A British man donated his frozen big toe to a Yukon bar so he can drink it in a cocktail

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A British man donated his frozen big toe to a Yukon bar so he can drink it in a cocktail
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Since 1973, visitors to this Yukon bar have been challenged to drink a shot of whiskey with a mummified human toe floating inside. Toes 'are very hard to come by these days,' says Adam Gerle, general manger of the Downtown Hotel in Dawson City, Canada.

in Dawson City, Canada, which is world-renowned for an extremely gross traditional drink - the Sourtoe Cocktail.

Toes "are very hard to come by these days," says Adam Gerle, general manager of Dawson City's Downtown Hotel.The latest big toe to reach the hotel belonged to Nick Griffiths, a former British Marine who lost it during a winter ultra marathon in 2018, according to a statement by Downtown Hotel. While in hospital, the Briton offered to donate the toes to the hotel"in the hopes of returning to the Yukon to do the Sourtoe Cocktail with his own toe," the statement says.After going back to the UK to complete his recovery, Griffiths only recently managed to send it over via Royal Mail along with a handwritten note.

"We knew he mailed them but it took a long time and we were worried," he continued."We were both excited... and grossed out when the toe arrived."

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