Possible Set of Lungs Found on L.A. Sidewalk
- Posted on June 11, 2012 at 10:34am by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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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.
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Comments (46)
Meyvn
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 3:12pmI coughed mine up after smoking some wicked cloves. Can I get them back?
Report Post »CONSERVATIVELADY
Posted on June 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.
Report Post »Mapache
Posted on June 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.
Report Post »MistyBlueAngel
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 3:01pmGood one!
Report Post »Domestic_Enemy
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 1:09pmWhy I’m shocked it happened in Compton. No, really I am. I swear.
Report Post »geomann
Posted on June 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.
Report Post »Ethereal
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 12:47pmThat or someone had one hell of a cough!
Report Post »phillipwgirard
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 10:04pmMy cat taught me how to cough up a hairball, but never lungs,,,
Report Post »flatdaddio
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 12:03pmthat‘s all that’s left after the zombie attack…
Report Post »RIGHTHOOK
Posted on June 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.
Report Post »OniKaze
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 12:49pmBath Salts… :-)
Report Post »castuslonginus
Posted on June 12, 2012 at 7:57amBetter stay from him, He’ll rip your lungs out, Jim.
Report Post »jetmech807
Posted on June 13, 2012 at 11:29pmNo no no, this isn’t London.
Report Post »ConservativeMajority
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 11:47amYum, yum! Roadkill!
Report Post »Extremerightwing
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 11:31amTalk about coughing up a lung…..sorry
Report Post »rickc34
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 1:43pmAll that’s left of 2 pack a day guy.
Report Post »GeorgeWashingtonslept here
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 11:18amMaybe someone was screaming their lungs out!……and it really happened.!
Report Post »piper60
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 11:12amSome organ transplant service just lost something on the way to the hospital?
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 11:04amBath salts………
Report Post »Ruprecht
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 11:03amI don’t know who he saw but she must have been breathtaking.
Report Post »Hollywood
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 3:47pmChloris Leachman
Report Post »3monkeysmomma
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 11:00amIs THAT where I left those?!
Report Post »huey6367
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 10:54amDibs
Report Post »huey6367
Posted on June 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).
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 10:52amHmmm, organ harvest gone wrong? They didn’t need lungs after all, it was a liver and kidneys.
Report Post »Yeah_Buddy
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 11:00amOranges for sale…But a sack, get a pair of lungs free..
Report Post »BOMUSTGO
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 10:51amWow! You really can cough up a lung! I thought it was just a phrase?
Report Post »4xeverything
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 10:44amIf the LA sheriff‘s department thinks it’s weird then it must be truely insane.
Report Post »MrButcher
Posted on June 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?
Report Post »kevin
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 10:43ambetter stay away from him he’ll rip your lungs out jim werewolves of london ahroooo
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 10:46amI saw him drinking a Pina Coloda at Trader Vic’s…and his hair was perfect.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 10:49amAs a Zevon fan, that was a great catch.
Report Post »Fubared
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 10:51amZevon is a fav of Comptonites…. Ahroooo.
Report Post »AmericanStrega
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 11:21amHa! I’d like to meet his tailor.
Report Post »castuslonginus
Posted on June 12, 2012 at 7:59amdamn,beat me to it.
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 10:41amCalifornia, right?
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 10:48amCompton itself is more descriptive.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 10:40amI was walking down the street and found myself short of breath?
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 11:10amFunny!
Report Post »thekuligs
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 10:40amThe air is so bad there, I’d probably cough mine up too.
Report Post »AmericanStrega
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 10:37amDang it! I knew I left them “suckers” somewhere. ;)
Report Post »Tri-ox
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 10:37amPeople are dying to get out of California.
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