Random idea for documentary show (please)…..

Does anyone remember back in 2005 (yes, I’m dating myself here, lol) when the lady claimed she found a severed finger in her Wendy’s chili? Here’s a trip down memory lane for those of you who do not…..

Picture it: March 2005. A woman named Anna Ayala strolls into a Wendy’s in San Jose, orders a steaming cup of chili, and sits down for what should’ve been an ordinary fast-food lunch. But a few spoonfuls in—bam!—she screams, spits into her napkin, and holds up what looks like the ultimate nightmare fuel: a human fingertip.

Cue chaos. News stations pounced. Customers swore off Wendy’s overnight. Sales plummeted so fast you’d think the chili itself had turned radioactive. Wendy’s execs scrambled, employees were grilled, and the supply chain was combed over like a crime scene. Yet… no one was missing a finger.

That’s when the story really got spicy. . .

Turns out, Ayala wasn’t an unlucky customer—she was a con artist with a flair for drama. She’d planted the finger in her chili, courtesy of her husband, who’d acquired it from a co-worker’s workplace accident. (Yes, someone literally handed over a severed finger, because apparently that’s a thing that happens in real life.)

Her little scheme backfired in a big way. Wendy’s estimated the scare cost them over $30 million in lost revenue as customers fled in droves. Because of the potential damages, Ayala was felony charged with attempted grand larceny, to which she pleaded guilty in September 2005. On January 18, 2006, she was sentenced to nine years in prison—though she ended up serving four.

Meanwhile, Wendy’s was left to pick up the pieces. Some stores lost up to half their business in the scandal’s wake. To win back love, they rolled out promotions—including free Frostys—because nothing says “please forgive us” quite like a free brain freeze.

The “chili finger incident” went down in history as one of the most infamous fast-food hoaxes ever, blending horror, comedy, and corporate crisis into one unforgettable tale. To this day, it’s a reminder that urban legends sometimes come true—but usually with a twist worthy of a late-night true crime binge.

SO, why has no one done a documentary about this famous hoax???

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