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Starting with the spring mix, 17-year-old Edward Viehman added a couple other items to his salad before topping it off with honey mustard dressing. Sitting down, though, he found something that was hard to swallow.

A mouse.

“He took a bite, and the next thing I know he was spitting gobs of salad out of his mouth,” Alexis Garrett said. “He got up and ran to the bathroom. It was a dead mouse — fully formed, dead, wet, probably at least 7 inches long. We called (the state Department of Health and Environmental Control), and tried to do all the proper things.” more…

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Eek! A mouse! Ruby Tuesday diner gets surprise at salad bar

COLUMBIA, S.C. - A South Carolina teenager says he found a mouse in his salad at a Ruby Tuesday restaurant, but state health department officials said Tuesday initial indications are the Maryville-based restaurant is not to blame.

The state Department of Health and Environmental Control shut down the popular salad bar after the incident Sunday but did not find any evidence of mice infestation or droppings.

That was little consolation to rising high school senior Edward Viehman, who said he noticed the mouse on his plate just after his first bite. more…

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