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Mike Pound: Mollusk-like object found in beer bottle The Joplin Globe"But they told me I had to call Heineken," Dawn said.
So she did. She eventually talked to a woman named Michele, who, according to Dawn, at first wasn't exactly the nicest person in the world. But eventually, Dawn said, Michele decided that the Heineken folks would give her $50. But Dawn said the Heineken folks called back and told her that they were sending someone out to her house today to pick up the bottle and have it "analyzed" before they would pony up the $50. The only problem is that Dawn and Mary aren't so sure they want to turn loose of the bottle. They told me that they spoke with two different lawyers who told them not to turn it over. So we have a standoff. By the way, I tried to call Michele on Thursday, but I got her voice mail. I left a message, but she didn't call me back. I want to stress again that Dawn says she doesn't want to cause any trouble. "I just want to get our money back, and maybe get reimbursed for the gas we spent going back and forth to the liquor store and for all the phone calls we had to make," she said. Seems fair to me. But on the other hand, I can see why the Heineken folks would be reluctant to just fork over some jack every time someone claims to have found something in one of their bottles of beer. But I don't think Dawn and Mary are to blame for whatever is in the bottle. Call it a hunch, but I just don't see them trying to pull a fast one here. Mary said that whatever is in the bottle of beer appeared to be alive on Saturday, but when I checked on it Thursday morning, it didn't so much look alive. "It's either dead or drunk," Mary said. So here's the deal. Dawn and Mary have a 12-pack of Heineken that Mary won't touch because one of the bottles has what appears to be some sort of sea creature in it. What they want is their money back. 
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