Terry Streeter wrote... >Dave Hearnden wrote: >> >> Please see below, I know some might say its a Hoax ... > >And indeed it is a hoax. ><http://www.hoax-slayer.com/flash-lights-myth.html> gives the low down >on this particular spam email. Please check on a site such as Hoax >slayer <http://hoax-slayer.com> before blindly forwarding it to email lists. > Snopes is always a good place to check out potential hoaxes, and this one is there: http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/lightsout.asp That page includes a letter almost identical to the one Dave quoted, collected in 2004. The hoax itself goes back to pre-email times in the 1980s, when the claim was that this was an initiation for Hell's Angels in America.
See also: http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/maryland.asp -- Martin Clark Internet Boaters' Database http://www.lock13.co.uk/boats Pennine Waterways Website http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk
