Eco-Conscious Couple Allegedly Looking for “Roadkill Chef” To Prepare Wedding Menu
This past summer British media reported the bizarre job ad posted by an eco-conscious couple looking to pay a chef £5,000 to prepare a wedding banquet out of roadkill. The unusual ad, featured on Bark.com, the UK’s leading online local service marketplace, mentioned that the couple had already sourced about 20kg of roadkill, including squirrel, […]
Man Spends 50 Years Visiting Every Country in the World
Calling Albert Podell ‘well traveled’ would be an understatement. 78-year-old Podell, a former Playboy editor, can truly say that he’s seen it all, after spending half a century visiting every country in the world. He’s encountered pretty much everything on his travels, right from guerillas in Yemen, to flying-crab attacks in Algeria, and police interrogations […]
This Lady Is Revolutionizing the Fur Industry by Using Roadkill
For a lot of people, the term “ethical fur” is nothing more than an oxymoron, since it still involves killing animals for their pelts, but one fashion designer is actually legitimizing the expression by using roadkill for her fur accessories. Pamela Paquin, founder of the aptly-named Petite Mort fashion label, picks up animal carcasses from the side […]
Dead Delicacies: The Man Who Eats Roadkill
72-year-old Arthur Boyt from Bodmin Moor, England is an unusual man who eats unusual food. His preference in meat leans towards roadkill – the dead animals that lie on the side of highways after being hit by speeding vehicles. This has earned him a bad reputation, but he just considers it a waste to eat […]
Man Has Lived on a Roadkill Diet for the Last 30 Years
Because he doesn’t like the way farm animals are being treated, Jonathan McGowan, an English taxidermist from Bournemouth, Dorset has been eating roadkill instead of supermarket meat for the last 30 years. 44-year-old Jonathan McGowan first tasted roadkill at the age of 14, when he cooked a dead adder. It didn’t taste very good, but […]
Designer Creates Couture Fashion from the Remains of Dead Animals
I know what you’re thinking, so do those fashion companies making real fur coats, but Jess Eaton only uses the remains of animals that died of natural causes, have been hit by cars, or that have been killed for food. Jess’ Roadkil Couture collection features weird items and accessories, like a necklace made from with […]