Los Angeles County officials are investigating what appeared to be a set of lungs found on a sidewalk near a business on Sunday.
The City News Service reported a woman made the discovery in L.A.’s Compton neighborhood, took a picture of what she found and contacted the the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department. Deputies responded and called the coroner’s office to the scene, according to the Los Angeles Times.
“It was right there on the sidewalk at the start of a driveway,” Lt. Jack DeMello told City News Service. “You’d think someone would see someone throw it out there.”
Additional testing will be done to determine whether the organ is in fact lungs, and whether it is animal or human.
“We don’t know what they are,” Sgt. Robert Dean of the sheriff’s department told the Times. “It’s really weird.”
The sheriff’s department received no other calls about the find.























































































































Comments (46)
Meyvn
Jun. 11, 2012 at 3:12pmI coughed mine up after smoking some wicked cloves. Can I get them back?
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CONSERVATIVELADY
Jun. 11, 2012 at 2:01pmWell, isn’t that just great. My dad is on the lung transplant list and someone wasted a set of lungs.
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Mapache
Jun. 11, 2012 at 1:47pmI always wondered about why you’d find somebody’s underwear on the road but now this is a whole new level…..some smoker just literally coughed his lungs out I guess.
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MistyBlueAngel
Jun. 11, 2012 at 3:01pmGood one!
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Domestic_Enemy
Jun. 11, 2012 at 1:09pmWhy I’m shocked it happened in Compton. No, really I am. I swear.
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geomann
Jun. 11, 2012 at 12:21pmThey haven’t even tested them, and it makes news? Must be a slow news day. Likely left overs from a butchered animal.
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Ethereal
Jun. 11, 2012 at 12:47pmThat or someone had one hell of a cough!
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phillipwgirard
Jun. 11, 2012 at 10:04pmMy cat taught me how to cough up a hairball, but never lungs,,,
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flatdaddio
Jun. 11, 2012 at 12:03pmthat’s all that’s left after the zombie attack…
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RIGHTHOOK
Jun. 11, 2012 at 12:32pmNo, it’s what’s likely left after gang related attack! It’s Compton, CA, one the the worst gang infested, gang related murder areas in LA metro and for that matter the USA.
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OniKaze
Jun. 11, 2012 at 12:49pmBath Salts… :-)
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castuslonginus
Jun. 12, 2012 at 7:57amBetter stay from him, He’ll rip your lungs out, Jim.
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jetmech807
Jun. 13, 2012 at 11:29pmNo no no, this isn’t London.
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ConservativeMajority
Jun. 11, 2012 at 11:47amYum, yum! Roadkill!
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Extremerightwing
Jun. 11, 2012 at 11:31amTalk about coughing up a lung…..sorry
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rickc34
Jun. 11, 2012 at 1:43pmAll that’s left of 2 pack a day guy.
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GeorgeWashingtonslept here
Jun. 11, 2012 at 11:18amMaybe someone was screaming their lungs out!……and it really happened.!
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piper60
Jun. 11, 2012 at 11:12amSome organ transplant service just lost something on the way to the hospital?
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Detroit paperboy
Jun. 11, 2012 at 11:04amBath salts………
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Ruprecht
Jun. 11, 2012 at 11:03amI don’t know who he saw but she must have been breathtaking.
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Hollywood
Jun. 11, 2012 at 3:47pmChloris Leachman
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3monkeysmomma
Jun. 11, 2012 at 11:00amIs THAT where I left those?!
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huey6367
Jun. 11, 2012 at 10:54amDibs
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huey6367
Jun. 11, 2012 at 10:53amHow come you only hear of this kinda stuff happening in CA and FL (i’m from FL – I know). Never hear about it in VT or UT or ND. I would expect to hear about it in DC or NYC but someone probably grabs that kinda stuff real fast in those areas (black market).
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RJJinGadsden
Jun. 11, 2012 at 10:52amHmmm, organ harvest gone wrong? They didn’t need lungs after all, it was a liver and kidneys.
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Yeah_Buddy
Jun. 11, 2012 at 11:00amOranges for sale…But a sack, get a pair of lungs free..
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BOMUSTGO
Jun. 11, 2012 at 10:51amWow! You really can cough up a lung! I thought it was just a phrase?
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4xeverything
Jun. 11, 2012 at 10:44amIf the LA sheriff’s department thinks it’s weird then it must be truely insane.
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MrButcher
Jun. 11, 2012 at 10:44amThis is not nearly as bad as those new anti-smoking commercials.
Can we start running some PSA’s warning about the tyranny and horrors of centralized governments that wish to legislate all behavior and thought?
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kevin
Jun. 11, 2012 at 10:43ambetter stay away from him he’ll rip your lungs out jim werewolves of london ahroooo
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Gonzo
Jun. 11, 2012 at 10:46amI saw him drinking a Pina Coloda at Trader Vic’s…and his hair was perfect.
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RJJinGadsden
Jun. 11, 2012 at 10:49amAs a Zevon fan, that was a great catch.
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Fubared
Jun. 11, 2012 at 10:51amZevon is a fav of Comptonites…. Ahroooo.
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AmericanStrega
Jun. 11, 2012 at 11:21amHa! I’d like to meet his tailor.
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castuslonginus
Jun. 12, 2012 at 7:59amdamn,beat me to it.
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kickagrandma
Jun. 11, 2012 at 10:41amCalifornia, right?
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RJJinGadsden
Jun. 11, 2012 at 10:48amCompton itself is more descriptive.
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Gonzo
Jun. 11, 2012 at 10:40amI was walking down the street and found myself short of breath?
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kickagrandma
Jun. 11, 2012 at 11:10amFunny!
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thekuligs
Jun. 11, 2012 at 10:40amThe air is so bad there, I’d probably cough mine up too.
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AmericanStrega
Jun. 11, 2012 at 10:37amDang it! I knew I left them “suckers” somewhere. ;)
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Tri-ox
Jun. 11, 2012 at 10:37amPeople are dying to get out of California.
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