Nov
Fat Thieves?
Posted in news | 2 Comments »Talk about weird: according to this MSNBC article, a gang in Peru was arrested for killing fat people and, get this, taking their fat. The fat was to be used in cosmetics, and according to the gang members is worth $60,000 a gallon. They said they killed “only” five people, but police suspect they may have killed many more.
The article then trots out a bunch of experts to say they don’t think human fat would do you any good cosmetically, and there might be issues with tissue rejection, etc. No, really? Good thing we have these experts on hand to tell us this doesn’t work so people around the world don’t go crazy and start pitching fat people into renderers.
What’s extra crazy is that these gang members could have made money on both sides! Instead of having to go to the trouble of killing people, they could have had people pay them to remove their fat, and then turned around and sold it for $60,000 a gallon!
Needless to say, I’ll be extra careful around any dark jungles. But I’m feeling extra special knowing that that there’s gold in that junk in my trunk.
