News: Man Imitates Augustus Gloop and Gets Stuck in Vat of Chocolate

Augustus Gloop in Chocolate

From The Washington Post

Man Trapped Waist-Deep in Chocolate

KENOSHA, Wis. — It might sound like a chocoholic’s dream, but stepping into a vat of viscous chocolate became a two-hour nightmare for a 21-year-old man Friday morning.

Darmin Garcia, an employee of a company that supplies chocolate ingredients, said he was pushing the chocolate down into the vat at Debelis Corp. because it was stuck. But it became loose and he slid into the hopper.

“It was in my hair, in my ears, my mouth, everywhere,” said Garcia, who has worked at the company for two years. “I felt like I weighed 900 pounds. I couldn’t move.”

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Why is it that anything involving odd candy or food stories always seems to happen in South East Wisconsin?   Could it be that the Racine/Kenosha area really is the Fat Bastard Capital of America?   Hmmm.


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