This is great.  I'm doing a paper about urban legends right now.  Kinda
cool to actually get one...




At 11:50 PM 4/12/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Doesn't this sound rather questionable??????????
>
>Before you spread these silly rumors, to THIS LIST, your friends, etc.
>do us all a favor - check this web site!
>
>http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/blhoax.htm
>
>You will find this hoax and many others there! Let's all do our part to
>stop this junk!!
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ross [mailto:rossio@HOEFTD.RENO.NV.US]
>Sent: Monday, April 12, 1999 6:05 PM
>To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>Subject: Fw: gang initiation...
>
>
>//Ross
>
>
>(HANWE)
>
>----------
>From: bammer <bammer@gbis.com>
>To: goddess_ <vnc@idc.wa.com>; vixen_ <vixen@q-net.net.au>; Lady of
>the Swords <veebee@tig.com.au>; ed and tammy kendall
><tigger@sierra.net>; Steve & Marla <steve-marla@email.msn.com>; Ross
><rossio@hoeftd.reno.nv.us>; Ron  and Gladys Kiel <ronk7qyz@gbis.com>;
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>athena_8 <misty1@zip.com.au>; savara <joylynf@main-net.com>; Fishy
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>Subject: Fw: gang initiation...
>Date: Sunday, April 11, 1999 5:01 PM
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Joe Santos <j.m.santos@worldnet.att.net>
>To: Rita Albazi <ralbazih@nortelnetworks.com>; Joe White
><jwhite@hooked.net>; Nicole Singhaus <nickies@flash.net>; Kellie
>Rzeszut <cirreah@aol.com>; Blaine Robello <oahu@pacbell.net>; Lisa
>Redondo <passion_dream@hotmail.com>; Kim Page <ettevroc9@aol.com>;
>Dan Murphy <murf@gbis.com>; Steve Minor <gntlmncwby@webtv.net>;
>Michele Minium <michelem@freegate.com>; Joni L Matalavage
><Jlmatt51@aol.com>; Detlef Herbst <dherbst@freegate.com>; Sam Kasim
><sam_kasim@notes.amdahl.com>; Wesley Fong <wesfong@ix.netcom.com>;
>Jordan Greathouse <jordan@fireguy.lovelock.nv.us>; Tammy Dangtran
><tammyd@freegate.com>; Shane Cantrell <bammer@gbis.com>
>Date: Sunday, April 11, 1999 12:32 PM
>Subject: gang initiation...
>
>
>>> please forward
>>> this to anyone you care about immediately so they can learn of the
>possible harm.
>Even if
>>> you don't read this, at least forward it to people.
>>> >
>>> Hello, my name is Tina Strongman and I work at a police station,
>as
>a
>>> phone operator for 911. Lately, we've received many phone calls
>pertaining
>>> to a new sort of problem that has arisen in the inner cities, and
>is now
>>> working its way to smaller towns.  It seems that a new form of
>gang
>>> initiation is to go find as
>>> many pay phones as possible and put a mixture of LSD and
>Strychnine
>onto
>>> the buttons.
>>>
>>> This mixture is deadly to the human touch, and apparently, this
>has
>killed
>>> some people on the east
>>> coast.  Strychnine is a chemical used in rat poison and is easily
>>> separated from the rest of the chemicals.
>>> When mixed with LSD, it creates a substance that is easily
>absorbed
>into
>>> the human flesh, and highly
>>> fatal.
>>>
>>> Please be careful if you are using a pay phone anywhere. You may
>want to
>>> wipe it off, or just not use one at all. If you have any
>questions,
>you
>>> can contact me at the links listed below.  Please be very careful.
>
>Let
>>> your friends and family know about this potential hazard. Thank
>you.
>