Horror story: Stall #17 at Gunsan Public Market sells meat with... extras

Okay I wasn't going to post this but.

Fall 2021. I was in Gunsan for a few weeks filming a documentary about local traditional markets. The Gunsan Public Market was supposed to be one of the lively, charming ones. Great b-roll. Human interest stuff. Whatever.

In the middle of the market, squeezed between a bunch of vendor stalls, there was this small meat stall with a little sign that just said "17." People would walk past it. Like, they'd slow down, look, and then keep walking without buying anything. I noticed this but didn't think much of it.

I went up to the vendor with my camera. "Hey, mind if I film?"

The guy was wearing this beat-up apron and his face was just. Pale. He nodded but something about his expression was off. Tense in a way I couldn't name.

The meat on his table looked wrong. The color was dull, almost grayish, like it had been sitting in water too long. The cuts were uneven, inconsistent, not how a professional butcher works. I bought about 500g just to see. Half curiosity, half "this will make good footage if something's weird."

That evening I get back to my accommodation and open the package.

And there's a piece in there that doesn't belong.

Small. Thin. Shaped like a finger joint. Cartilage with a bit of flesh still attached. I thought maybe it was some pork knuckle offcut or something but the structure of it. It looked too much like a human hand.

By the time I wanted to go back to the market it was already late, everything was closed.

Next morning I brought it up with another vendor nearby. The second I mentioned stall 17 he FROZE.

"You bought from there? They're... still selling?"

He looked around and dropped his voice.

"A young guy who used to work there went missing. Last seen cleaning the stall. And after that day, people started saying they found finger-shaped pieces in the meat."

He kept going.

"That stall was supposed to be shut down. But somehow the owner keeps changing and it keeps reopening. Different face every time. But the same smell."

I tried to report it to the police. No evidence. The meat was already thrown out. Classic.

A few days later I went back one last time. Stall 17 was open.

Same vendor. Same blank expression. He looked right at me and said, "Want some more? Fresh batch came in today."

On the cutting board, underneath his knife, there was a piece of meat with a fingernail still attached.

I left Gunsan after that. Never went back to that market.

But then recently someone posted online:

"Bought meat at Gunsan Public Market and there's a piece shaped like a human ear. What is this??"