# Mystery of a child's fingers **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 13, 2012, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-of-a-childs-fingers/615694 "2012-03-13T22:08:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-of-a-childs-fingers/615694/1 "2012-03-13T22:08:52Z")
Some one found four [fingers](http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2017740366_apuschildsfingersfound.html?syndication=rss), probably from a 2-4 year old girl. No one has come forward. This makes me sad. I hope to hear the rest of the story. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-of-a-childs-fingers/615694/2 "2012-03-13T22:10:10Z")
Ugh. I don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-of-a-childs-fingers/615694/3 "2012-03-13T22:21:08Z")
People who commit such horrific acts have been with us since the beginning. It would improve nothing and change nothing for the person who did this to be made to suffer the most exquisite agonies leading to a messy death. None the less, I want that person to suffer and I would inflict those agonies myself in good conscience. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-of-a-childs-fingers/615694/4 "2012-03-14T05:10:02Z")
I pray for the Lost Ones. The ones who fear nobody knows, nobody cares. The ones held hostage in dank basements. Political prisoners who may never see the light of day again. Four fingers off a little girl’s hand. She can’t even wave Bye. ---
**Author:** ![Semjaazah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@Semjaazah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Semjaazah)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-of-a-childs-fingers/615694/5 "2012-03-14T05:18:50Z")
If anyone is keen on searching, I’ll give them a hand. I’d love to have a hand in solving this mystery, perhaps even to finger the crook, I’d have to be careful not to manhandle him though. I hope people in the local community don’t start pointing the finger though, it wouldn’t do for the wrong person to get caught and for the police to let the real crook slip through their fingers. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-of-a-childs-fingers/615694/6 "2012-03-14T05:34:03Z")
> [@Semjaazah](#): > > If anyone is keen on searching, I’ll give them a hand. I’d love to have a hand in solving this mystery, perhaps even to finger the crook, I’d have to be careful not to manhandle him though. I hope people in the local community don’t start pointing the finger though, it wouldn’t do for the wrong person to get caught and for the police to let the real crook slip through their fingers. This is sick. I abhor it, and the horse he rode in on. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-of-a-childs-fingers/615694/7 "2012-03-14T06:36:56Z")
> [@Becky2844](#): > > This is sick. I abhor it, and the horse he rode in on. Truly awful. He forgot to mention how the cops haven’t “nailed” the guy yet. ---
**Author:** ![Beastly\_Rotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@Beastly\_Rotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastly_Rotter)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-of-a-childs-fingers/615694/8 "2012-03-14T07:07:15Z")
> [@Becky2844](#): > > This is sick. I abhor it, and the horse he rode in on. n/m ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-of-a-childs-fingers/615694/9 "2012-03-14T16:03:35Z")
Now the kid will have to take off her shoes to count to 10. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-of-a-childs-fingers/615694/10 "2012-03-14T16:10:00Z")
Six fingers now. Did the original story say four? Yeesh. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-of-a-childs-fingers/615694/11 "2012-03-14T16:14:07Z")
> [@Becky2844](#): > > I pray for the Lost Ones. The ones who fear nobody knows, nobody cares. > > The ones held hostage in dank basements. Political prisoners who may never see the light of day again. > > Four fingers off a little girl’s hand. She can’t even wave Bye. Six, actually. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-of-a-childs-fingers/615694/12 "2012-03-14T16:17:44Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Six fingers now. Did the original story say four? Yeesh. Rampant inflation. Personally, I prefer lady fingers. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-of-a-childs-fingers/615694/13 "2012-03-14T17:11:51Z")
> [@Semjaazah](#): > > If anyone is keen on searching, I’ll give them a hand. I’d love to have a hand in solving this mystery, perhaps even to finger the crook, I’d have to be careful not to manhandle him though. I hope people in the local community don’t start pointing the finger though, it wouldn’t do for the wrong person to get caught and for the police to let the real crook slip through their fingers. You sound like a pretty handy guy to have around. And if the person who committed this act had started on a different set of appendages, I’d say that it would be really hard for the police to find the guy–although that’s a defeatist attitude. They’d really have to put their heart and sole into the investigation and toe the line. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-of-a-childs-fingers/615694/14 "2012-03-14T17:13:21Z")
> [@Becky2844](#): > > This is sick. I abhor it, and the horse he rode in on. Why don’t you just give him the finger? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-of-a-childs-fingers/615694/15 "2012-03-14T17:26:18Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Rampant inflation. Yeah, it’s now a six digit story. ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-of-a-childs-fingers/615694/16 "2012-03-14T17:49:11Z")
It sounds like the fingers were dried or preserved in some manner. Chances are the original owner of them is long dead. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-of-a-childs-fingers/615694/17 "2012-03-14T17:55:34Z")
Maybe they were preserved for the annual Voodoo festival. You know, the pickled fingers of fete. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-of-a-childs-fingers/615694/18 "2012-03-14T17:56:57Z")
> [@Becky2844](#): > > Political prisoners who may never see the light of day again. Is there any hard evidence that Newt is behind this?:dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Accident](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Mr.Accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Accident)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-of-a-childs-fingers/615694/19 "2012-03-14T18:34:02Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Is there any hard evidence that Newt is behind this?:dubious: Can’t we blame him anyway? Seriously though, I hope the fingers are from a cadaver and not someone that got tortured. ---
**Author:** ![Beastly\_Rotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@Beastly\_Rotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastly_Rotter)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-of-a-childs-fingers/615694/20 "2012-03-14T19:22:10Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Yeah, it’s now a six digit story. Double digit inflation. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-of-a-childs-fingers/615694.md?page=2)