Trichloroethane: I wanted to believe

Sunday, August 17, 2008

I wanted to believe

But the DNA says human and opossum.

What fascinates me about this story, even now that it's been shown to be a hoax, is that these people even tried. Did they really think they would get away with it? They offered up a corpse and DNA samples, they must have known the hoax would be revealed within days. Was it just for the fifteen minutes of fame?

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Adam said...: So, I'm curious what human bits they used to construct this corpse that gave that DNA result. Did they just stack up a bunch of possums with a monkey mask on top and sprinkle human blood over the thing?

Or did they kill a fraternity member and cover him with possum fur? The possibilities are endless.; 5:35 PM

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I remember reading about how in certain parts of Asia and in Macedonia, people use cormorants to catch fish.

The fisherman uses a ring or tie on the bird's neck so it won't be able to swallow the fish it catches.

Every seventh fish the fisherman has to give to the cormorant or else the bird will stop fishing.

And if I remember correctly, after a few years, the cormorant won't fish for the fisherman any more.

The cormorant would rather starve than lose all but the seventh fish.

Except maybe that last part isn't true.