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Here are some photos of the grilled, mostly nude, woman. Photos taken by a coworker/friend: Niki Conolly
Well, walked outside and there was one police officer in his car waiting for the event to start. People were starting to mill around in anticipation of a nude woman right here on 4th and Church, downtown Nashville!
A minute before noon, 3 officers pulled up on their scooters, and I noticed a PETA guy with the woman who would be grilled. She was wearing a black trenchcoat with what appeared to be nothing on underneath. Her skin was painted red and black as if she were charred meat.
Larger crowds started to gather and mill around. Another guy soon appeared with the “grill”, a wheeled cart on which she would lay, surrounded by cardboard flames. The crowd suddenly seemed to swell with people, as she took off her socks and began to disrobe. I was at a vantage point behind her and saw as she took off her coat that she was wearing a thong.
As she lay on the “grill”, it appeared she had pasties on, probably to avoid immediate arrest for indecent exposure, so they had more time to make their point. She lay down and one of the guys with her began spray painting her more, giving her more resemblance to charred meat. She lay there with her eyes closed as one of the Tennessean’s photographers (John Partipilo) began taking photos and as a video journalist with one of the stations here was filming.
I just went back down there and she was gone. They were still passing out flyers, so I took one to see what it was. Your basic PETA flyer: cute pigs on front, text on back describing the cruel ways food animals are treated, etc.
Photos are to come…..hopefully today but maybe more likely tomorrow
P.S.: I never did see them slather her in BBQ sauce 
According to Tennessean.com, a mere few hundred feet from where I am there will be a noon protest. Apparently some PETA folks will be protesting the eating of meat by “charring and cooking” a nude protestor on some sort of grill and slathering him or her with BBQ sauce.
I plan on being there to see what happens and report back here
