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這個英國男人給酒吧寄去了他的腳趾,用來……調製雞尾酒!

打開郵包,裡面是一截斷指。

相信這是不少人在電影中見過的畫面。而斷指通常意味著恐嚇與死亡威脅。

不過,遠在加拿大寒冷的育空(Yukon)地區,一家酒吧的負責人卻熱切地盼望著人們給他寄去斷腳趾……因為他家提供的雞尾酒以浸泡著人類的腳趾而遠近聞名。

英國男子尼克·格里菲斯(Nick Griffiths),最近給遠在加拿大育空地區道森市(Dawson City)小鎮的市區酒店(Downtown Hotel)寄去了一截他的斷腳趾

這名退役的英國皇家海軍陸戰隊員,喜愛探險和馬拉松。2018年,格里菲斯在育空參加極寒馬拉松時,被凍壞了三根腳趾,而不得不將它們截掉。

他當時就保證說,會把腳趾保存好,到時候捐給市區酒店的這家名為「酵母沙龍(Sourdough Saloon)」的酒吧,用來調製當地非常有名的「酸腳趾雞尾酒」(Sourtoe Cocktail)。

酸腳趾雞尾酒是這間酒吧的特色飲品

The cocktail"s famed ingredient is another mummified human toe.

調製這種雞尾酒所用到的一種有名的食材,就是一截已經風乾了的人類腳趾。

For over four decades, tourists and residents have been able to order an alcoholic cocktail of their choice served with a desiccated human toe floating inside.

過去40多年來,遊客和當地居民都可以點上一杯他們自己選擇的雞尾酒,雞尾酒里漂浮著一截已經脫水風乾了的人類腳趾。

A local saying goes: "You can drink it fast, you can drink it slow, but your lips must touch the toe."

當地有句諺語是這麼說的:「你可以一口悶,你也可以慢慢酌,但你的嘴唇必須碰觸到腳趾」。

It"s traditionally served with Yukon Gold whiskey, and must touch the drinkers" lips in order to earn a certificate from the bar.

傳統上,腳趾是和育空地區的淘金威士忌(育空100多年前曾興起長達幾十年的淘金熱)一起提供的,而且飲酒的人的嘴唇必須碰到腳趾,這樣就能從這間酒吧獲得一張證書。

UK man donates frostbitten toe to Yukon bar(via BBC)

1973年,一位名叫迪克·史蒂文森(Dick Stevenson)的船長在育空一艘廢棄的船倉里發現了一截保存完好的人類腳趾。這位腦洞奇大的船長開始拿這段腳趾頭泡威士忌,還起名叫「酸腳趾威士忌」,並鼓勵人們喝下這種酒

The cocktail』s origins are said to date back to 1973, when local Dick Stevenson discovered a jar containing the amputated toe of a rum runner named Louie Liken, who had it removed after a bout of frostbite in the 1920s. Liken had preserved his toe in a jar of alcohol in his cabin.

據說,這種雞尾酒的起源可以追溯到1973年,當時,迪克·史蒂文森發現了一個罐子,裡面裝著酒販子路易·利肯一個被截下來的腳趾。路易·利肯在20世紀20年代腳部被凍傷,後來被切除了腳趾。利肯把他的腳趾保存在他船艙里的一罐酒里。

Stevenson is said to have brought the toe to the Sourdough Saloon, where he would put it in the glasses of patrons and encourage them to imbibe on a dare. Those who took the drink became members of the Sourtoe Cocktail Club.

據說史蒂文森把這個腳趾帶到「酵母沙龍」酒吧,把它放在顧客的酒杯里,鼓勵他們大膽地喝下去。那些喝下這種酒的人就成為「酸腳趾雞尾酒俱樂部」的會員。

Yukon hotel robbed of mummified human toe it used to make cocktails, RCMP searching for the greedy fingers(via globalnews.ca)

1973年以來,酵母沙龍酒吧已經賣出了86000杯酸腳趾雞尾酒。俱樂部至今已有超過7萬名會員。漸漸地,這種威士忌還成了道森市的一個傳統

不過,最初的那截腳趾早在1980年就沒了。此後,這家酒吧的腳趾又經歷了兩次明搶暗盜

In July 1980, a miner named Garry Younger was trying for the Sourtoe record. On his thirteenth glass of Sourtoe champagne, his chair tipped over backwards, and he swallowed the toe. Sadly, Toe #1 was not recovered.

1980年7月,一個名叫加里·揚格的礦工試圖打破「酸腳趾」紀錄。他連喝了13杯酸腳趾香檳酒後,椅子向後倒了,他把腳趾給誤吞了下去。很遺憾,1號腳趾再也回不來了。

Another toe was lost in 2013 when a man deliberately swallowed it, but agreed to pay a $500 fine — that penalty has since been increased to $2,500, which the Sourdough Saloon said it intends to fine the patron with sticky fingers who ran off this week.

2013年,一名男子故意吞下了一個腳趾,但他同意支付500美元的罰款——自那以後(至2017年),罰款金額已增至2500美元。酵母沙龍酒吧表示,這周(2017年6月的某周)有個顧客將腳趾順手牽羊偷走了,他們打算罰他2500美元。

「Toes are very hard to come by,」 added Terry Lee. 「And stunts like this adversely affect the whole community, not just the Downtown Hotel. We fortunately have a couple back-up toes but we really need this one back.」

「腳趾是很難得到的,」特里·李(酒吧負責人)補充道。「像這樣的噱頭不僅會對市區酒店,而且會對整個社區產生負面影響。幸運的是,我們有幾個後備腳趾,但我們真的需要拿回這個(被偷走的)腳趾。」

Yukon hotel robbed of mummified human toe it used to make cocktails, RCMP searching for the greedy fingers(via globalnews.ca)

市區酒店不得不登出廣告,尋找腳趾捐獻者

之前咱們提到的捐腳趾的英國男子格里菲斯,2018年參加了育空北極超級馬拉松(Yukon Arctic Ultra)。這是一場為期多日的冬季馬拉松比賽,參賽者可以參加100英里、300英里和430英里的比賽。

但由於當年的極寒天氣,格里菲斯的左腳在比賽中嚴重凍傷,不得不退出了比賽。

此後,他返回英國接受治療。

Griffiths made it home to Bolton, England, before it was clear that three of his toes couldn"t be saved. He asked the surgeon if he could have the detached digits — a big toe and the two next to it.

格里菲斯回到了英格蘭博爾頓的家中。此前,他的三個腳趾頭都沒保住。他問外科醫生是否可以保留截下的腳趾——一個大腳趾和旁邊的兩個腳趾。

"I always wanted to get them to the Dawson City hotel really, so they could be recycled and reused," he said.

「我真的一直想把它們送到道森市的酒店,這樣它們就可以被回收再利用,」格里菲斯說道。

U.K. man mails his toes to Yukon bar for its "Sourtoe Cocktail"(via cbc.ca)

如今,他終於兌現了承諾。

當地時間6月11日,市區酒店發布聲明,確認了他們已經收到了格里菲斯的捐贈,並表示能夠收到這麼一份禮物,那是再高興不過的事情了,因為如今想要得到一個新的腳趾是非常不容易的一件事

而格里菲斯這一個多月來惴惴不安懸著的心也終於放了下來。

Griffiths said he was relieved to hear his package arrived. It took more than a month, and he was starting to get nervous it was lost, as he kept in touch with Gerle.

格里菲斯說,聽到他的包裹到了,他終於鬆了一口氣。這個包裹在路上花了一個多月的時間,他都快開始緊張它是否被弄丟了,在此期間,他一直與(酒店經理)格爾保持著聯繫。

Griffiths said he didn"t take any special precautions when mailing the package, beyond keeping one of the smaller toes safe at home, "just in case, as insurance."

格里菲斯說,他在郵寄包裹時沒有採取任何特別的預防措施,只是把其中一個較小的腳趾放在家裡,「以防萬一,作為保險」。

He just went to his local post office and sent it by regular mail for £6, or about $10.

他只是去了當地的郵局,用普通郵件方式寄送,花了6英鎊,約合10美元。

"When the [postal clerk] said to me, "What"s in the package?" I was … stuttering and didn"t really know what to say. So she probably thought I was shipping a great big bag of cocaine or something," he said.

「當(郵局職員)對我說,『包裹里裝的是什麼?』我結結巴巴的,不知道該說什麼。所以她可能以為我在郵寄一大袋可卡因之類的東西,」他說。

"In the end I said, "It"s got my toes in it." And she said, "You just need to put it on this form.""

「最後我說,『我的腳趾在裡面。』然後她說,『你只需要在表上這麼寫。』」

He wrote "novelty gift."

然後他(在表上)寫道:「新奇的禮物」。

U.K. man mails his toes to Yukon bar for its "Sourtoe Cocktail"(via cbc.ca)

格里菲斯的大腳趾將被腌制在岩鹽中風乾,然後才能用來調製雞尾酒。據市區酒店的「腳趾雞尾酒大師」特里·李介紹,將一根腳趾製成木乃伊狀需要大約6周時間。

而格里菲斯的大腳趾,將是酵母沙龍酒吧自上世紀70年代初以來使用的第16個腳趾

According to Lee, there are three toes currently in regular circulation. He said he"s excited to receive the new additions, as it"s been a few years since they"ve had a big toe.

據李介紹,目前有三個腳趾在循環使用。他說他很高興收到這些新的腳趾,因為他們已經有好幾年沒有大腳趾了。

"The big toe is the money toe. That"s what it started with … a big toe," said Lee. "We usually don"t get frostbitten toes. Usually, they"re from gout or diabetes, or they"re lawnmowers or chainsaws or accidents.... To get a frostbitten toe, that"s phenomenal."

「大腳趾就是金錢腳趾。一切都是從一個大腳趾開始的,」李說。「我們不常能得到凍傷的腳趾。通常,它們來自痛風或糖尿病,或者是割草機、鏈鋸或意外事故……能得到凍傷的腳趾,這太不可思議了。」

U.K. man mails his toes to Yukon bar for its "Sourtoe Cocktail"(via cbc.ca)

李還補充說,大腳趾是最噁心但也是最受顧客歡迎的。

而格里菲斯現在也能期待有朝一日喝上用他自己的腳趾調製的雞尾酒啦。

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整合:Du Qiongfang

原文:外媒

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