CRIME: Running a photo of a dog who appears to

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CRIME: Running a photo of a dog who appears to have a human penis where his leg should be. EVIDENCE: Photoshop shenanigans? Experimental surgery? Bad lighting? Your guess is as good as ours as to what happened here, but it caused a mini firestorm for Ikea this summer. The company strenuously denied any wrongdoing, claiming it really is just the dog’s leg—not a human body part of any kind. That contradicted amateur analysis by scores of Internet pundits worldwide.

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