Cannibalism on Dutch TV

Armin Meiwes · #1 ● 12-22-2011, 07:30 AM

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches...ands-bnn-video

Presenters Dennis Storm and Valerio Zeno both allegedly underwent surgery to remove small pieces of flesh from their bodies prior to the aptly titled show Proefkonijnen, meaning Guinea Pigs, which is scheduled to be broadcast in the Netherlands on Wednesday.

Storm was filmed having surgery to remove a piece of his bottom whilst Zeno gave up part of his abdomen. The pair were then challenged to eat each other's body part after it had been fried in sunflower oil by a TV chef.

In the trailer for the show the duo sit down at a candlelit table to eat the morsels, although the footage does not show the cannibalism occurring.

The teaser clip has already prompted outcry, being labelled as 'sick' and 'grim' by viewers, and has raised questions over the legality of the stunt.

The presenters have refuted suggestions that the cannibalism was illegal as they claim both entered into the challenge voluntarily.

Speaking to an American news channel, Dennis Storm claimed the stunt was designed to answer "a stupid question".

He said: "The punchline of the show is to get really simple answers to stupid questions, such as, 'Can you shave with ketchup' or 'Can you drive blind?'

"And we wanted to find out how human flesh tasted.

"It was just a few centimetres of meat and now I have a good story about that scar."

Dutch prosecutors said yesterday they are not investigating a case of apparent cannibalism on a Dutch TV show in which presenters appeared to consume tiny pieces of each others' flesh that had been surgically removed.

Amsterdam prosecution spokeswoman Yvonne van der Leede said yesterday no criminal investigation is under way.

Thijs Verheij, spokesman for broadcaster BNN, said doctors and others involved may have broken laws but police probably have more important things to do.

While acknowledging the cannibalism had no social value and was done mostly for publicity, Verheij insisted it was real and reports that BNN has ever said it was a hoax are wrong.

The show Guinea Pigs aired Wednesday and included graphic footage of what appeared to be the surgical removal of tissue from a buttock of presenter Dennis Storm and from the waist of co-host Valerio Zeno.

The consumption was taped in front of a studio audience on December 11, well before it was broadcast late Wednesday.

Both hosts described each other's fatty tissue as rubbery and disgusting, and had apparent difficulty swallowing it.

"I feel dirty," Storm said at one point.

Both described muscle tissue as indistinguishable from other meat such as steak.

Faline · #2 ● 12-22-2011, 07:41 AM

Can't see what the big deal is. They both consented, not like they got hold of someone against their will, chopped and fried them and ate them on tv lol