A Florida man, who was previously a regular at Golden Corral, has sworn off of the buffet chain after finding a rat’s head in his chili.
Billy Wilson, 36, had only taken his first bite at a Cape Canaveral Golden Corral when he discovered the rat remains.
“The first bite I took out of [the chili] was a crunch, and at the time I was like, maybe you know sometimes you get a hard bean inside of chili,” he told MS News Now. “When I saw it, I just went into the bathroom and threw up. I was like, ‘ugh’. I just couldn’t get the taste out of my mouth.”
After the discovery, Wilson’s friends called over the manager of the establishment. “He inspected and was like, ‘Wow that is a rat’,” Wilson said. “So he took pictures of it, moved it around a little bit, took pictures in different angles. He was like me, he was horrified.” The restaurant comped his and his party’s meals.
Wilson, who is “scared of rats,” went to Cape Coral Hospital the next day because he was feeling queasy. He was treated for gastroenteritis and given medications for nausea and stomach flu, according to his discharge reports. He is fully recovered now.
Ray Racila, Wilson’s attorney, has denied accusations of his client making the story up, pointing out that the Golden Corral cameras caught the entire incident as it unfolded. The restaurant, which has neither confirmed or denied Wilson’s claims, is investigating the incident.