The Onion Hilariously Claims a Chatfield, MN Boy is a Reincarnated KFC Manager

A small town in our neck of the woods has been featured in The Onion! I can't believe that out of all the places they could have chosen across the US, Chatfield, Minnesota is what they went with for this story.

I have no idea how they settled on Chatfield, but the theory we have here at the office is that they searched for a random small town in Minnesota, and they saw Chatfield and said, 'Sure, let's go with that!'.

Whatever the method was, it's absolutely hilarious that Chatfield has now been featured in an article from The Onion, and the story that it's part of is equally funny.

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(In case you aren't aware, The Onion is entirely satire, so this story is not true and written just for a laugh.)

Chatfield, MN Featured in an Article from The Onion

The headline of the article is:

Boy Believed To Be Next Reincarnation Of Regional KFC Manager Discovered In Chatfield, MN

And it's just as ridiculous as you'd think.

This story is about a supposed Regional Manager of KFCs in eastern Georgia. There have been two previous reincarnations of this manager, and each time, the new reincarnation is named Roger Purcell.

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The latest reincarnation of this manager, The Chosen One, as The Onion writes, is Chatfield kindergartener Brian Thorson.

The last Roger Purcell passed away Jan. 23, 2005, and since then, they've been looking for the reborn manager by watching "'carefully to see which direction the winds would take the smoke billowing forth from the fryer exhaust fan'".

The smoke led them to Brian, who they officially deemed to be The Chosen One and is now referred to as Roger Purcell.

"'After he recited without hesitation each of the 11 herbs and spices in the colonel’s secret recipe, there could not be any doubt left in my mind,'" said one of the people part of the search.

It's a hilarious read that you should check out if you get the chance. I won't do it justice here!