Illinois Man Arrested For Extremely Poisonous Puffer Fish Toxin With Video
LAKE IN THE HILLS, Ill. — A suburban Chicago man was charged Monday with possessing an illegal toxin found in puffer fish.
Edward Bachner, 35, was charged with one count of illegal possession of tetrodotoxin, a felony. He was being held in federal custody pending a detention hearing Wednesday.
Using the alias Edmond Backer, Bachner allegedly claimed he was a doctor when he ordered 98 milligrams of the toxin from a New Jersey chemical company, the FBI said. An employee of the company became suspicious due to the large amount ordered and alerted the FBI.
Bachner was arrested Monday when he allegedly tried to get the tetrodotoxin from a member of the FBI, authorities said. Bachner faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted, according to the FBI. His telephone number was unlisted.
It’s not clear why Bachner wanted the toxin, authorities said.
Tetrodotoxin is a poison so potent the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it can “produce rapid and violent death.” It is 1,200 times deadlier than cyanide, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Puffer fish, called fugu in Japan, is consumed by thrill-seeking gourmets once the poison is removed. Eating the toxin can cause paralysis, vomiting, heart failure and death.
(AP)
Okay, somebody please explain to me the reasoning behind some Asian cultures NOT killing their critters before skinning, slicing, dicing and cooking?
I saw a video once (China, if I recall correctly) where they had skinned cats alive for cooking and left them lying on the table shaking and shivvering until they were ready to cook them …
Man! That just ain’t right.
My Grand-dad was an avid fisherman … I used to watch him take the fish out of the bucket and slam it damn good in the head with the handle of his filet knife before cutting into it.
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Mmmm. Delish…
NOT.
WTF is wrong with people.
July 1st, 2008 at 2:03 amTo kill without consideration for the suffering one causes shows a lack of respect for life.
July 1st, 2008 at 6:04 amThey claim that pain makes the meat taste better.
I think it’s just a culture-wide sadistic streak.
July 1st, 2008 at 7:12 amIt just ain’t right.
I come from a family of fishers and hunters and even farmers who worshiped and looked to God for guidance. We believed Him “merciful” to us … as we should be to those under us. My family believed in a bullet to the head of their suffering family dog or horse.
” … And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth … ”
THAT (above) is NOT good stewardship …
My Grandparents would NEVER have eaten anything prepared in such a manner of suffering.
Pagans … Pagans devour and feast on such suffering.
July 1st, 2008 at 7:39 amWhen I read what you wrote about the cats, I almost threw up. Literally made me sick to my stomach. I’m not a cat lover, but I’m TOTALLY with drillanwr, no God fearing person would let an animal suffer like that.
Makes me angry and sick all at the same time. I have no problem believing that people that do this to animals, ANY animal, will answer to God for it. And I want to see justice rendered on ‘em too.
July 1st, 2008 at 8:35 am