Rat's Head in a Popeye's Order In 2016, an image depicting a deep-fried rat’s head went viral. It had been served to a very unlucky customer at a Harlem-area Popeye’s Chicken outlet. Some people claimed that it wasn’t really a rat’s head but some other organ from a chicken’s body. Myth or not, the picture of this fried piece of “chicken” doesn’t look all that appealing.