Child finds jar of fingers

A 7-year-old boy in Chilly-Mazarin, France was digging in the ground behind his school when he unearthed a jar of real human fingers (not seen below). Police believe they have identified the owner of the digits and are attempting to locate him now. I guess to return them? From Reuters:

Following local media reports on the story, police received a telephone a call from a person whose grandfather, a woodworker, used to live near the gymnasium and lost four of his fingers 30 years ago in a work accident.

At the time, his fingers could not be surgically reattached so the carpenter put them in a jar full of alcohol and buried them near his home, the police spokeswoman said.

"Boy finds 30-year-old human fingers in jar"

Image: Severed finger catnip toys by Etsy seller darthrdavis

• [Huwman]

  I thought alcohol might  be involved. A bit surprised it was only as a preservative though.

• [herrnichte]

  matthew 18:8 (or mark 9:43 if you’d rather)  “if your hand or your foot offend you, cut them off, and cast them from you: it is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.”   …as is often the case the key to everlasting fun is fanatical interpretation

• [bcsizemo]

  I just wondered why bury them?

  I know I would probably keep a body part like that, but put it in the back of the closet, not bury it in the back yard…?

  • [Guest]

    one mans trash is another mans treasure

• [CharredBarn]

  They should tip the finder with the thumb.

• [mccrum]

  Hey Carl, since you accidentally cut off those fingers at work we have two options:
  1 – We got to the hospital, but they’ll probably keep them since worker’s comp is a scam we haven’t gotten involved with here,
  2 – Some Bactine and you get to keep them to bury in the yard.

  It’s your call, but keep in mind that if you choose option 1 it’ll affect your Christmas bonus.

• [dross1260]

  My favorite McDonald’s is by there: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Chilly-Mazarin,+France+mcdonalds&hl=en&ll=48.715817,2.298457&spn=0.000979,0.003082&sll=48.705134,2.310271&sspn=0.062647,0.131836&vpsrc=6&gl=us&t=h&fll=48.715799,2.299061&fspn=0.000979,0.00206&z=19

• [PhosPhorious]

  . . . his fingers could not be surgically reattached so the carpenter put them in a jar full of alcohol and buried them near his home. . .

  For the life of me, I am unable to reconstruct his thought process here. 

  You might say he has me stumped.

  • [cegev]

    Interestingly enough, we’ve been searching for an alleged jar of fingers near our cabin that was apparently put there for much the same reasons.

• [Aknaton]

  Hey baby, I want your digits. But not, y’know, in a jar and stuff.

• [Flashman]

  Doigt?

• [Charlie B]

  My grandfather did the same thing with my uncle’s toe, when a cow stepped on it in the 30s.  My mom pointed out where the mason jar is buried day before yesterday!

• [hobomike]

  Somebody put a taste on it!

• [cdh1971]

  This is outrageous! What was that man thinking? He should have KNOWN that a CHILD might find this some day and be DRAMATIZED  for LIFE!!

  • [Spriggan_Prime]

    “DRAMATIZED  for LIFE!”

    Heh.