On Monday, June 22, 2015 at 1:24:46 PM UTC-10, Travis McGee wrote:
> http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...622-story.html
>
> Mystery of the rat-shaped KFC chicken is solved: It's a bird
> Customer say KFC served me 'finger lickin' rat
>
> A Los Angeles man says KFC served him a fried rat. KFC says it's a hoax.
> By Veronica Rocha contact the reporter
>
> A now-viral photo of a piece of KFC chicken that resembled a crispy,
> fried rat drew skeptics and shocked others on social media.
>
> Many wondered if it was a golden piece of chicken or a fried rat, as Los
> Angeles resident Devorise Dixon claimed.
>
> The photo showed a large rat-shaped piece of chicken attached to a
> longer string of fried breading, appearing to be a tail.
>
> Now the results are in.
>
> A third-party independent lab tested the suspicious meal and determined
> it was undoubtedly a piece of hand-breaded chicken-an assertion KFC
> stood firm on.
> Man claims he got served fried rat at KFC
>
> KFC says Los Angeles man's claim that he was served a fried rat at a KFC
> restaurant is a hoax. (KFC)
>
> KFC is now sorta asking for an apology.
>
> "The right thing for this customer to do is to apologize and cease
> making false claims about the KFC brand," KFC said.
>
> It's unclear whether Dixon will apologize or move forward with any legal
> action. Dixon retained an attorney, who agreed to turn over the piece of
> chicken to the lab, KFC said.
>
> Dixon, they said, has refused to communicate directly with KFC officials.
>
> On June 12, Dixon posted the photo on Facebook, and within hours an
> investigation was launched.
>
> Dixon claimed to have purchased the meal at a KFC at Wilmington Avenue
> and 120th Street, but the restaurant owner said security video doesn't
> show him as an actual customer.
>
> From the beginning, KFC said Dixon's claim was a hoax.
>
> On Wednesday, the company released a photograph showing various angles
> of the chicken. It appears a bite was taken from the rat-shaped piece,
> exposing white meat.
>
> But Dixon said last week he knows what he bit into.
>
> "Honestly, it doesn't matter what others think I know what I bit into
> and what it looks like never in life have .. seen a chicken strip with a
> long tail," he wrote.

That got to be the dumbest KFC eater/whopper around. That thing is the same general shape as their chicken strip. If it was in the shape of a horse or an elephant, would they think it was anything other than chicken? My guess is that the entire story is just a hoax or a joke that people are treating seriously. And that's the way it is in the social media world.