A teenager was left feeling disgusted and queasy for days after biting into a massive green bug inside his McDonalds burger.
Connor Ribbons, 15, had bought the £5 Chicken Legend meal on his way back from a party at around 10.45pm on Saturday, April 14.
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But when he took a bite of his burger he felt the brittle legs of a large insect, he claims.
He now believes the green specimen was a locust.
Mum Anita, who was driving Connor home at the time, said: The first warning that things werent right was when he picked what we now know was a leg out of his mouth. It was brittle and hard.
He said, “Ive got a bone” and I said not to worry.
Next he actually bit into it. He grabbed something out of his mouth and threw it back in the burger bun.
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He said, “Mum, its a bug; its a huge bug.” He was totally disgusted. He couldnt look at it.
The mother-of-two drove straight back to the McDonalds in Glinton, Cambridgeshire, where they had bought the meal.
Anita, who lives near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, said: It was then in the car park that I saw it.
The 50-year-old added: It had a puncture wound in it where Connor had bitten.
After taking pictures of the creepy-crawly, they took it back into the restaurant.
They were given a full refund and offered a free meal, but Anita spoke to the duty manager and said she wanted to make a formal complaint.
After hearing nothing, Anita said she rang McDonalds on Monday evening and spoke to the duty manager.
However, Anita claims she was told that they had thrown away the offending insect.
Anita, a nursery nurse, said: How are they going to analyse it if theyve thrown it away?
He promised me he would get back to me and I never heard from him again.
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It was only when she posted the pictures on social media on Wednesday and it was picked up by the local press that she said McDonalds finally got in touch and offered her a £50 voucher.
A friend who did some research based on the pictures told Anita he believed the insect was an anacridium aegyptium, commonly known as the Egyptian locust.
A McDonalds spokesperson said: We are sorry to hear about Ms Ribbons and Connors experience.
Food quality and safety are of the utmost importance to us and we place great emphasis on quality control, following rigorous standards in order to avoid any imperfections.
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