A Hopkinsville, Kentucky woman was waiting for a delivery of medicine and medical supplies. When she finally arrived, she tore open the box and discovered that it was filled with human arms and fingers. It’s quite a confusion.
Christian County Coroner Scott Daniel confirmed the incident, saying the box was originally intended for “surgical training.” Somewhere between an airline, a freight company and a courier, the package was misdirected, turning a routine delivery into what could easily be interpreted as a threat from the mob.
Daniel personally showed up at the woman’s home to collect the remains and stored them in the morgue until the courier picked them up the next morning. The woman, after an understandably sleepless night, finally received her correct shipment of medical supplies.
Authorities said they did not know exactly what the body parts were intended for. Perhaps they were intended for surgical practice, perhaps for research? One thing’s for sure: They weren’t meant to be dropped off at some random woman’s door like an Amazon delivery.
The whole event reveals a rather disturbing reality: human remains are constantly being shipped out. Sometimes it is for medical reasons, other times for educational purposes. Either way, they rarely find themselves on someone’s doorstep who wasn’t expecting human fingers.
With so many packages moving through public and private postal systems in the United States, something as strange as a human limb or finger can get caught in the complex web of deliveries, transforming an otherwise boring bureaucratic process into something astonishingly grotesque.
