This article was published on June 2, 2017

Crazy ex-Shark Tank guest is trying to offload 1,000 raccoon penises on Kickstarter [Updated]


Crazy ex-Shark Tank guest is trying to offload 1,000 raccoon penises on Kickstarter [Updated]

When you go on TV and pitch the uber-rich to obtain financing for your stick figure cat drawing business, you’ve got moxie. Steve Gadlin, best known for his partnership with Mark Cuban on Shark Tank — or perhaps the “I want to draw a cat for you” jingle — is at it again.

This time, he wants to sell you a raccoon penis.

Credit: Steve Gadlin

Gadlin, for some reason, has an inventory of 1,000 raccoon penis bones. I’m not going to ask why or how he obtained such a collection, because I fear the answer. But, for those who feel life is incomplete without the sex organ of a scavenging mammal, Gadlin has you covered. In an attempt to finance the third season of his cable access TV program, he’s selling off 1,000 raccoon penis bones on Kickstarter.

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According to Gadlin:

I didn’t want to bore people with a traditional Kickstarter project to fund my show. I wanted to give them something new – something more surprising. I’ll either be the guy who sold 1,000 raccoon penis bones, or the guy who HAS 1,000 raccoon penis bones. Either way, it makes for a pretty good story.

If you’re game, you can grab a penis bone on Kickstarter for as little as $10 if you act quickly. The price goes up once inventory at each level sells out. I can’t imagine why anyone would want a raccoon penis bone, so of course we purchased one. We’ll let you know how it turns out.

Update: The campaign was suspended by Kickstarter for violating its terms. Now we’ll never get a raccoon penis in a plastic tube. ?

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