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Another mythical creature, the pishtaco (try not to think, “fish taco”), graduates from the ranks of cryptozoology:
…they are half-white ghouls who live in caves, lurk along dark isolated roads and suck the fat out of anyone careless enough to travel Andean roads at night. Andean myth holds that the fat is used to make soaps, lubricants, healing potions and cosmetic creams.
via Arrests made in ring that sold human fat, Peru says – CNN.com.
In this case, the pishtacos are two Italians, who paid $15,000 for a quart of the good stuff. (INTERPOL is looking for them.)
The Italians’ suppliers were a group of Peruvian brujos — witches — who lured poor folks to their deaths with the promise of work.
CNN’s Arthur Brice does a nice job covering this horror show. He even asks a couple of doctors if human fat makes cosmetics better.
I am Jack’s obligatory Fight Club reference.
“The first soap was made from the ashes of heroes, like the first monkey shot into space. Without pain, without sacrifice, we would have nothing.”
This is a brutal story. I wish these guys would consider moving to the US and raiding liposuction clinics, instead.
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