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Find missing persons with DNA
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Posted By:
Octavo
Dec 08, 2004
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I did my ironing in front of the tv last night... doing ironing on your own sucks. Anyways, I was doing my ironing when a report aired about a new technology that allows you to find missing persons with some DNA and advanced satellite systems. It all sounds too good to be true and personally I cannot fathom how this could work. The few details and large claims all smack of hoax material...Here's the news report
Cheers
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Comments
Lawrence Mayes
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Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 | 10:13 AM
Didn't they use a pendulum and a map to find missing people in the past - sounds like an updated bit of dowsing (so if you believe in dowsing, you'll believe in this......and fairies too, probably). |
Maegan
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Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 | 11:11 AM
"The equipment and system used is being kept top secret in Bloemfontein, but parents of children that were found say it really works."
Top Secret? Really?
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BugbearSloth
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Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 | 01:24 PM
Is this another one of Toby Alexander's enterprises? |
The Curator
in San Diego
Member
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Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 | 03:44 PM
Definitely bogus. It's probably a scam to con money out of parents with missing children. It sounds weirdly similar to the Abrams' Dynamizer, a quack invention from the early 20th century that could supposedly diagnose a person's illness based on their signature alone:
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2843/is_3_26/ai_85932620 |
Maegan
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Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2004 | 12:00 PM
Any parents that try this...are probably the same parents that read that bed-time story, "Strangers Have The Best Candy" to their kids. |
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