wendy's were checked and the fingertip didn't come from any of them, officials said, adding that the well-cooked finger may have come from a food processing plant that supplies the company.


Denny Lynch, a spokesman for Wendy's International Inc., based in Dublin, Ohio, said there have been no reports to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (news - web sites) of injuries at any supplier of chili ingredients to Wendy's.


"All of our chili suppliers report no accidents," he said.


Health officials said the fingertip was approximately 1 1/2 inches long. They believe it belongs to a woman because of the long, manicured nail.


Investigators seized the remaining chili and closed the restaurant for a few hours.


Alexiou said the woman, who asked officials not to identify her, is at minimal risk of contracting illnesses from the finger because the chili was cooked.