Shopper claims to find “human bone” in Primark socks

A dissatisfied customer believes to have found part of a human bone
in a new pair of socks purchased at a Primark store in Colchester, UK.
While the socks had been purchased on December 10, the discovery was
not reported until January 2.

“The bone does not appear to be a result of recent trauma and had
no skin or other particles surrounding it,” Essex Police said in a
statement. Police are investigating the discovery, with Primark’s
compliance.

The fashion company released an apology stating, “Primark sincerely
apologizes to the customer who found the item for any distress caused.
Primark clearly takes this matter very seriously and has already
carried out an investigation at our supplier’s factory where the socks
were made.”

The company, who has had past allegations of shoppers finding
distress notes from factory workers sewn into garments, added that
there is no evidence that the human bone discovery is linked to an
incident that took place in the factory.

Primark reminded that the two incidents of distress notes had been
determined to be hoaxes and that it believes the bone discovery was
placed inside the someone outside of its factory. It added in the
statement, “No evidence of any kind exists to suggest that any
incident has occurred in the factory, so it is highly probable that
this object was placed in the socks by an individual for unknown
reasons.”