................................. To leave Commie, hyper to http://commie.oy.com/commie_leaving.html ................................. ... and other news from UFO Roundup... ---> Jarmo Lundgren, multimediatsaari Helsingin Sanomat, Verkkoliite p. 09-1227555 / 040-5345868 "Less is moo." - The Holy Mad Cow > MYSTERIOUS FUNGUS ENDANGERS > KENTUCKY'S THOROUGHBREDS > > "The Kentucky thoroughbred (horse) breeding crisis, > caused by broodmares > either aborting their foals or delivering them stillborn, > could produce > sky-high prices at major yearling auctions and shrink fields > at racetracks > across the nation a few years down the road." > "Scientists and veterinarians believe mycotoxins that > produce fungus in > pastures" in northern Kentucky "are responsible for the > ravaging of the food > crops at the world's foremost breeding grounds in the > bluegrass region of > Kentucky." > "'It looks to be either a fungus or a clover that's > producing the > mycotoxins,' Connie Ingle said from Meadowdale Farm in > Vourbon County 'We had > drought conditions followed by a hard winter. Then it got > very hot, and > after that we had a couple of frosts that apparently drove > the toxicity into > the leaves.'" > "The crisis is mainly confined to the Kentucky drought > area a handful of > cases reported in neighboring Ohio. Neither the Illinois Thoroughbred > Breeders and Owners Foundation nor the University of Illinois > School of > Veterinary Medicine has received reports of cases in Illinois." > "Nonetheless, the crisis is affecting the Illinois > breeding program > because many of the state's breeders, such as Ingle, send > their mares to > stallions in Kentucky and then bring them back to foal in > compliance with > Illinois registered requirements." > "'About 96 percent of the mares on our farms go to > Kentucky to be bred,' > said Joe Carper, manager of Arlington Park." (See the > Chicago Tribune for > May 12, 2001, "Bluegrass turns deadly for racehorse > breeders," page 1.e)e (...) > VOLCANO GODDESS HEXES > FLORIDA TOURIST > > "A man claims he was haunted by a Hawaiian volcano > goddess after taking > rocks from the volcano." > "During a vacation trip to Hawaii Volcanoes National > Park on the big > island of Hawaii, Timothy Murray scooped up (black volcanic) > sand with a > (soda) pop bottle." > "After returning to his Florida home, his pet died, he > split up with his > fiancee and FBI agents arrested him. He said he sent the > sand back and > things are improving." > "He said, 'My life literally fell apart. One minute > you're working, and > you're law-abiding, and you've got money in the bank. The > next, you are > sitting in a federal penitentiary in Miami. I couldn't > believe what was > happening to me.'" > "Even the FBI agents said they never arrest people for > what he did. > 'They told me, 'You really must have pissed someone off.' After some > research, I figured out what it was.'" > "He believes Pele the (Hawaiian) volcano goddess > apparently punishes > people who take anything belonging to her." > Murray sent the sand back to Hawaii, with a note > reading, "Please take > this sand and put it back anywhere on your island. I have > had very bad luck > since it came into my life and I am very sorry I took it. > Please forgive me > and I pray that once I send it back where it came from, my > bad luck will go > away." > "Park Ranger Terry Reveira said, 'As Hawaiians, we have > been raised to > believe that when you are in nature, you ask permission to > take anything. > That's true for rocks, too. I've seen people take rocks from > the park, and I > know the rocks don't want to go. On the way back to the car, > the people > always drop the rocks on their feet.'" > "'These are unexplainable things,' Murray said, 'You > can say what you > please about Pele, but let me tell you, when these things > are happening, you > are willing to be on your knees, in front of anyone or > anything. You feel > like, 'Get that stuff away from me!' Since I sent the sand back, I've > started getting a better life.'" (See the Los Angeles Times > for for May 8, > 2001. Many thanks to Steve Wilson for this newspaper > article.(Editor's > Comment: The big mystery here is how Murray's name got into > the central FBI > computer system. Perhaps Pele cast a spell on the FBI. This may also > explain how the Bureau was able to misplace 3,135 documents > related to the > Oklahoma City bombing case.) > > THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT... > WELL, NOT EXACTLY > > One of the strangest poltergeist cases of recent years > is now taking > place in southern Spain. > A blue-and-yellow wooden lion, located in a > soon-to-be-opened children's > park in Tomares, near Sevilla, which children use as a rocking-horse, > continues to rock long after the youthful rider has dismounted. > The "haunted" lion stands in a playground of the Plaza > Diamantino in > Tomares. It is said to begin rocking at nightfall and to > keep rocking for 50 > minutes to an hour at any one time. > Some residents theorize that the lion is reacting to > "the slipstream of > cars passing on a motorway nearby" or "vibration from very > heavy trucks." > Others claim that "the lion is being ridden by the > souls of Spanish > Republicans," Marxist and anarchist supporters of Spain's leftwing > government, "who were shot by the fascist forces," the > Nationalists under > General Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War (1936 to 1939.) > "Parents complained that their children are sneaking > into the play area > at night to ride the lion." > "A spokesman for the Tomares municipal government > denied reports that > arrangements had been made to exorcise the lion." (See > Ananova for May 9, > 2001. Many thanks to Louise A. Lowry for this report.) > (...) > UFOINFO: http://ufoinfo.com > > Official Archives of the UK UFO Network Bulletin, > AUFORN Australian UFO Reports and Experiences, > UFO + PSI Magazine also available, plus archives of > Filer's Files and Oz Files. > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- >
