Woman bites into a human finger @ Wendy's Restaurants

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Wendy's Customer Bites Into Cooked Finger While Eating Chili


SAN JOSE, Calif. -- A diner's meal at a San Jose Wendy's restaurant brings a whole new meaning to the term "finger food."

Health authorities in California report a woman bit into a human finger while eating a bowl of chili at a Wendy's on Tuesday night. She immediately spit out the finger and warned others to stop eating. Then she got sick.

They said the fingertip was about an inch and a-half long, and contained part of a manicured nail.

The county medical examiner said the human finger was cooked but not decomposed. Authorities temporarily closed the Wendy's and seized all the ingredients at the restaurant.

Officials counted all the fingers of the Wendy's workers -- and say none had a missing digit. Authorities think the finger must have come from a Wendy's supplier.

Investigators have seized all of the ingredients at the restaurant, and they're trying to trace them back to the manufacturer. They think the finger got into the chili at an earlier stage. They also said it was cooked at a high-enough temperature to kill any viruses.

Wendy's says it's cooperating in the investigation.