# Box of human heads stolen in Denver **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 6, 2022, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-human-heads-stolen-in-denver/960562 "2022-03-06T14:31:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-human-heads-stolen-in-denver/960562/21 "2022-03-06T17:57:29Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > > [@running\_coach](#): > > > > Trust me, you don’t want 'em stale. > > Maybe it’s just me, but I find that use of the phrase “Trust me” _somewhat_ disturbing. - > > j > > 😉 You’d think it would be common knowledge. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-human-heads-stolen-in-denver/960562/22 "2022-03-06T18:02:11Z")
I was wondering what sort of “medical research” required human heads. Then I remembered Mary Roach’s book “Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers”, which had a chapter titled “A Head Is A Terrible Thing To Waste”. She witnessed a facial anatomy and face-lift refresher course, in which surgeons practiced on unembalmed human heads from the recently deceased.\* That’s not really “research” though. There could be forensic applications but I will not dwell on those. \*somehow, that seems freakier to me than med school experiences with intact cadavers in gross anatomy class. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-human-heads-stolen-in-denver/960562/23 "2022-03-06T18:11:55Z")
I’ve only just started my collection. So far, I only have one. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-human-heads-stolen-in-denver/960562/24 "2022-03-06T18:37:09Z")
The box was marked “One of Two.” An alert has been issued by the carrier that the missing box contains eight human butts. ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-human-heads-stolen-in-denver/960562/25 "2022-03-06T18:41:34Z")
I would not actually have thought that the symbolic meaning of displaying someone’s head on a pike had evolved all that much over time. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-human-heads-stolen-in-denver/960562/26 "2022-03-06T18:41:36Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > The box was marked “One of Two.” > > An alert has been issued by the carrier that the missing box contains eight human butts. - > > ~VOW \< Must resist making rump roast joke \> ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-human-heads-stolen-in-denver/960562/27 "2022-03-06T18:51:14Z")
@running_coach Nah, the appropriate joke would be “can’t make heads nor tails without the boxes.” ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-human-heads-stolen-in-denver/960562/28 "2022-03-06T18:54:09Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > @running_coach > > Nah, the appropriate joke would be “can’t make heads nor tails without the boxes.” - > > ~VOW - Does it come as a DIY kit or do you need a body shop? ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-human-heads-stolen-in-denver/960562/29 "2022-03-06T19:11:25Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Maybe someone is making a short film version of “The Human Centipede”. I hate to nitpick but isn’t a centipede without appendages no longer be a centipede? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-human-heads-stolen-in-denver/960562/30 "2022-03-06T19:17:20Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > > [@running\_coach](#): > > > > Maybe someone is making a short film version of “The Human Centipede”. > > I hate to nitpick but isn’t a centipede without appendages no longer be a centipede? - Technically, you’d need 25 humans to make a _real_ human centipede. Would that make Steve Austin a monopede? ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-human-heads-stolen-in-denver/960562/31 "2022-03-06T22:06:01Z")
Hey, do you think if I put a raccoon head on a spike on my roof it would stop the little b\*\*\*\*\*\*\*s from trying to break into my attic? ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-human-heads-stolen-in-denver/960562/32 "2022-03-06T22:49:43Z")
I’m not a wildlife expert, but my surmise is that it would stop at least **one** raccoon. [It could also serve as a marginally-fashionable weather vane] ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-human-heads-stolen-in-denver/960562/33 "2022-03-06T22:53:36Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > I’m not a wildlife expert, but my surmise is that it would stop at least **one** raccoon. - > > [It could also serve as a marginally-fashionable weather vane] The direction the smell is coming from would serve that purpose. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-human-heads-stolen-in-denver/960562/34 "2022-03-06T23:01:40Z")
Is there a lucrative market in selling and shipping severed human heads? Am I missing out? I assume all you need is a decent hacksaw and a lack of a moral compass. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-human-heads-stolen-in-denver/960562/35 "2022-03-06T23:08:03Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Is there a lucrative market in selling and shipping severed human heads? > Am I missing out? I assume all you need is a decent hacksaw and a lack of a moral compass. - It’s unique in that it’s a business where everyone starts at the top. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-human-heads-stolen-in-denver/960562/36 "2022-03-06T23:10:15Z")
It feels like a relatively natural transition for the catalytic converter crew. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-human-heads-stolen-in-denver/960562/37 "2022-03-07T01:27:49Z")
And it’s one way to get ahead. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-human-heads-stolen-in-denver/960562/38 "2022-03-07T01:42:18Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Is there a lucrative market in selling and shipping severed human heads? > Am I missing out? I assume all you need is a decent hacksaw and a lack of a moral compass. Sure is! > **[Body snatching](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_snatching)** > > Body snatching is the illicit removal of corpses from graves, morgues, and other burial sites. Body snatching is distinct from the act of grave robbery as grave robbing does not explicitly involve the removal of the corpse, but rather theft from the burial site itself. The term 'body snatching' most commonly refers to the removal and sale of corpses primarily for the purpose of dissection or anatomy lectures in medical schools. The term was coined primarily in regard to cases in the United Kingdo... ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-human-heads-stolen-in-denver/960562/39 "2022-03-07T02:18:05Z")
Your Fiendly Neighborhood **Spiderman** here - I have contacted the Denver police & given them a _ **very** _ strong lead as to who the [perpetrator](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw6xBdXl1Aw&t=17s) might be. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-human-heads-stolen-in-denver/960562/40 "2022-03-07T03:05:22Z")
It’s going to take a while for the cops to check out all the head shops in Denver. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-human-heads-stolen-in-denver/960562.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-human-heads-stolen-in-denver/960562.md?page=3)