A California teenager's evening of enjoying a KFC meal was completely ruined after he shockingly discovered a chicken's brain stuffed inside a portion of the chicken he had purchased from the fast food restaurant chain.
Manuel Cobarubies, of Stockton, spotted the unusual organ as he was about to dig into an order of chicken breasts and corn earlier this month, Fox40 reported. And now, all he wants is a refund.
In early February, the high school student sent the fast food chain's Twitter account a message requesting his $4 back, a compensation for his lunch money.
"Just because I do eat there often so I mean coming across something like that is just like wow," Manuel Cobarubies, a Stockton High School student who usually stops at KFC on Martin Luther King Boulevard in Stockton, told FOX40 on Monday.
"(It looked) like a brain to me. I mean at that point, red flags were kind of raised," the teen said. "I ended up spitting it in the trash can because I get grossed out by that."
But just like any other teenager, he got onto Twitter to ask KFC for an explanation, along with a refund, according to TIME.
"I directly mentioned to them and a bunch of people started tagging them and I guess it kind of raised awareness to them when a lot of people started tagging them in my tweet," he said, adding that even though KFC offered him an apology, he still hadn't been contacted by the fast food chain as of Monday morning.
"As far as what I paid for my meal because I mean my meal didn't sit too well with me. I think that might be it."
However, after Fox40 reported the story, Cobarubies eventually heard from KFC official Richard Ramos, who said that the organ was probably a gizzard or kidney and was completely edible. But more importantly, the teen received his money back.
Still, the episode may deter the teen from visiting KFC again soon. "I'm probably just going to have to start packing my own meals, making my own sandwiches," he said.
Meanwhile, the fast food chain will be working with its cooks to make sure the chicken is prepared correctly, Ramos said.
