[meteorite-list] Could "Archaeologist" be related to "StarchaserMeteorites"?

[JKGwilliam]

In addition to what Dean has just said, this story about the Barbie 
Doll head has appeared on this list several times over the past 8 or 
9 years.  And, in every circumstance, someone stepped forward to 
expose it for what it really was, and still is,  a fraud.

Take some time and visit the link Dean provided and you will find 
some very humorous stories. Remember that's what they really are, 
just stories.  Human beings can be so gullible - I suppose that's how 
these "urban legends" get passed around so quickly.

John

At 11:30 AM 10/31/2007, dean bessey wrote:
>That letter was never written and is what is called an
>"urban legend". Like the scuba divers in the forest,
>crapping elephant death and solid rocket powered car
>in the desert these are among the most popular urban
>legends. Top overall to urban legend is this one:
>http://darwinawards.com/legends/legends1998-16.html
>The smithsonian has not been responding to nutcases
>with those letters. That story is one of the oldest
>and has been around since the beginning of the
>internet (More than 10 years). You have been taken in
>by accepting an urban legend as fact.
>Sincerely
>DEAN
>
>
>--- Darren Garrison <cynapse at charter.net> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:16:52 -0700, you wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >Ok, the story behind this... There's this wacked
> > out guy who digs things out of his backyard and
> > >sends the stuff he finds to the Smithsonian
> > Institute, labelling them with scientific names,
> > >insisting that they are actual archeological finds.
> > The really weird thing about these letters
> > >is that this guy really exists! Anyway... here's a
> > letter from the Smithsonian Institute after
> > >he sent them a Barbie doll head.....
> >
> > http://www.snopes.com/humor/letters/smithsonian.asp
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