‘Bumfights’ [VIDEO] Creators Ryan McPherson, Daniel Tanner Arrested For Shipping Baby Heads, Body Parts To US From Thailand

By Kyle Dowling (k.dowling@musictimes.com) | Nov 18, 2014 09:45 AM EST

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There was a time in this country where something called Bumfights was a popular video series. Without going into detail, the series consisted of multiple videos that showed a number of homeless people engaged in various acts of horseplay, mischief, and yes, fighting. And while it's been gone for quite some time, with many labeling creators Ryan McPherson and Daniel Tanner as rather subpar human beings (accusing them of encouraging the homeless to fight on camera), the memories are still engrained in our heads. But now, it seems the duo is in the news yet again. Only this time, it's for shipping baby heads and other body parts to the United States From Thailand.

As TMZ is reporting, the two producers were arrested in Thailand for "packaging child body parts stolen from a hospital." The allegedly shipped the package to the United States, marking it as "toys."

And while they claim the whole thing was a prank – reportedly heading towards some friends in Las Vegas to freak them out – it's still pretty creepy. And just weird... especially considering the package contained a baby's head, a child's foot, a heart and some adult skin.

So, how did they obtain the parts? AOL reports that McPherson told authorities he was given a ride on one of Bankok's tuk-tuks (a three-wheeled motorcycle) and was taken to a night market... which apparently had severed body parts for him to purchase.

The site also notes the two were busted outside a DHL facility with the packages. Since being detained and questioned, however, it's being reported they have been released and have fled to Cambodia.

This isn't the first time Bumfights has been in the news. McPherson has had multiple lawsuits pinned against him over the years for the aforementioned series, which he (and Tanner) has made millions from. Despite the lawsuits, McPherson has gotten away by agreeing to not produce, film or promote the series any further.

Check out one of his interviews with MSNBC below:

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