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The mystery of 53 dead caribou in the Alaska Range
SitNews ^
| May 24, 2007
| Ned Rozell
Posted on 05/25/2007 7:11:45 AM PDT by skeptoid
Thirty-five years ago, an Army helicopter pilot flying over an Alaska tundra plateau saw a group of caribou. Thinking something looked weird, he circled for a closer look. The animals, dozens of them, were dead.
The pilot reported what he saw to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. The caribou, 48 adults and five calves, were lying in a group. The way their carcasses rested showed no signs that the animals had been running from a predator.
As word spread of the 53 dead caribou, people speculated what might have killed them: Nerve gas, toxic waste or some other dark secret from the Army post nearby, flying saucers, .........
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TOPICS: Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: alaska; caribou
. .....a clue to the animals' death, a giant "Lichtenberg figure" etched into the ground ....
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posted on
05/25/2007 7:11:50 AM PDT
by
skeptoid
To: skeptoid
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posted on
05/25/2007 7:17:08 AM PDT
by
Hegemony Cricket
(Tradition is merely a group effort to prevent the unexpected)
To: skeptoid
I think they died of boredom. If they just had some change of scenery once in a while, like maybe some cool-looking oil rigs to wander around, they’d probably be alive today.
To: Hegemony Cricket
Read the article...someone set them up the Zot.
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posted on
05/25/2007 7:24:02 AM PDT
by
JRios1968
(Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will. - Ben Stein)
To: skeptoid
Skeeters.
Saw a video awhile back of mosquitoes taking down a caribou.
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posted on
05/25/2007 7:40:33 AM PDT
by
Deguello
To: skeptoid
A nearby oil derrick would have saved them.
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posted on
05/25/2007 7:42:58 AM PDT
by
Thrownatbirth
(.....when the sidewalks are safe for the little guy.)
To: skeptoid
Halliburton murdered them as part of Bush’s mad War for Oil. ;)
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posted on
05/25/2007 7:44:16 AM PDT
by
Mr. Jeeves
("Wise men don't need to debate; men who need to debate are not wise." -- Tao Te Ching)
To: Thrownatbirth
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posted on
05/25/2007 7:45:40 AM PDT
by
freedomson
(Tagline comment removed by moderator)
To: JRios1968
Whoa - what did they do to tick off the Viking Kitties? Bite someone’s sister? Steal someone’s cheese?
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posted on
05/25/2007 7:59:29 AM PDT
by
Hegemony Cricket
(Tradition is merely a group effort to prevent the unexpected)
To: skeptoid
I think they are protesting the lack of oil drilling.
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posted on
05/25/2007 8:03:34 AM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(Satan is working both sides of the street in World Socialism and World Courts.)
To: skeptoid
“From what I saw out there and from what I’ve seen in the past, I’d say the probability that those caribou were done in by lightning is 99 percent,”
I live in the lightening capital of the US - Florida. I’ve seen massive cattle deaths from lightening strikes. Sometimes their legs gets blown off!
BBQ via nature.
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posted on
05/25/2007 8:43:48 AM PDT
by
poobear
(Capitalism is judged by its flaws and worst examples, Socialism by promises and good intentions)
To: skeptoid
GLOBAL WARMING DID IT!!!!!!!
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posted on
05/25/2007 9:22:34 AM PDT
by
irishtenor
(Save the whales. Collect the whole set.)
To: Hegemony Cricket
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posted on
05/25/2007 10:36:27 AM PDT
by
JRios1968
(Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will. - Ben Stein)
To: AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fedora; Fred Nerks; ...
They were snuffed for an episode of The Sopradoes.
Okay, I’m not sure that works, but I laughed my keister off.
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posted on
05/25/2007 10:13:50 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Time heals all wounds, particularly when they're not yours. Profile updated May 22, 2007.)
To: skeptoid
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posted on
05/25/2007 11:30:28 PM PDT
by
BigCinBigD
(You "abort" bad missile launches and carrier landings. Not babies.)
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