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Human finger found in Tacoma driveway IDed, returned to owner (mynorthwest.com)

submitted 5 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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The case of a mysterious human finger found in a Tacoma driveway earlier this month has been solved and the digit has been returned to its rightful owner.

During the afternoon of July 5, Tacoma Police Department (TPD) officers responded to a report of a finger found in a driveway in the 800 block of South Pine Street, according to a statement TPD Public Information Officer Detective William Muse sent to MyNorthwest.

Muse provided an update in a statement to MyNorthwest Thursday that a person “saw the story” and called the Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office, which had taken custody of the digit, to claim the finger.

The man identified himself by his surname and admitted to losing multiple digits “messing around with some fireworks.” Muse didn’t provide the identity of the man who claimed the finger in his statement. He did explain the latent prints on the recovered finger correspond with the information about the person available in the FBI database.

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In his July 5 update, Muse told MyNorthwest there was no blood around the finger and it appeared to have been, possibly, left on the property by an animal, perhaps a bird.

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Calls were made to local hospitals, Muse added. But they didn’t report anyone being treated over the Fourth of July holiday for any sort of dismembering injury.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

For people who aren’t familiar, Tacoma has a ridiculous amount illegal fireworks going off for like a month before and after 4th of July. Story definitely fits.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Do people from outside of WA, USA even know where Tacoma is?

I know there's a truck model with the name (which is really funny to me given the sensory reputation Tacoma has) but I don't know if most people even know it's named after a city/mountain.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Moat people in the US couldn't identify Tacoma, or either of the Washingtons, on a map.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

They probably just don't like using maps as they tend to get wet and soggy

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Most people outside the USA don’t even know where WA is because we don’t memorise your states abbreviations.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I never know where we're talking about half the time.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

True, and that is extra confusing because "Washington" is also used by the press to talk about a city on the other side of the country from the state.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Calls were made to local hospitals, Muse added. But they didn’t report anyone being treated over the Fourth of July holiday for any sort of dismembering injury.

I think this is still a mystery, and what is he going to do with it?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago

The guy that lost the finger probably didn't have health insurance, so he practiced traditional American medicine & rubbed some dirt on it.