Woman finds Monopoly piece in prepackaged coleslaw

At least it wasn't a dismembered rat.

A U.K. woman found the iron piece from Monopoly in a container of Sainsbury's coleslaw. "They don't even sell Monopoly at the store I bought it in," Sharon Hinton, 56, told Yahoo News.

Hinton told Yahoo News that when she complained to the store, employees told her to dispose of the coleslaw and send the container back to the store for analysis. But Hinton, who is from Hornchurch, Essex, feared the store was asking her to dispose of the evidence.

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"I could have choked, or it could have been a young child," Hinton told Yahoo News. "I feel that no one is taking me seriously, I have only spoke to someone because I had to chase them up."