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FAIRMONT, Minn. - More than two decades after Aaron Giles lost his identity bracelet, he's finding how it was discovered tough to swallow. A meat cutter at Olson Locker in Fairmont came across the shiny object in a chicken gizzard and saw a name, address and phone number engraved on it.

"I've heard of livestock swallowing unusual objects, but this situation stands out," Mark Olson, who owns the meat locker, told the Sentinel of Fairmont.

Giles had lived in Fairmont as a child and played hide-and-seek and other games with his brothers in their grandfather's barn near Sherburn.

"I would spend most of my time out at his farm, and that's the only place I can think of that I would have lost it," Giles said about his bracelet on Thursday. The 31-year-old said he thinks the bracelet was lost when he was 4 or 5.

The barn was dismantled a few years ago, and Giles thinks his bracelet was imbedded in materials used to construct another barn in Elmore, about 45 miles away.

The bracelet was found in a chicken that came from an Elmore farm.

Olson was able to track down Giles' father, who had moved to Arizona. Giles, who now lives in Gloucester, Mass., said he received his old bracelet in September.

"It was in pretty immaculate shape. Everything was working on it, and all the engravings on it were still legible," Giles said. "It was quite the surprise."

Giles said he expects the bracelet to stay in his family for many years to come. "I have no plans on trying to lose it again," he said.

Posts: 28374 · Posted: December 1, 2007 10:00 pm Post subject:

didnt that thing ever dissolve in the chicken's stomach as the years passed by?
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Posts: 1564 · Posted: December 1, 2007 11:29 pm Post subject:

Probably Not

Posts: 6563 · Posted: December 2, 2007 12:11 am Post subject:

it was metal, wasn't it... i don't think metal is decomposable

it's cool that the bracelet was returned after all those years

what a story that'll make.... "You see that bracelet?? ... it was in the stomach of a chicken for 20 years..."
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Posts: 9582 · Posted: December 2, 2007 5:39 am Post subject:

do chickens live 20 yrs?
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i like chickens. Very Happy

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Posts: 28374 · Posted: December 2, 2007 7:35 am Post subject:

so do i. yum. Very Happy

well yeah its one heck of a story.

and yeah... i think chickens have a short span of life. or even if they dont, they are killed already once theyre grown...
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Posts: 28374 · Posted: December 2, 2007 12:41 pm Post subject:

wait.. so how was that? it swallowed the bracelet twenty years ago...
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Posts: 1564 · Posted: December 2, 2007 12:48 pm Post subject:

It swallowed the Braclet Recently
"The barn was dismantled a few years ago, and Giles thinks his bracelet was imbedded in materials used to construct another barn in Elmore, about 45 miles away."

So the chicken just recently ate the braclet which was embedded in the material used to create the farm.

The chicken must have been really hungary

Posts: 28374 · Posted: December 2, 2007 2:00 pm Post subject:

oh i see
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