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Body part found in drink

Store removes product in Colo.

By Ryan Morgan Special to The Denver Post

Saturday, September 29, 2001 - King Soopers has pulled a potency fruit drink from shelves across Colorado after a Commerce City man found what authorities believe is a severed human penis inside a bottle.

"I thought somebody was joking at first, but it's not a joke," said Juan Sanchez-Marchez, 41, a machine operator.

Sanchez-Marchez bought six 20-ounce bottles of Ora Potency Fruit Punch at King Soopers at 6040 E. 64th Ave. in Commerce City on Wednesday.

On Thursday, when he was halfway through the fourth bottle of the reddish-colored drink, he made the discovery. He immediately called police.

"He found what appears to be a human penis in the bottle," Commerce City police spokeswoman Elaine Rowe said.

"It's a good drink, but I'm not going to drink it anymore," Sanchez-Marchez said.

King Soopers said it removed the Ora Potency drink, which it has carried for about a year, from its shelves as a precautionary measure, vice president of sales Donna Giordano said.

Police are investigating the possibility of a hoax. But they said Sanchez-Marchez isn't missing any of his own body parts and appears to be an innocent victim.

"He seems very credible," Rowe said.

Sanchez-Marchez went to the doctor's office Friday for some blood tests, but results for HIV, hepatitis and other illnesses won't be back for months.

Police asked the Adams County coroner's office to run pathology tests on the tissue to determine whether it is human.

Coroner Rich Amend said the tissue is most likely a human penis, although his office is still awaiting final lab results.

Rowe said police had a pretty good idea of what the body part was even before they took it to the coroner.

"There's about 3 inches there," Rowe said. "It's identifiable, and it's not just a hunk of skin."

Police said the Pittsburgh-based bottling company told them that the bottling process is highly automated and that adding body parts to beverages would be difficult.

Police also intend to talk with the distributing company.

Where the penis came from is a key question, police said.

"This isn't just a matter of a dead animal," Rowe said, citing the 1988 case of a prankster puting a dead mouse in a Coors can in Jacksonville, Fla.

"Where did this come from? This is a human body part," Rowe said.

-- Anonymous, September 29, 2001

Answers

Aaaaaargughpflooey!

-- Anonymous, September 29, 2001

I think we'd better put a warning for Carl in the header. This one goes well beyond catnip in undershorts.

-- Anonymous, September 29, 2001

Maybe we should delete it before he sees it. Is catnip-in-his-knickers to be our benchmark? I wouldn't want to go beyond the pale.

-- Anonymous, September 29, 2001

Sanchez-Marchez found it, huh? He should have stuck to just plain old Mescal, which only has a cactus worm in the bottle. Then again, they say the cactus worm is a potent aphrodisiac, so who knows with this new drink version? Maybe it's just a test. Hope it doesn't catch on.

-- Anonymous, September 29, 2001

I all ready saw it, and given that beckie posted it, I knew exactly what it was...

Does give "swallowing the worm" a new twist...

My new Kevlar underwear have given me a renewed sense of security... heck, I might even think about getting married again :)

Naw.....

-- Anonymous, September 29, 2001

Carl, are you insinuating that I am the only one that posts things about male parts?

OG, I think catnip-in-the-knickers seems to fit us so well. :^)

-- Anonymous, September 29, 2001

No beckie, I'm not saying that at all...

Would Mr. beckie be interested in a source for asbestos-lined Kevlar underwear?

-- Anonymous, September 29, 2001

What, no picture?

-- Anonymous, September 29, 2001

Sorry Barefoot, I looked, but no picture.... however, I may have a clue to the mystery...

Tips for the Novice Transsexual

Do not keep your penis in a jar around the house as a decorative item.

Someone realizing their faux pas and getting rid of the evidence maybe?

-- Anonymous, September 29, 2001

Heeheee.. Carl, we DO have 5 house cats and I DO keep a catnip plant up on the refrigerator......

However, all but one of the house cats is front declawed (and he is going to the vet soon).

-- Anonymous, September 30, 2001

guess he didn't ...... SWALLOW!!!!!

couldn't resist that one!!!!!

-- Anonymous, October 01, 2001

SAR, !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (:

-- Anonymous, October 01, 2001

Sorry, Meem!!! it was ACHING to be SAID!!!! hehehehe

-- Anonymous, October 01, 2001

It was Mold

-- Anonymous, October 04, 2001

Here is the photo of the mold.

-- Anonymous, October 04, 2001

MOLD..MY butt!!!! I say Lorrana Bobbitt works there!!!!

-- Anonymous, October 04, 2001

I tell you with truly heart-felt honesty that I would rather eat a whole handful of chicken poop than find THAT in my drink.

-- Anonymous, October 04, 2001