FReeper Canteen~ Camel Spiders Found in Iraq , Urban Legends and Folklore ~Sept.21,2006

[fatima]

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Camel Spiders Found in Iraq , Urban Legends and Folklore Urban Legends:Subject: FW: Camel Spider found in Iraq--This is a huge spider!!!! Yuck. I sure am glad we don't have these here. Although we probably will after this war..... This picture is a perfect example of why you don't want to go to the desert. These are 2 of the biggest I've ever seen. With a vertical leap that would make a pro basketball player weep with envy (they have to be able to jump up on to a camels stomach after all), these spiders latch on and inject you with a local anesthesia so you can't feel it feeding on you. They eat flesh, not just suck out your juices like a normal spider. Comments: The photo appears to be authentic. Fortunately for all of us — especially the guys in the picture — the same cannot be said of the accompanying text, which merely repeats false rumors circulating since the start of the Iraq war. This scary-looking creature (actually, it's a pair of scary-looking creatures dangling end-to-end) is indeed commonly called a camel spider, but it is found in arid locales all over the world — including the southwestern United States — not just in the Gulf region. A typical specimen can grow to about the size of a child's hand, but, though they are known for being vicious predators, camel spiders are neither venomous nor a threat to human beings. They don't eat camels, either.

World's Tallest Woman Netlore Archive: Emailed photos purport to show the tallest woman in the world Description: Emailed photos Circulating since: 2002 Status: False

The Giant Grizzly Bear Not quite a world record In real life, the big grizzly in the first two photographs measured 10' 6" from nose to tail and weighed an estimated 1,000 to 1,200 pounds — unusually large for the vicinity in which it was found, says the USDA Forest Service, but not quite a world record, nor even a record for Alaska. It was killed on October 14, 2001 by U.S. Air Force Airman Theodore Winnen on Hinchinbrook Island, Prince William Sound. The photos were taken by his hunting partner, Staff Sgt. James Urban. Both were stationed at Eielson Air Force Base near Fairbanks at the time. Though the bear was within 10 yards of the hunters' position and moving towards them when he fired the first shot, Winnen says, it did not charge them, contrary to what the email claims. "I don't know if the wind was in our favor or what," he told the Anchorage Daily News. "We were dressed in camouflage. He might not have seen us." Winnen's weapon was a 338-caliber Winchester Magnum, not a 7mm semi-automatic as alleged. The first bullet pierced the bear's brain but left it standing; five more in the chest brought it down.

[Soaring Feather]

Howdy JJ!

[fatima]

They are different:)

[Soaring Feather]

Tourist Guy doesn't like Burkas! LOL

[fatima]

Hehe,I always thought that picture was real:)

[tomkow6]

"Got a spider, Burkaman??"

Yuppers!

 

[Soaring Feather]

Oh, I see you're home now.

[tomkow6]

"Tourist Guy doesn't like Burkas!"
Tourist Guy ain't got NOOOOOOO fashion sense....

[fatima]

Mikey Likes It There are rumors that mixing Pop Rocks with carbonated drinks would cause your stomach to explode. Further, according to playground lore, an overly-cute kid who achieved fame in LIFE cereal commercials had died of this. Why Little Mikey, of all people? Urban legends require victims who are known yet anonymous -- the ubiquitous friends of a friend -- to lend them a touch of credible realism without allowing for the easy verification of their details. Little Mikey was a kid known to all other children by virtue of his famous television commercial, yet he was still relatively anonymous -- few people (adults included) knew his real name, and his non-appearance in any public role subsequent to his well known LIFE commercial could therefore plausibly be attributed to his untimely demise. (Contrary to the rumor, John Gilchrist, the lad who played Mikey, not only survived his childhood unexploded, but is now an advertising-account manager for a New York radio station. And no, that's not him in the new LIFE commercial; that's Jimmy Starace.) The company stopped marketing Pop Rocks around 1983, and this is often pointed to as "proof" that the candy was so harmful it had to be pulled from the shelves.

[Soaring Feather]

Tourist Guy ain't got NOOOOOOO fashion sense....
Neither does his bother, Burkaman!

[Jet Jaguar]

I am off for the day, and it looks like I can enjoy a three day break. My guys and I need it.

[Allegra]

You have a shower? In your room?!

Hey, I paid my dues. ;-)

I did the tent thing with the nice walk to and from the shower trailers for a while in my early days. Oh, yes, that was fun. I imagine you've been there and done that as well.

Thank you very much for your service. (Go Navy!!) BTW, I did my early days at Camp Victory. I was at Camp Liberty when there wasn't even a chow hall there, let alone that WalMart-style PX. I barely recognize the place when I come through there now.

[Jet Jaguar]

Great videos!

[Jet Jaguar]

Howdy Tom!

[Jet Jaguar]

Good evening Ms. Feather!

[tongue-tied]

Yep. For around 18 months. Beautiful!

[Kathy in Alaska]

That's good.....we need y'all in tip top shape. All of you enjoy your 3 days.

[fatima]

Thanks Jet Jaguar.

[tongue-tied]

They were nice! Sorta dusty sky tonight, but still purty.

[tongue-tied]

LOL...send him some spider pics from fatima! Those'll scare the bejeebers outta him. Oh wait, never mind. He prolly has seen 'em.

Send goblin and witch stuff.

[ErnBatavia]

You need to check Lokibob's page...his essay about serving in Greenland is a hoot!