QLD: Disembodied finger found on Port Douglas beach

Posted by Abbie Anker on Monday, May 20, 2024

Social media sleuths have been sent into a frenzy after a mystery body part washed up on an idyllic tourist beach.

Beachgoer Tammy Threlfall posted a picture of what appeared to be a bloody and severed human finger on Monday afternoon, after she had been sent the image by a friend who was at Port Douglas’ Four Mile Beach in Far North Queensland.

After posting the image on Facebook’s buy/sell portal Marketplace – for the price of $1111 – users suggested Ms Threlfall report the disembodied digit to local police so it could be forensically tested.

However, a trip to the beach with her friend to locate the finger again confirmed what some had suspected — the “finger” was nothing more than a rubber novelty.

“My friend saw it on the beach and took a picture so I posted it,” said Ms Threlfall.

“We went and looked at it again and it was rubber.”

“At the end of the day it was just a bit of fun,” she said.

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