BBC Sticking to Finger Re-Growth Story

Recently, Pound360 blogged on the strange story of a hobby store worker who managed to grow back a finger after it was severed by the propeller of a model plane. The hobby store guy, Lee Spievak, said he used "pixie dust" (actually an experimental substance from his brother who conveniently works for a company in the "field of regenerative medicine) to grow back the finger.

The London Times cried foul as the "claims had not been substantiated by any kind of scientific publication." Pound360 for one agrees. Mr. Spievak is either lying or dreadfully confused.

But the BBC is sticking with this. In the most recent report on the matter, the BBC is framing this as a "'natural' miracle." Come on people. Let it go.

If you check out the video of this story at the BBC, you'll notice Mr. Spievak is a seemingly kind, trustworthy old man. But his story falls apart when he describes the accident. Referring to the severed finger part he says, "we don't know where the piece went." Hm. It's not like he dropped a penny, right? How could you lose it?

Pound360 suspects the man suffered a very, very minor injury (if any at all). And for any of a thousand reasons, he simply has exaggerated the truth.