[QUOTE]CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport have held up a shipment of 18 human heads sent from Rome and bound for a facility in the U.S. where they would be used in anatomical research.
A spokeswoman for the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office, Mary Paleologos (PEHL'-ee-oh-loh-gohs), says the heads were properly preserved, wrapped and tagged as human specimens and there is no suggestion of foul play.
It was not immediately clear why customs officials had held up the shipment.
The containers were being stored at the Cook County morgue until authorities decide what to do with the shipment.
Paleologos says the specimens were frozen in sealed containers and were sent from a legitimate facility in Rome about a week before Christmas.
She didn't have information on the U.S. facility.[/QUOTE]
Source: [url]http://www.charter.net/news/read.php?rip_id=%3CDA3QNTQO2%40news.ap.org%3E&ps=931[/url]
I thought their was some serial killer putting heads in bags or something, jeeze.
Yeah, holy senasationalism, batman!
[quote]It was not immediately clear why customs officials had held up the shipment.[/quote]
I donno about you guys, but I'd be [i]slightly[/i] suspicious if 18 human heads came through customs. Can't blame the customs guys for getting it double-checked.
I touched a cadaver once in Chicago Rush Medical College
Funny what kinda shipments and packages go around the world. All look the same in terms of cardboard and some wrapping material, but containing human heads for research and educational purposes.
Eww
I'm surprised no one has made a head pun yet
[QUOTE=koeniginator;39229371]I'm surprised no one has made a head pun yet[/QUOTE]
You're ahead of the trend like no body else.
Nothing gets ahead of security in 'Murica.
I was expecting some sort of "8 Heads in a Duffle Bag" thing
I've had a package stuck in Chicago customs for 4 days
imagine being the poor bastard on the xray scanner thing who suddenly sees ten decapitated skulls roll past
[IMG]http://imageshack.us/a/img716/7818/headsj.png[/IMG]
Thought of this as soon as I saw the thread title
I wonder if they're any good at singing?
[video=youtube;O163ogpOI7k]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O163ogpOI7k[/video]
I damn near shat my pants at the title and deadbolted my door, Jesus fucking Christ
[QUOTE=Dori;39230026]I've had a package stuck in Chicago customs for 4 days[/QUOTE]
I've got too many tales about Chicago airport. The most notable, of course, being told to "stand down" and having assault rifles pointed at me simply for forgetting to take my phone out of my pocket walking through the metal detectors at security.
Less notably, I had a Little Tikes play car confiscated and it took about a month for them to ship it back to us.
the only reprisal of O'Hare is the fact that there's about 8 McDonalds' in every terminal
[QUOTE=timmah638;39232161]I damn near shat my pants at the title and deadbolted my door, Jesus fucking Christ[/QUOTE]
Seriously?
[QUOTE=zerotwelve;39232308]the only reprisal of O'Hare is the fact that there's about 8 McDonalds' in every terminal[/QUOTE]
In the time I got stuck in O'Hare past security for a day (with the baggage impounded, blame the TSA) it took well over an hour to actually find food, though that could have been due to the fact it was like half 11. It was a fucking nightmare, don't really want to go to O'Hare again.
I can legitimately say that I've had a better experience in an Egyptian airport than in O'Hare, and the guards there are much more friendly.
I thought it meant they literally seized 18 heads off of 18 individuals passing through. Wouldn't have surprised me with how airport security is these days.
[QUOTE=koeniginator;39229371]I'm surprised no one has made a head pun yet[/QUOTE]
Whoever was meant to get that shipment was [i]getting some head[/i].
Thank you, thank you. I'm here all night.
o'hare is shit
midway is cleaner and better imo
[QUOTE=Roger Waters;39230163]imagine being the poor bastard on the xray scanner thing who suddenly sees ten decapitated skulls roll past[/QUOTE]
[i]"uhh, boss? can you come here for a sec?"[/i]
[editline]15th January 2013[/editline]
I'd imagine that alone might hold them up. They may have not checked the box before wondering why they were looking at 18 skulls on the X-ray scanner.
[QUOTE=Sgt-NiallR;39232338]Seriously?[/QUOTE]
He's lying, he did shit his pants. Would you want someone walking in on that?
They really need to keep their heads on a swivel for things like this these days.
Why is her name spelled phonetically?
Reminded me of [I]Alan Moore's The Courtyard[/I] when Sax talks about the murder suspects being found with severed hands and heads.
Fuck. No wonder it's taken over three months and has yet to be delivered.
[QUOTE=OvB;39233861][i]"uhh, boss? can you come here for a sec?"[/i]
[editline]15th January 2013[/editline]
I'd imagine that alone might hold them up. They may have not checked the box before wondering why they were looking at 18 skulls on the X-ray scanner.[/QUOTE]
It's not that uncommon and someone working in that field should know that a package saying "body parts" probably contains them.
my bike light from china has taken like 3 fucking weeks and it just updated to chicago. if it was in one of those heads and got seized then fuck me
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