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The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

MYSTERIOUS: Tennessee workers find human heart in salt depot - You Need To See This

A human heart was found in a salt mound at a department of transportation salt facility in McEwen, Tennessee.
A human heart was found in a salt mound at a department of transportation salt facility in McEwen, Tennessee. Photograph: Video screenshot/WKRN

Workers making brine at a salt depot in Tennessee made a grotesque discovery last week when they found a desiccated human heart, prompting a law enforcement investigation.

The organ was found in a salt mound at a department of transportation salt facility in McEwen, Tennessee, about 60 miles south-west of Nashville, state officials said.

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