Would this freak you out?

[Miss Chicken]

I think many people, myself included, would find the following traumatic if it happened to them

US air officials have found a shipment of 40 to 60 human heads in plastic containers sealed with duct tape in a Southwest Airlines cargo facility.
Southwest spokeswoman Ashley Rogers said the heads were found after employees opened the package because it was "not labelled properly".
The employees who found the heads then contacted the local police, who turned the heads over to the local coroner.
"They were basically in plastic containers with lids that are not air sealed," Coroner Garland Camper said.
"They were duct taped with minimal information to disclose what was inside."

However there seems to be nothing sinister about the heads.

The heads were on their way to the Medtronic facility, a medical device company in Texas.
Medtronic spokesman Brian Henry says the heads are for educational training for neurosurgeons studying ear, nose and throat procedures.

Rest of story here

 

[RJDiogenes]

US air officials have found a shipment of 40 to 60 human heads http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/18/2930321.htm

Didn't they do a head count?

I hope they were at least refrigerated.

Somehow, this sounds like the opening of a Bones episode....

 

[Maestro]

The Bay Harbor Butcher strikes again!

 

[Capn Flukie]

After this goof-up, heads will roll.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

Nah, I don't think it would freak me out, because the logical explanation would be that it's headed to some medical or cryogenics facility, as it turned out.

 

[Marie1]

If they were going to a medical facility, and it wasn't some horrible-ness with the mob... nah, wouldn't freak me out. But after all my years in bio, little does.

 

[Owain Taggart]

Skulls on a Plane

 

[RoJoHen]

Nah, I don't think it would freak me out, because the logical explanation would be that it's headed to some medical or cryogenics facility, as it turned out.

I think that would be logical if they had been packaged in more official-looking containers...and without duct tape.

 

[auntiehill]

^Yes. It would've been nice if they could've given the airline a heads-up.

 

[Miss Chicken]

I thought when I posted this we would get a lot of bad puns.

 

[CorporalClegg]

They could have at least given the airline the heads-up.

Just sayin'.

 

[Capn Flukie]

^Yes. It would've been nice if they could've given the airline a heads-up.

They could have at least given the airline the heads-up.

Just sayin'.

Two heads-up are better than one.

 

[sojourner]

Southwest Airlines, where everyone gets some head.

 

[tharpdevenport]

Medtronic spokesman Brian Henry says the heads are for educational training for neurosurgeons studying ear, nose and throat

Right, so after I cut off the heads of all my enemies, I'll just say they're for "educational training" and procede unmolested.

 

[Trekker4747]

Man, Northwest Airlines is really packing them in!

 

[CorporalClegg]

Northwest Airlines doesn't exist anymore ... Well, not really.

 

[Canadave]

I thought when I posted this we would get a lot of bad puns.

Seems inevitable that it would head that way.

 

[Brent]

My head hurts

 

[BolianAuthor]

Somebody got a lotta head...

 

[scotpens]

Looks like someone needs to get their head out of their ass!

The heads were on their way to the Medtronic facility, a medical device company in Texas.
Medtronic spokesman Brian Henry says the heads are for educational training for neurosurgeons studying ear, nose and throat procedures.

Well, of course. How else are they going to get ahead in their profession?

Sounds like a great movie idea -- 50 Heads in a Cargo Container.