DNA tests prove the KFC ‘rat’ on a man’s plate was chicken after all

DNA tests have proved that a ‘fried rat’ that had apparently landed up on the plate of an American sitting for a meal was indeed a piece of chicken all along, reports independent.co.uk.

Well, it seems the ‘rat’ is finally out of the bag.

On June 11, Devorise Dixon, 25, from California, had shared pictures and a video of what he claimed was a deep-fried rat that appeared to be coated with KFC breading.

The images, suspiciously, did seem to show the shape of a rat with a tail thrown in.

Dixon in his Facebook profile had written that he had spoken to the KFC outlet manager.

He said the manager had admitted to serving Dixon a rat and apologised – a claim the global fast-food chain refuted.

Dixon became popular on Facebook overnight since he shared the ‘rat’ picture that went viral.

In a post, he gave his version of the story advising the people to avoid eating fast food.

 

He went on that he had gone to a local outlet in Compton and bought a three-piece chicken tender.

“As I bit into it I noticed that it was very hard and rubbery which made me look at it,” he wrote. “As I looked down at it I noticed that it was in a shape of a rat with a tail.”

The picture and Dixon’s version of his morbid experience had taken the social media by storm.

But KFC, the food giant, maintained the entire episode was a ‘hoax’.

To salvage its reputation, KFC had Dixon’s lawyer send the piece of fried food to a neutral laboratory for analysis.

And the report is just out.

DNA tests have confirmed, says the Independent, that the shocking fry on Dixon’s plate, though evidently rodent-shaped, was chicken beyond doubt.