October 19, 2019

Greetings fellow Bizarros:

Here's a story fit for Halloween.

An Iowa meat processing business is apologizing to a neighboring family after a shared drainage system caused their basement to flood with animal blood.

The Lestina family of Bagley said they have never had an issue with Dahl's Custom Meat Locker, located next door, until recently, when their basement filled with blood, fat and bones from slaughtered animals.

Kaitlin Dahl, who became co-owner of Dahl's Custom Meat Locker in April, said the slaughterhouse has been following the procedures set out by the previous owner, who operated the facility for more than 10 years.

"We didn't change a thing from the previous owner," Dahl said. "Everything was signed off on and was up to regulations so we didn't think there were any issues."

She said workers and officials had no idea the waste material flushed from their slaughter room would end up backed up in their neighbors' basement.

"We're taking responsibility for it. It wasn't our fault, we didn't intentionally put the blood down there. We didn't want this to happen. We feel for them. I'd be just as mad as they are, in their shoes," she told local news.

Dahl said the company is planning to help the family with clean-up. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is investigating the incident and is working with the Dahls to prevent future incidents.

I think the moral of the story here is; don't live next door to a slaughter house.

Bizarrely,
Lewis

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READER COMMENTS

I knew a couple that took in a child (did not adopt, just foster parents) after a short while they took the kid back. Sold their house and changed their names so the child could not find them and moved out of state. Evidently not someone they wanted in their lives.


In 2010 a woman in Tennessee put her 7-year-old adopted son on a plane to Russia with a note indicating he was mentally unstable and she wanted the adoption annulled. She claimed he tried to kill her sister, set a fire in her parents' home and told her he'd burn her house down with her in it. Last I read she was ordered to pay child support.

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