Anime Otaku Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 From The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/01/15/human-heads-chicago-ohare-airport-severed_n_2479438.html?1358264518 A shipment of 18 severed heads has been intercepted at Chicago's O'Hare Airport. The severed body parts still had skin on them and were wrapped in plastic, Cook County Medical Examiner's confirmed. Sources at FOX 32 News say they came from Italy, and may have been sent to be used for some kind of scientific research or a medical experiment. The Chicago Sun-Times reports no foul play is suspected in the find. It quotes Brian Bell, a Chicago-based spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security as saying: "There’s no issue with the transportation of body parts for medical purposes The paper added: "Sources said the specimens are human heads, still covered in skin." As macabre as it sounds, The Atlantic points out 12 human heads were found back in 1986 in a UPS package. "A doctor in Philadelphia said he shipped the heads to a medical training facility in Colorado," reported the AP at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Hancock Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 No one has ever said this before; Surely there should some protocol for posting heads. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anime Otaku Posted January 15, 2013 Author Share Posted January 15, 2013 My guess is either it was done to check that it wasn't something that tax was owed on since presumabley it'd be a pretty big box, or they were no longer fresh and someone noticed the smell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmatt Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Whoever sent them had a cheek... and/or a brass neck. I take cash. £75 for radio £150 for TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreeSpirit Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Don't know what the big deal is. The Queen's head gets posted every day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beltster Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Apparently somebody gave customs the heads up. And on and on and on it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViciousPrism Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 It's like Seven! Plus 11 more! "What's in the booooooooooox?!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Hancock Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 That's nothing if not an excuse to post one of my favourite posters ever; http://popcornographyblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/tumblr_lm7228qgt71qhzdcmo1_400.jpg?w=510 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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