'You can't unsee that': Horrified man discovers an animal's cheekbone in a can of tinned tomatoes
- Tony Furey, from Humtpy Doo in the Northern Territory found bone last year
- He has since kept the small piece of bone in his freezer as a strange souvenir
- He said he never found out what the bone was, but believes it was mouse cheek
A man was horrified to discover a cheek bone in his can of tinned tomatoes.
Tony Furey, from Humtpy Doo in the Northern Territory, made the grim discovery when he opened the can 12 months ago.
He has since kept the small piece of bone - which he believes is a mouse cheek - in his freezer as a strange souvenir.
Tony Furey, from Humtpy Doo in the Northern Territory, made the grim discovery when he opened the can 12 months ago
Mr Furey (pictured with his wife) said he never found out what the bone was, but he has his suspicions
'We bought a tin of tomatoes about a year ago and a bone was sitting right on top of the can when the missus opened it and we thought 'whoa, look at that s**t',' Mr Furey told NT News.
Mr Furey said he has not been put off canned food but immediately changed the brand of tomatoes he buys.
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He said he never found out what the bone was, but he has his suspicions.
'It looked like part of a face or a head and it's the right size for a mouse, just because of the joints at each end,' he said. 'You'd probably eat it and not notice.'
Mr Furey believes he'll never able to forget the moment he opened the can. 'You can't unsee that s**t,' he said.
Mr Furey said he has not been put off canned food but immediately changed the brand of tomatoes he buys
