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Mutant Ninja Tomato Stalks Kyoto!

By TMM

Posted: July 30, 2006


AN OVERSIZED BLOB with a melting human face has caused quite a sensation in the Kyoto Prefecture city of Yawata, The Mainichi Daily News reports. “This is the first one I’ve seen that has eyes, a mouth and a nose,” said Kiyoshi Ueda, the 61-year-old farmer who grew the tomato. The demented fruit, which tipped the scales at just over 5 ounces, is of the medium-sized “Momotaro” variety but it has grown to three times the normal size. Has it been genetically modified—by the ketchup-maker Kagome perhaps? No, Ueda says. It had simply taken in too much rainwater. Okay…so what was in the rainwater? Could it be…alien forms of life? Surely, you’ve heard of Chubby Rain?

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