Human Heads At O'Hare: Customs Officials Find Shipment Of 18 Severed Heads With Skin Still On

Customs Finds 18 HUMAN HEADS At O'Hare

Customs officials made the shocking discovery of 18 severed human heads at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport Monday.

According to the Tribune, the embalmed heads came from a research facility in Rome on a Lufthansa Airlines flight about a week before Christmas but a "paperwork snafu" snagged the shipment; the final destination of the three coolers was not clearly marked.

Brian Bell, a Chicago-based spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security, said the discovery body parts, which "at first blush" appeared to be for medical purposes, is not entirely uncommon.

"Everybody here is ‘Oh my gosh, you got a box of heads’ and everybody thinks that it’s unheard of,” Bell said according to CBS Chicago. “It is a potentially legitimate medical shipment. We’ve seen it at various ports in the nation.”

Bell went on to say shipping body parts for medical purposes is perfectly legal—with the right documentation.

The remaining head-scratcher: where are the heads going? The Tribune reports officials saying the recipient of the shipment has not yet come forward.

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