A viral news story about a Nigerian restaurant shut down
after it was allegedly discovered selling human flesh may be a hoax.
Reports emerged yesterday that visitors to the hotel
restaurant in Anambra, Nigeria, alerted police to
rumours that the restaurant
had been plating up human meat, according to BBC Swahili.
When police raided the restaurant they discovered human
heads that were still bleeding, according to reports.
But it is not the first time the story has surfaced. In
February, 2014, news outlets around the world reported on a strikingly similar
case
"Every time I went to the hotel I observed strange
activities going on in the hotel," One resident reportedly told the BBC.
"People who were never cleanly dressed and who looked a
bit strange made their way in and out of the hotel, making me very suspicious
of their activities. I am not surprised at the shocking revelation."
According to the
story, a priest who ate at the restaurant was presented with a bill of 700
Naira, or around $4.40, which is a considerable amount of money with millions
survive on less than a $1 a day.
"The attendant noticed my reaction and told me it was
the small piece of meat I had eaten that made the bill scale that high,"
he told the BBC.
He was shocked to learn the meat he was served was human
flesh.
"I did not know I had been served with human meat, and
that it was that expensive," he said.
It was also reported that police seized a number of
automatic weapons, grenades and cell phones, while 10 people were arrested.
The story appears to have originated in a Nigerian
tabloid,Osun Defender, in September 2013. The original article features the
same quotes and similar details to those circulated in the most recent version.
It is not the first time the world has been shocked by
stories of commercial cannibalism that proved to be false.
Credit: Yahoo News
In 2010 it was widely reported that a restaurant in Berlin,
Germany, was seeking people willing to donate their bodies to a eatery, drawing
shock and revulsion before it was revealed to be untrue.
But not all seemingly unbelievable cannabilism reports have
proven unfounded though.
German man Armin Meiwes was sentenced to life in prison
after he admitting to killing and eating a "volunteer" he met on the
internet.
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