Custard Finger - Too little, too late

Associated Press

WILMINGTON, N.C. -— The man who found a severed fingertip in a pint of frozen custard has made a belated offer to return the digit, but it's too late to reattach it.

The piece of index finger was found earlier this month by Clarence Stowers in the dessert he purchased from Kohl's Frozen Custard in the coastal town of Wilmington.

Stowers had refused to give it to the shop's owner or a doctor who was treating 23-year-old Brandon Fizer, who accidentally stuck his hand in a mixing machine and had his finger lopped off at the first knuckle.

Stowers put the finger in his freezer, taking it out occasionally to show to television cameras.

Several days after the May 1 incident, Stowers changed his mind and "offered to give the finger back if it can be reattached,'' said his attorney, Lee Andrews.

But medical experts say reattaching a finger generally must be done within hours.

Stowers has not heard back from Fizer, Andrews said Wednesday.

I can't believe this sh!t. The doctors needed that severed finger within hours, HOURS of the accident if they were going to be able to re-attach it. Surely they would have been asking for it during that critical window of time. And SURELY this idiot refused to give it up - maybe he wanted to suck on it some more, and he really seemed to enjoy showing it off. Moron. So then he decides, DAYS later, that he wants to offer it back?? What, isn't it good for your lawsuit anymore, buddy? Are you all "done" with it? Why is it so easy to offer up when you know the rightful owner CAN'T DO ANYTHING with it, now that you've let it DIE?

This guy is trying to look charitable, as if he cares about the poor victim who lost his finger. Instead, he looks like an @ss in my opinion. Those few days that he held on to the finger were useless to his case. It never went anywhere but in and out of his freezer. No crime labs needed it. Only Mr Fizer and his doctor could have done MORE good with it than Clarence Stowers did. But now he has destroyed even that chance, and I don't think he deserves a penny in court for his "suffering".