LOS ANGELES — California security guard Devorise Dixon recently claimed he bought a 3-piece box of chicken tenders at a Los Angeles-area KFC and found a fried rat.
“It was very nasty. I spit it out,” Dixon said. “I looked down at my hand and I realized that it was in the shape of a rat with a tail and everything in it.”
Dixon, who posted photos on his Facebook page said he put the tender in the freezer and returned to the restaurant with photos and his receipt.
“The manager actually freaked out, confirmed that it was a rat. She apologized for it. They actually just offered me a free meal,” he said.
Dixon declined the meal and said he hired a lawyer.
In response to Dixon’s claims, KFC issued a statement which read, in part, there is no evidence to support Dixon’s rat claim.
“Our chicken tenders often vary in size and shape,” the statement read.
KFC told CNN it made various attempts to contact Dixon, but he has refused to talk to the company either personally or through a lawyer. He also has not “come forth with the chicken piece in question for verification,” a KFC spokesman said.
