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My subjects of interests are in history, militaria, religions/theologies, archeology,myths and legends and while I do not generally believe in the following subjects, for fun (and to maintain an open mind) I love reading about alternate/revisionist history (subjects like pre-Columbian transatlantic voyages, etc), crypto-zoology, UFOs and other Fortean happenings.
1 posted on 08/24/2009 8:40:44 AM PDT by Nikas777
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2 posted on 08/24/2009 8:42:57 AM PDT by Nikas777 (En touto nika, "In this, be victorious")
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3 posted on 08/24/2009 8:50:17 AM PDT by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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Me too, but it helps be not too credulous. In the late 19th Century, tall tales were a staple of American literature. Similarly, newspapers of the day were rife with tongue in cheek fake news stories. Often, these appeared in waves, as writers elaborated on each others’ inventions. The flying snake stories seem to be of this type.


4 posted on 08/24/2009 8:54:58 AM PDT by Rockingham
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I thought Bill Clinton was bringing home some more released women journalists.


5 posted on 08/24/2009 9:03:32 AM PDT by kickonly88 (I love fossil fuel!)
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8 posted on 08/24/2009 9:08:13 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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10 posted on 08/24/2009 9:11:26 AM PDT by stormer
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11 posted on 08/24/2009 9:13:20 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Play the Race Card -- lose the game.)
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Flying snakes? Maybe in some of the cases they were picked up in some sort of tornado like event and picked up in wind currents. The other explanation is that maybe they were democrat snakes and just full of hot air.


12 posted on 08/24/2009 9:13:42 AM PDT by dog breath
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I went to that website to see the references and footnotes that they used for the article. I couldn’t find any references. I see names in the article, I see places, dates and so on, but I see nothing that gives the connection to something “real” outside of someone simply writing this up as a piece of fiction... LOL...

I think this is what we are being subjected to here... just someone’s imagination in this article.

There are a lot of other strange stories around that we can get people, places, dates and other details for those stories and the references for it and find out how it was reported and/or investigated. So, just because it’s “strange” is not the problem. The problem is that there is no way to go back and check and verify each one of those details that the writer of the article is including in his writing....

And thus, that’s where people go wrong in reading these things. You never accept these kinds of things without the corresponding sources and other information about each one of these occurrences.

That’s how a reader is able to ascertain the validity and quality of the source...


14 posted on 08/24/2009 9:45:01 AM PDT by Star Traveler (The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is a Zionist and Jerusalem is the apple of His eye.)
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Alligator lizards in the air?


15 posted on 08/24/2009 9:47:09 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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Paging George Noory, paging George Noory. I’ll believe this if and when you appear on Coast to Coast AM.

Interesting read.


18 posted on 08/24/2009 10:14:15 AM PDT by miele man
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