Dine with skeletons at the world’s creepiest McDonald’s: ‘A good example of reclaiming cultural heritage’
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Two McDonald’s customers recently shared their experience at the “world’s creepiest McDonald’s” on TikTok.
Partners Kassidy and James, AKA @Kassidy_and_James, had the opportunity to dine with dead bodies during their recent trip to Rome, Italy. “That’s an absolute skeleton in a McDonald’s,” Kassidy declared in the viral clip.
In the 29-second clip with over 1.2 million views, the tourist shares her disturbing discovery while looking for a quick bite at a Mickey D’s in Frattocchie, an hour southeast of Italy’s capital.
She noticed a transparent glass panel on the floor outside the food chain’s building overlooking an ancient road filled with skeletons.
“This is underneath a McDonald’s,” Kassidy said. “Wait, it continues inside.”
The restaurant provides customers with a unique dining experience over a 2,000-year-old road underneath the establishment, which is believed to be linked to the Appian Way, one of the busiest roads in ancient Rome, reported Mirror UK.
McDonald’s made a spectacle of the historic site after construction workers found the hidden path that had become a burial site in 2014.
Archaeologists dug up three bodies that were identified as men ranging from 35-40, according to Pamela Cerino, an archaeologist who participated in the excavation.
The establishment allows people to enter through the McDonald’s car park to get a closer look at the artifacts for free.
Many people admit dining in a fast food restaurant would make them lose their appetite.
“I don’t think I want a McRib anymore,” confessed one person.
“It McDoubles as a crypt,” joked another.
“Whoever that person was in life, they never could have imagined having that view 3,000 years in the future … crazy,” someone commented.
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Meanwhile, some people were perplexed as to why the tourists ate at the American burger spot instead of authentic Italian restaurants.
“The question…you are in Rome and decide to eat in a McDonald’s…Why?” one person questioned.
Mario Federico, the chief of McDonald’s Italia, revealed that this isn’t any ordinary McDonald’s.
“This is our first museum restaurant,” he said. “We’ve been able to return a stretch of Roman road to the local community and to the whole of Italy.”
Federico expounded on the explanation, revealing the purpose behind the bone display.
“The project is a good example of how the public and private sectors can collaborate effectively on reclaiming cultural heritage,” he shared.
