A New Zealand woman says she’s horrified by what she discovered when she opened a can of pear halves: The face of a demon in a pear.
Wendy McMahon told The Southland Times that she opened the Budget brand Pear Halves in syrup on May 1 and discovered the sinister presence carved in the fruit on her second helping.
“I thought `oh my God, is that a face’… it really kind of shocked me,” she said.
She left a voicemail for the manufacturer even though she felt “embarrassed”, and then took photos and uploaded it to Facebook, TV3 and listed it for sale on auction site Trade Me.
A representative for the company returned her call and assured her that the manufacturing process was entirely automated and there was no possibility of foul play. McMahon said the representative became angry when she revealed she had gone public with the find.
She submitted photos of the pear to the woman and later received a letter and a $15 voucher. The representative wanted the pear and can to investigate the matter.
On Friday, the representative told her that people at a Chinese plant checked the fruit as a quality control measure during the production. And somehow, the bizarre incident occurred. She offered a $30 voucher for the trouble.
“I said that wasn’t good enough, then she turned on me and got nasty again – she said `you’re just after money aren’t you?’ – I asked her to send the pear back,” McMahon said.
Although the fruit wasn’t returned, she says she’s more disturbed the way she was treated than the demonic face on the pear.
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