MI - Human brain inside jar seized at Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron

[BetteDavisEyes]

CBP: Human brain inside jar seized at Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron

...On Feb. 14, CBP officers in Port Huron referred a Canadian mail truck that had just crossed the Blue Water Bridge for an inspection in Marysville.

During the routine mail operation, a shipment manifested as an “Antique Teaching Specimen” was targeted for inspection. Upon opening the shipment, CBP officers found the package to contain a human brain specimen inside of a clear glass mason jar without any paperwork or documentation in support of its lawful entry into the United States, CBP said in a release...

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Customs seizes human brain at Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron

Port Huron — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized a human brain at the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron last week after it was sent through international mail, officials said.

According to authorities, the brain was found Friday by officers after they inspected a Canadian mail truck that had crossed the Blue Water Bridge and was referred for an inspection in Marysville.

A shipment manifested as an “Antique Teaching Specimen” was targeted for inspection, they said. The shipment, which originated in Toronto, was destined for Kenosha, Wisconsin...

 

[MrsWatson]

"You know, I'm really tired of my antique brain in a jar tchotchke so after I sell it on eBay, I'll just pop it in the post. It'll be fine."

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Human brain seized in mail truck that crossed Blue Water Bridge

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized a human brain in an international mail truck that crossed the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron last week.

CBP officers referred a Canadian mail truck that had just crossed the Blue Water Bridge for an inspection at the Centralized Examination Station, in Marysville Feb. 14, according to a press release...

 

[dotr]

Wisconsin played host to World Premiere of 'Wizard of Oz'

It's been ''75 years since audiences first hear "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" from the movie The Wizard of Oz. But did you know that the yellow-brick road was seen in Wisconsin first?
The path to the Land of Oz took an unusual route through Wisconsin in 1939.
Oconomowoc's Strand Theater hosted the world premiere of "The Wizard of Oz" on August 12, 1939 -- Three days before the big Hollywood premiere.''

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U.S. border officers seize human brain shipped from Toronto
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''But whoever packed it clearly wasn’t thinking, because CBP officers say there was no documentation or paperwork “in support of its lawful entry into the United States.”

The shipment originated in Toronto and was destined for Wisconsin, U.S. Customs said in a release.''

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

"Antique Teaching Specimen". This cracks me up LOL! I wonder whose brain it is?

 

[Lamima]

"Antique Teaching Specimen". This cracks me up LOL! I wonder whose brain it is?

Can they run DNA (even if in whatever preservative fluid) and do familial testing?

 

[wendybtn]

How antique is it supposedly??

 

[AlwaysShocked]

Famous missing brain:
The Mystery of JFK's Brain: How Did it Disappear? | Historic Mysteries

 

[Marg from Oz]

Who was the sender?

 

[Catmommy]

Damn brains crossing over illegally, trying to take all our knowledge.

 

[Laughing]

Who was the sender?

You'd think with a sender & a recipient, they'd have answers....

 

[dotr]

Must have missed this (tongue in cheek) article.
Five Questions About... This Brain in a Jar That Was Stopped at the Border
by Mack Lamoureux
Feb 20 2020
''The brain is in one of those snap jars your aunt uses to make pickles. It doesn't even get some formaldehyde à la Rasputin's alleged hog which lives in a jar in Russia.

Instead of something to preserve it has… bubble wrap and it's not even well applied. This looks like the work of someone who half-heartedly stuffed some bubble wrap they had lying around into the jar 'cause the brain was rattling around too much. Furthermore, what’s separating the all-important brain from this bubble wrap? Well, from the looks of it, a gosh darn paper towel!''

''However, a quick bit of research brings us to the Skull Store, a Toronto-based store that sells, well… skulls and stuff. On the store's website, they’re selling “Human Brain, Wet Specimen B”—which, you know, indicates there may have been a previously sold specimen A. The brain and the jar look remarkably similar to the one in the CBP photo. Wet Specimen B is being sold for the bargain price of $1,975 (it was marked down from $4,500.) In the description of the brain, the store says it is a “REAL preserved partial human brain” that “was once part of a medical collection but was sold off upon the doctor's retirement.”

Global news 2017..

 

[Laughing]

Frightening that the Border Patrol has been on this problem since February -- and still seems to have a problem.

Way cool that Websleuths has the problem & wraps it up before lunchtime.

Thanks, @dotr !

JMHO YMMV LRR