The man turned the teeth over to the store's management but left before police arrived. According to the paper, the teeth are from an adult and because they had no blood or gum tissue attached, they can't be tested for DNA.
"We're not aware of anything like this happening in the past, and we believe this to be an isolated incident," said Ashley Hardie, a Wal-Mart spokeswoman.
Police are hoping the shopper will come forward so they can speak with him.
Teeth found in wallet at Falmouth Wal-Mart [Cape Cod Times]
(Photo:genebob)
wait... dammit.
]]>@catnapped: Well, he as shopping at WallMart*, which is a crime in itself.
Also, why did he unzip the wallet? Isn't that a breach of the WULA?
Clearly they were a criminal if they left before the police arrived - otherwise they would have nothing to hide.
[Obviously jokes]
]]>@freepistol: It's kind of Blair Witchish.
]]>@vildechaia: it's not the cost of living, coins get heavy and dollar bills are so ungainly when you are a tiny winged creature.
]]>I bet they used his/her hair to weave a rug.
Best place to hide a body: Wal-Mart
At the rate the dollars are being printed, "mouth money" may be stabler currency sooner than we think...
]]>Just for the fun of it is why I'd do it. If I only had ten teeth to spare...
]]>@Drowner: if i found teeth in a wallet id start crying and leave after that. i am seriously creeped out by teeth that arent in their propper place.
]]>IF you carry your teeth in your wallet, you might be a redneck.
]]>@wgrune: They will probably be running them against unclaimed or unidentified bodies.
]]>That's kind of freaky, I mean... one or two teeth I'd understand, accidents happen but 10?
Someone somewhere got punished for not working fast enough...
]]>By the time the government gets done printing up money to cover the bail-outs/hand-outs, we'll all probably be paying for goods and services with teeth.
]]>Homedepot, the Place for DIY home improvement!
Wallmart, The Place for DIY dentistry!
@Bigrobot: LMAO
]]>Based upon my local Wal Mart, I'd say they belong to one of the greeters.
]]>A mortician who went nuts?
]]>(clip slightly NSFW)
]]>@fatcop:
I know they take DNA from criminals/suspects hence the "law abiding" portion of my post.
]]>If you are arrested for a felony charge (not convicted, just arrested) your dna is taken.
After this year (or next, I dont recall) a misdemeanor arrest will get your dna taken.
]]>@wgrune: It's possible the person with the missing teeth has a record, and frankly I wouldn't be surprised.
You CAN get DNA from teeth by grinding them down, but they probalby can't justify the cost.
]]>@emona: It is if they grind them down. It's probably expensive and not worth it in this case, though.
]]>@Bigrobot: I bet they just don't want to spend the money on it.
]]>No, that would be Sam's Club.
]]>"...and another thing. No extra breaks for teeth falling out!"
]]>What good would extracting the DNA from the teeth do them anyway? You need something to compare the DNA to to be able to determine a match, correct? I don't think we've quite reached the point where law abiding citizen's DNA is stored in a big database somewhere.
]]>That's my theory.
]]>If you're the one that put them in there, you'd probably want to leave before the cops arrive.
]]>@fatcop: Yep. They grind down the teeth for the DNA extraction. Surface tissues are irrelavant.
]]>@Canino: I very much loel'd at this - you win 5 internets sir!
]]>No doubt someone will be right over to rectify that....
]]>@Radi0logy: A guy at the wallet factory (in some horrid third world place) sneezed causing ten of his teeth (probably the good ones too) to fal out. He put them in his wallet in hopes of getting them put back in. Since he works in a wallet factory in a horrid third world country, his wallet was actually his first paycheck and thus was brand new and devoid of any items other than the teeth.
He went on his lunch break (really just a juice break now) and accidently dropped his wallet on the production line right before the packing machine.
and the rest, well that's history.
]]>@Radi0logy:
1. Cow eats person.
2. Cow gets made into wallet.
3. Remains of person found in wallet.
Somewhere there's a purse with a free pair of glasses in the pocket.
]]>I'm surprised that Walmart let him leave without checking his receipt and/or paying for the teeth.
]]>Somewhere in rural Massachusetts, an Alzheimer's patient gently weeps while trying to gum his jello...
]]>This doesn't make any sense at all. I can not imagine a single plausible, common sense reason for why ANYONE would want to stash teeth in a wallet at Wal-Mart. Giving out cookies for the person that comes up with the most believeable story!
]]>CREEPY. How do you just leave after that? Wouldn't curiosity demand that you stick around to figure out where they came from?
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