The Portland Police blotter tells us that Tuesday, Jan. 3, a 25-year-old man approached a 78-year-old man on a TriMet platform and bit off his ear.
In case you skimmed by that one, here it is again: He bit off the man’s ear. He chewed down the man’s flesh until it exposed part of the man’s skull.
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