Thursday, October 6, 2016

[Updated] Have a heart: A surprising find outside the Riis Houses

A man found what may be a human heart in the trash this morning outside the Riis Houses on the FDR Drive and Sixth Street, according to published reports.

As DNAinfo reported, the man reached into the trash to retrieve a discarded potted plant and found the organ inside a pink box.

Per the Daily News, who first reported on the discovery:

The heart appeared to be human, but police brought the item to the city Medical Examiner’s Office to confirm.

Updated 10/13

Likely a pig's heart, per DNAinfo.

11 comments:

NOTORIOUS said...

These conceptual pop-up restaurants are getting weirder and weirder.

Trixie said...

Could be a pig heart. A friend of mine got one from the butcher once and sent it to her ex on Saint Valentine's Day. He was appropriately horrified.

DrGecko said...

Probably another offering to the Sun God.

Oh, forget I said "another," ok?

Gojira said...

Heart bowl?

Anonymous said...

Heart in a hoof!

NOTORIOUS said...

Gorjira you're on to something! Acai, in a heart, served by Lisa Bonet.

Anonymous said...

It's like Tuli Kupferberg crossed with Temple of Doom.

DrBOP said...

This city'll eat your heart out, kid.

Anonymous said...

Hoof hearted..?

Anonymous said...

On Aug. 25 a possible human heart was found in Norwalk Ohio
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/16/us/has-murder-come-to-town-this-heart-tells-no-tales.html?_r=0

http://www.livescience.com/56136-heart-plastic-bag-test-human.html

Serial?

Trixie said...

Yep, pig heart, I figured so.

https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20161012/east-village/riis-houses-human-pig-heart-found?utm_source=Lower+East+Side+%26+East+Village&utm_campaign=90eda6035c-Mailchimp-NYC&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c7d8aa1b85-90eda6035c-137411309