Man Becomes Ill After Drinking Popular Beer With DEAD Geckos Inside!

#1 A man is suing Heineken and Kroger after he says he drank a beer with two geckos sealed inside.

In a lawsuit filed last week, George Toubbeh claims he purchased cans of Heineken beer from a Ralph's Grocery (a regional grocery chain owned by Kroger) in Fountain Valley, California. Toubbeh drank a can of the beer, noticing a "foul taste."

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“Plaintiff consumed the Heineken beer and noted that the beer had a foul taste,” his lawyer Zahra Aziz wrote. “Immediately thereafter, plaintiff experiences severe abdominal pain followed by vomiting,”

Later, Toubbeh’s daughter allegedly made the disgusting find, according to the lawsuit filed this past Friday.

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Toubbeh continued to suffer stomach pains and other digestive problems for several days afterward, the suit says, and also experienced extreme anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder. The suit says he missed several weeks of work as a result.

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The dead lizards were fresh, lawyers said, meaning they must have slipped into a bottling plant and were alive when they were sealed in.

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The offending beer was purchased in Fountain Valley at a Ralph’s — the California regional market of Cincinnati-based Kroger.

Heineken and Kroger are both named as defendants.

Heineken USA, the American subsidiary of the famed Dutch brewers, insisted this didn’t happen.

“Heineken USA holds the safety and integrity of the products we import to the highest standards,” according to a company statement. “We have investigated this isolated claim and based on a number of factors we confidently believe there is no merit to this claim.”

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Heineken has doubts over Toubbeh's allegations and said it had investigated the incident and found there was no merit in his claim, reported ABC 7.

In a statement, the company said Heineken 'holds the safety and integrity of the products we import to the highest standards.

'We have investigated this isolated claim, and based on a number of factors, we confidently believe there is no merit to this claim.' '

Toubbeh’s attorney said he had the beer can examined and the geckos evaluated by a zoologist, each independently.

He added: 'We feel the action is meritorious and viable.'

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As Consumerist notes, this isn't the first time that people have accused beverage makers of accidentally selling cans with critters packed inside. In April, a South Dakota man claimed he drank from a can of Coke with a mouse sealed inside - something that Coca-Cola says would be impossible, as the mouse would have decomposed.