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"BumFights" producer Ryan Edward McPherson (stage name Ryen Mcpherson) , a 31 year old American from La Mesa, California, was briefly detained and questioned in Thailand, and is currently on his way to Cambodia.

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Thailand: Man tries to ship baby body parts to US

PATHUM THANI PROVINCE (CNN) - The body parts of infants were discovered in boxes headed for the U.S. Police in Thailand say an American tourist tried to ship them.

The boxes contained an infant skull, internal organs and a few pieces of human skin all sealed in plastic bags and preserved in formaldehyde.

A shipping office notified police Saturday after workers scanned the packages.

Police say the unidentified American claimed he bought the body parts at a night flea market for about $100.

Police say they questioned the American but could not press charges.

The body parts have been handed over to a forensics team for examination.

Infant body parts can be bought on the Thai black market.

Some Thais practice black magic and believe that supernatural power comes from infant body parts, if the rites are performed by monks or sorcerers.

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US man probed over parcels containing human parts

Leaves for Cambodia, vows to return; says he found the parts in Bangkok and was sending them to "spook for fun"

BANGKOK: -- A heavily-tattooed California man has been questioned and temporarily released after the grisly discovery of a part of a baby's head, a baby's foot, a heart and other human body parts in express shipments bound for Nevada in the US.

Bang Phongphang police, who were alerted by DHL Express International's Thailand unit, apprehended Ryan Edward McPherson and interrogated him for four hours starting at 10pm on Saturday, with US Embassy officials present, before taking his fingerprints and letting him leave without filing charges against him.

A police source said yesterday that the suspect, aged 31, had left for Cambodia but promised to return to Thailand on November 25 and cooperate with police.

Police learned from him that he was visiting Thailand for the first time and a tuk-tuk took him from Siam Centre for a ride. He said he was taken to a place he could not remember where he found the human fragments and sent them to some people based in the US "just to spook them for fun".

Another foreign man was reportedly also detained and interviewed together with McPherson, but Bang Phongphang police did not mention a second person.

Case officer Pol Lieutenant Suphoj Kaewcharoen said the five human objects were contained in five acrylic boxes filled with formalin that were packed into three cardboard boxes.

An infant's head with its scalp and lower part sliced off was in one box, while a box had an infant's right foot sliced into three parts. A box had a piece of human skin with a tiger tattoo and a tear on it and Thai lettering saying "a stab wound". One box had a piece of human skin with a tattoo and the last box had a human heart. Anirut Nilla, a package sorter, said the three parcels were sent from a DHL service depot near MBK Centre with a label identifying them as toys, but an X-ray showed acrylic boxes with an orange fluid inside, prompting him to open them. He then notified police.

Chananyarak Petcharat, managing director of DHL Express Thailand and Indochina, said the company was fully cooperating with police and providing them with information.

She said that even though the shipment was paid for in cash, it could be traced back to the sender.

The company has installed X-ray equipment at all of its service stations. Every shipment from its service points or drop boxes nationwide would be scanned at the service centre before forwarding to its destination, she said.

Asst Prof Udomsak Hunwijit, a senior Chulalongkorn University coroner, confirmed that the parts were human but DNA tests were pending to determine whether the infant parts were from the same individual, and likewise with the pieces of skin and heart.

The heart had hole where it had been pierced, he said.

Whoever had dissected the body appeared to possess the skills of a medical professional, he said.

The DNA identification might fail if the body parts had been immersed in the formalin for too long. A working committee on the DNA probe would be set up today, he added.

The three parcels were addressed to three people in Las Vegas - Stk Media, c/o Eugene Johnson, 3070 W Post Road; R Jene, 2697 Ruthe Duarte Avenue; and Ryan Edward McPherson, 2913 Benrado Lane.

Details emerged that the sender of the three packages was a Eugene Johnson residing at 865 Wang Mai, Rama I Road, Pathum Wan district in Bangkok.

Police are searching areas around Pathum Wan reachable by tuk-tuk in 30 minutes.

The source said the most likely place where the parts were bought was.....

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What.
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He must've been trying to make his own 'Baby Oil'.
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Ryen McPherson (born Ryan Edward McPherson) is an American film director, cameraman and producer. McPherson first came into the public eye after the creation of Bumfights, a film series produced by Indecline, in which homeless men (most notably Rufus Hannah and Donnie Brennan) attempted amateur stunts in exchange for money, alcohol, and other incentives. Despite his public image, McPherson claims that he is straight edge.
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We should all make bets on where in Cambodia this guy is headed.
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"just for fun"? Seriously?
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StroppyChops wrote:"just for fun"? Seriously?
Come on. We've all tried to spook or friends from time to time.

For what it's worth, I bet it would have worked.
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General Mackevili wrote:
StroppyChops wrote:"just for fun"? Seriously?
Come on. We've all tried to spook or friends from time to time.

For what it's worth, I bet it would have worked.
I bet he thought this was the ultimate Halloween 'trick' - and that he/his family is rich/connected enough for him to feel this is perfectly reasonable. Jerk.
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Just as Waffen SS dude has clearly lowered the bar for Aussies here an American takes the line honours!

You mericans are right, we cannot compete with you.
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BANGKOK: -- Bang Pong Pang police said they will stop investigation of human parts in postal parcels sent to the United States after they considered the human parts were only medical parts.

The police considered these parts as medical parts and therefore they would stop further investigation, said one police to FM 91 radio station this morning.

The police’s latest movement Monday came after reports that forensic doctors have examined five body parts packed in three parcel boxes sent to the US by two westerners.

The parts comprises an infant skull, infant toes, adult skins, and heart with a hole in it.

Chulalongkorn hospital’s forensic doctors said the parts were not from infant parts alone but also adult parts as one part which is the skin had tattoo on it and had a tag which dated in 2001.

All the parts were preserved in formalin for a decade and were handled by operated by experts before, much ng from the knife cuts on these parts.

A metropolitan senior police said interrogation of the two Americans revealed they just arrived in Bangkok and that they were taken by a Tuk Tuk driver to a black market just 30 minutes ride from their place in Pathumwan area.

They bought the human parts at just 100 dollars as they thought that they were strange and they sent to friends in the US just to surprise them.

The officer said there was no law to pursue against the two Americans and both had been released with no criminal charge being imposed on them as the human parts were just considered medical parts.

The officer also said they were trying to locate the black market that sold such things and suspected it might be the Thonburi night plaza which is within the 30- minute ride from Pathumwan.

Earlier yesterday DHL alerted police after X-ray of three parcel boxes sent by two westerners showed suspicious objects inside.

An X-ray of one of the three boxes showed half of a skull of a baby.

The three parcel boxes were later withtheld and the police were called in to investigate.

Pol Maj-Gen Chavalait Prasobsilpa, commander of the 5th division of Metropolitan Police Bureau, said yesterday that the two foreigners who were interrogated said that they could not remember where they exactly bought the human body parts claiming that it was their first time in Thailand.

He said that it was not known who the receiver of the three parcel boxes was and what the human parts were meant for.

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