Police in Liverpool, England were called to a back alley when a man thought he had discovered a dead baby in an alley. Word spread and mourning citizens left flowers, cards, and teddy bears at the scene. TUrns out though that it was a chicken fetus. From the BBC News:
"The flowers and cards are obviously the result of local gossip, but we can assure people that the remains were not human," (said a police spokesman.)
Conservative MP and editor of The Spectator Boris Johnson was criticised last year after commenting in the magazine that Liverpudlians were "hooked on grief".
Link (Thanks, Carlo Longino!)
