Another horrifying discovery will surely break your heart if you are sending these packages to your loved ones.
A resident reported a shocking discovery to the local authorities where she found about 400 FedEx packages that had been tossed into a ravine on his property. Boxes of all sizes littered the forested area, some looking worse for wear.
WBMA-TV’s Bobby Poitevint posted a picture on social media with a caption, “Missing a @FedEx package?”
There are about 300-400 packages were thrown into a ravine and FedEx is on the scene busy retrieving the packages, said the Blount County Sheriff’s Office.
FedEx representatives needed more trucks before they could finish gathering the abandoned deliveries.
Natasha Abney was the person who alerted the authorities to the scene after her neighbor discovered the abandoned parcels and said that the scene is a hard-to-reach location as it is about 50-60 feet down from the road.
“Everybody that had a package on that truck that was thrown down that hill, you know, has been wronged and it’s just … it’s a really sad situation,” Natasha said.
“I mean it was just a river of boxes, some busted open, some not,” Natasha added.
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Later on, FedEx has released an official statement about the shocking incident.
“The security of our customers’ shipments is a top priority and we are committed to treating our customers’ packages with the utmost care and we are taking steps to recover and transport the affected packages as quickly as possible.
In addition to cooperating with law enforcement, we are conducting a review of this situation and will take the appropriate action. Customers with questions about their shipments can track their packages by visiting http://fedex.com.”
Even when FedEx was able to collect all these abandoned parcels, questions remain as to who and why would this incident happen.
Andrea Finchum said, “It’s heartbreaking that someone would take advantage of people when they’re supposed to be delivering kids toys to them for Christmas, and people don’t care and would just drop our hard-earned money, thousands of dollars worth of things just off in a hole. I don’t see what kind of person can do that.”
Sources: The Western Journal, WBRC-TV
