Australian miner frames father’s tattooed skin

January 16, 2003

An Australian miner has framed his dad’s skin, complete with tattoos, and is hanging it in the dining room.

Carl Whittaker’s father, Barry, asked for the four tattoos on his back and arms to be removed and preserved following his death from cancer in 1999.

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_739885.html?menu=news.weirdworld.badtaste

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