Monday, April 25, 2005

Chili Finger

Ha! I did it! ChiliFinger.blogspot.com, welcome to the web!

Not sure what I'm going to use this blog for yet, but most likely I'll just use it to keep track of human body parts that end up in food.

Like "Chili Finger," which we all now know refers to Anna Ayala, a woman who claimed to have found a human finger in her Wendy's chili in San Jose, CA on 22 March 2005. As far as I can ascertain from available news sources, the object in question WAS indeed a human fingertip, about an inch and a half long and complete with manicured nail and even a fingerprint, which has not been matched with anyone yet. I have heard that there might have been DNA tests on the finger, but apparently nothing has come of that, either. Or if anything has been found out, the authorities aren't telling us yet.

Nevertheless, Anna "Chili Finger" Ayala was arrested on 22 April 2005 and is being charged with attempted grand larceny, with the assumption that she placed the finger into her own chili. Apparently she has a litigious history of bringing claims against other corporations for large sums of money.

For more information, here is the latest Reuters report on this story.