KFC RAT

When a customer at a California KFC bit into his chicken tender, he alleges he made a disgusting deep-friend discovery: It wasn’t poultry beneath that golden crust, but a rat.

Security guard Devorise Dixon told The Randy Economy Radio Show he bought a three-piece box of tenders at a KFC in Los Angeles.

“It was very nasty. I spit it out,” Dixon said of his first bite. “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 posted photos on his Facebook page and put the tender in the freeze. He said he returned to the restaurant with photos and his receipt.

“The manager actually freaked out, confirmed that it was a rat,” Dixon said. “She apologized for it. They actually just offered me a free meal.”

Dixon said he declined that free meal, but did get something else: a lawyer.

But shape alone is not enough to prove a chicken tender guilty of being a breaded rat.

“Our chicken tenders often vary in size and shape, and we currently have no evidence to support this claim,” KFC said in a Facebook comment on its verified fan page.

CNN’s calls to Dixon have gone unanswered, and KFC says he is “refusing to either talk to us personally or through a lawyer.” The company told CNN they’re offering to have the tender tested at an independent lab.

Fans have been bombarding KFC’s Facebook page with links to the photo and stories about Dixon’s alleged discovery.

In a comment, KFC responding saying it “takes customer claims very seriously.”

“We are continuing to investigate this matter…,” the company’s comment went on to say, in part. “We are aggressively trying to reach Mr. Dixon, and we request that he return to the restaurant with the product for testing, or call us at 1-800-Call-KFC.