# Fetus Seller Nabbed in Chinatown **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 19, 2012, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fetus-seller-nabbed-in-chinatown/622379 "2012-05-19T01:31:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fetus-seller-nabbed-in-chinatown/622379/1 "2012-05-19T01:31:56Z")
Proof again, as if more were needed, that it’s never boring in Bangkok. Story [here](http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/294023/man-selling-dead-human-foetuses-caught). Contains a photo that is actually work-safe, since you can’t really tell what they are. Excerpt: **“Six human foetuses which had been roasted, tattooed and covered in gold leaf as part of a black magic ritual and were intended for sale online have been seized from a Taiwan-born man arrested in Bangkok, police said Friday.”** He bought the lot for US$6500 and intended to get that much for each one of them back home in Taiwan from “clients who believe they would make them lucky and rich.” (Other reports have listed him as a British citizen.) Said he bought them from another Taiwanese man down in our Chinatown. “Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown.” ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fetus-seller-nabbed-in-chinatown/622379/2 "2012-05-19T05:16:20Z")
Wow, they posed them like the self made mummy monks :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fetus-seller-nabbed-in-chinatown/622379/3 "2012-05-19T05:20:32Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > **"Six human foetuses which had been roasted, tattooed and covered in gold leaf** Wow. We never go _that_ elaborate for our Thanksgiving meals. Gotta say that tattooing in the black pepper is a nice touch. So difficult to think up new ways to improve the visual appeal of a dish. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fetus-seller-nabbed-in-chinatown/622379/4 "2012-05-19T05:28:19Z")
This thread delivers. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fetus-seller-nabbed-in-chinatown/622379/5 "2012-05-19T09:00:06Z")
Baby, I don’t care. ---
**Author:** ![kenner116](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@kenner116](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenner116)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fetus-seller-nabbed-in-chinatown/622379/6 "2012-05-19T10:21:36Z")
I prefer my dead fetuses in [pill form](http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/05/pills-dead-babies-fetuses-china-south-kore.html). ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fetus-seller-nabbed-in-chinatown/622379/7 "2012-05-19T10:35:19Z")
This thread reminds me of when the annual anti-abortion scare group comes to campus and sets up their giant booth. It has rather large pictures of up post-abortion fetus/embryos, though usually nothing TOO graphic (severed hands, etc). They were really well posed by their photographer that trolls abortion clinics for post-abortion things and then spends hours taking pictures of, well, aborted things. For some reason with the lighting and posing he used I always thought they looked like tasty strawberry fruit gummis. ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fetus-seller-nabbed-in-chinatown/622379/8 "2012-05-19T11:10:26Z")
A bit bulky on the key chain, I’m sticking with the rabbits foot.