18 human heads found at O`Hare Airport

[Fire Walk With Me]

Davey D ‏@mrdaveyd

WTF? 18 Human heads found at Chicago' O'hara Airport..This is pure fuckery for real..This is skull & Bones shyt... http://bit.ly/X1jzmq
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http://www.myfoxchicago.com/story/20589543/17-human-heads-found-at-ohare-airport

CHICAGO (FOX 32 News) -

Investigators are working to determine if a shipment of 18 human heads intercepted by customs officials at O'Hare Airport are, in fact, legitimate medical specimens, authorities said Tuesday morning.

The heads, which was sent to Chicago from outside the U.S., were discovered Monday by U.S. Customs officials and appear to be medical samples at first blush, said Brian Bell, a Chicago-based spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security.

"There's no issue with the transportation of body parts for medical purposes," Bell said. "There's nothing against the law that says you cannot ship them, provided you have the right documentation."

While Bell said he has never before fielded questions about a large package of human body parts, such shipments are not without precedent, he noted.

(More at the link. Wondering if Emperor Cartagia is travelling...)

[snooper2]

1. were they shrunk?

[agracie]

7. Shrunk ??? C'mon people ! Read the tag...

Hand wash. Line dry only. Geesh !

[Motown_Johnny]

18. I think the tag would say "Lather, Rinse, Repeat"

[agracie]

20. Wait. Wait. Wait. You can't take them outside with wet hair, they'll ...

catch their death of a cold. Oh... right...

[pinboy3niner]

28. Their hair will frizz and I...um, I mean they...they won't be able to do a thing with it

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

60. Then their hair would grow fast

and green.

Chia heads.

[dixiegrrrrl]

26. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Kalidurga]

2. That is a bit strange...

But, I am going to say medical purposes. Because I have doubts that if someone committed actual crimes they would send the evidence through the airport.

[Baitball Blogger]

5. I don't know. Some organizations just like to push the envelope.

If we learned anything with the 9/11 attacks, for example, sometimes the things that are hiding in plane sight can be turned against you.

[flamingdem]

34. You'd think they would have tried to get out a head of the problem!

To avoid just this kind of "news report"

[Blue_Tires]

17. +1

Although a few U.S. airports have a long, notorious history of shipping/dealing/selling unspeakable things, as long as someone had the $$$$ to spread around...(i.e. Miami)

[flamingdem]

36. Like what?! Curious minds and heads want to know

what they're up to down in Floriduh.. ritual objects for Rick Scott's evil ceremonies?

[MineralMan]

3. Fox News - Bringing you Any Damn News We Can Find -

As long as it's sensational. Just don't ask us to follow up later...

[Wait Wut]

22. Here's a better link...

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-paperwork-holds-up-shipment-of-18-human-heads-at-ohare-20130115,0,4009068.story


...with updates.

[benld74]

4. I thought the movie title was 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag???

[Yavin4]

41. It's a sequel

You know how Hollywood is. Everything has to be bigger and bigger.

[LongTomH]

52. Remember this scene?

[kooljerk666]

62. that was awesome, he was losing his mind..............

This one is never on TV, ever and was a damm funny movie.

[pinboy3niner]

6. WTF? They were supposed to go to LAX, not O'Hare!

Um...I mean I don't know anything about that. No, sirree.

[Renew Deal]

9. Customs is running around like a chicken with its head cut off

[Fire Walk With Me]

11. DHL is the first choice of evil scientists everywhere. Make a note of it.

[pinboy3niner]

14. NOW you tell me!

[Arugula Latte]

29. You should have gotten a heads-up earlier.

[pinboy3niner]

33. I may have missed it when I was out picking up my severance pay

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

35. .

[flamingdem]

37. You mean they headed them off at the pass?

[pinboy3niner]

38. It just goes to show ya...

...shit happens when ya try to pass off heads.

[Renew Deal]

8. Were they shipped via FedEx or UPS?

I prefer UPS for heads.

[Blue_Tires]

15. Good...UPS is union, while FedEx isn't...

[dipsydoodle]

10. Were hats required for receipt ?

If you want to get ahead get a hat

[Fire Walk With Me]

12. I'd pay cash money to see security cam footage of the TSA bastard discovering them.

[RKP5637]

13. I bet they lost their luggage too!

[pinboy3niner]

16. And they were still charged for 18 sets of headphones

Of course.

[agracie]

19. Can I have their peanuts? n/t

[pinboy3niner]

25. You can have the packing peanuts

Just go to Customs at O'Hare and tell them the packing peanuts with the heads are yours and you want them.

[RKP5637]

30. And those head pillows too!!!

[dixiegrrrrl]

42. They were probably alive before the long flight delays.

[RKP5637]

49. LOL

[Wait Wut]

21. Not a mystery...

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-paperwork-holds-up-shipment-of-18-human-heads-at-ohare-20130115,0,4009068.story

...just incomplete info on a form. You'd think if you were shipping a bunch of heads overseas you'd double check your paperwork.

[agracie]

23. Betcha this is a tongue in cheek kind of story... n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

24. What? The Cartels are now shipping heads and Coke?

Sorry, this is quite funny, to a point.

Most likely medical research.

[Arugula Latte]

27. Weird Head-line.

[RKP5637]

31. I've heard of people losing their head while traveling, but this is ridiculous!

[randome]

32. Wait till they find out what's in the OTHER package.

[cthulu2016]

40. This is so typical of airline baggage handling... the bodies probably get separated in Atlanta

[pinboy3niner]

43. It was all legit, dude--they were supposed to be delivered to a head shop

What a trip--literally!

[HappyMe]

46. There could be trouble if they are talking heads!

[pinboy3niner]

53. No sweat. Their lips are sealed.

[DarthDem]

44. The Airlines . . .

. . . probably charged extra bag fees. At $25 a head.

[Fire Walk With Me]

72. Perhaps they were attempting to save travel costs by sending themselves as overhead luggage?

Yep, I'm going to hell.

[pinboy3niner]

74. Carrion baggage?

[Fire Walk With Me]

76. Facepalm...18 of them!

[pinboy3niner]

79. My Zombie Apocalypse hypothesis may be correct, after all...

Some shipments go by air, but others end up in delivery trucks just like any other package.

"In fact, we sent out a shipment of brains to the University of Texas at Austin last week via UPS," Dudek said.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57564014/18-heads-found-at-airport-were-sent-for-cremation/

[lpbk2713]

45. Ted Bundy is alive and well ...

and living in Chicago.

[hack89]

47. I watched a documentary on facial surgery

all these doctors were at a seminar learning a new surgical technique. Each one was given a human head to practice on.

[Arugula Latte]

56. Well, they're trying to get a-head in their field.

[rurallib]

48. replacement heads for Clarence Thomas so he won't babble so much.

[Vinnie From Indy]

50. The bodies were undoubtedly still being fondled by TSA employees

at the security checkpoint.

[yurbud]

55. that is entirely called for.

well done.

[Kalidurga]

58. Thread win nt

[formercia]

51. We're a Head above the Rest

Is their new Advert. line.

[watch the sky]

54. the jokes about write themselves

so I'll refrain and just agree that they were for medical purposes, could be voudon too, but that's less likely.

[pinboy3niner]

57. It's a harbinger of the Zombie Apocalypse

They've evolved from slow zombies to fast zombies...to zombies who have their brains flown in.

[Sheepshank]

59. Checking off another lie....

the one that says no one can get ahead in this world.

[LiberalAndProud]

61. Why would they be sent to Chicago from Rome for cremation?

I'm almost sure there's an explanation, but I doubt that it's logical.

[formercia]

70. No more room in Sampson's Locker

Delilah told Ratso to clean it out, for it was beginning to smell.

[lunasun]

63. Peckinpah's Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

haven't thought about that movie for a long time

[avebury]

64. A human skull used to be a family

"heirloom." My grandfather got back in dental school back in the WWI era. It got passed around and went to a few show and tells along the way.

When my grandfather passed away, my mother and sister went to Oklahoma for the funeral. Some people came by to pay their condolences. While they were visiting in the living room, it was either my sister or my cousin that walked through the living room with the skull. Noting the startled expressions, my grandmother just made the comment, "Oh that is just Poppo's skull." From what my mother stated years later, you should have seen the visitors' expressions at that point.

They had to explain that it was not really my grandfather's skull but one he got in dental school.

Last I knew my cousin had it, I don't know if he still does.

[Tyrs WolfDaemon]

65. Some doc is attempting to find a cure for TeaBaggers

This way he/she can make sure the new head has a brain before connecting it.







That was the lamest, most clean joke I could type...
There are so many really bad jokes - comments - I must resist typing or be banned for life

[Fire Walk With Me]

66. All of these jokes are making me feel abby normal.

Who knows. Perhaps they were all on their way to a "Futurama" audition.

[didact]

67. LMAO...I love the "Authorities do not suspect foul play" quote!

[Posteritatis]

78. I read a less hysterical article about this yesterday and, well, they don't

They were medical specimens with all the standard documentation in order and some customs official freaked anyway. Fiasco ensues.

[randome]

68. A cremation service has claimed the heads. (The ones that got away.)

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/cremation-service-claims-18-human-heads-found-at

[hunter]

69. I used to ship body parts all over the USA.

Mostly blood, skin, bone, and corneas, but sometimes other stuff.

The transplant techs and nurses were interesting people but I didn't want to do what they did.

I shipped body parts through O'Hare quite a few time, but never entire heads.

[formercia]

71. Chop Shop?

I'm O Neg. There probably wouldn't be much left to Cremate.

[MzShellG]

73. Disturbing. I can't wrap my head around this story. nt

[Initech]

75. Wasn't this a Danny DeVito movie?

[exboyfil]

77. Can we all say Burke and Hare

Famous resurrectionists who didn't wait for the corpses to die.