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* The infamous London stunt that Creator/{{Capcom}} pulled to promote ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5''. Long story-short, they scattered fake dismembered body parts around town, offering prizes to people who found them. Considering what the average reaction to finding a realistic-looking severed head would be, you can imagine it didn't go smoothly: people were freaked out, police were called, and the organizers were soon chased off and left thanking their lucky stars they weren't charged. Worse still, is that many of the body parts ''went missing'' and were never accounted for, with Capcom making the downright bizarre decision to point out they [[{{Squick}} weren't safe to consume]] as they were made from real chicken parts.

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* The infamous London stunt that Creator/{{Capcom}} pulled to promote ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5''. Long story-short, they scattered fake dismembered body parts around town, offering prizes to people who found them. Considering what the average reaction to finding a realistic-looking severed head would be, you can imagine it didn't go smoothly: people were freaked out, police were called, and the organizers were soon chased off and left thanking their lucky stars they weren't charged. Worse still, is that many of the body parts ''went missing'' and were never accounted for, with Capcom making the downright bizarre decision to point out they [[{{Squick}} weren't safe to consume]] as they were made from real chicken parts. That being the case, it's entirely possible the missing body parts were simply stolen by foxes or cats, if they were left out on the street.

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