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- Path: sparky!uunet!ogicse!clark!m2xenix!agora!merlyn
- From: merlyn@ora.com (Randal L. Schwartz)
- Newsgroups: or.general
- Subject: Re: Oregon Vortex
- Message-ID: <MERLYN.93Jan7223030@agora.rain.com>
- Date: 8 Jan 93 06:30:30 GMT
- Article-I.D.: agora.MERLYN.93Jan7223030
- References: <2444@shaman.wv.tek.com> <1993Jan7.233820.3508@hpcvca.cv.hp.com>
- Sender: merlyn@agora.rain.com (Randal L. Schwartz)
- Organization: Stonehenge Consulting Services; Portland, Oregon, USA
- Lines: 26
- In-Reply-To: scott@hpcvccl.cv.hp.com's message of 7 Jan 93 23:38:20 GMT
-
- >>>>> In article <1993Jan7.233820.3508@hpcvca.cv.hp.com>, scott@hpcvccl.cv.hp.com (Scott Linn) writes:
-
- Scott> I had heard that the cabin used to be a mining assay office, and that it
- Scott> slid down the hill a ways during a mudslide, coming to rest all screwed
- Scott> up. Then, later, it was made into an attraction.
-
- Yes.... but somehow the boards ended up getting "cut" at different angles!
-
- That was my very very first clue that I had solid evidence that it was
- a hoax. That, and the amateur explanation of the corolois effect ("it
- happnes only here!" NOT!), and the way I was pushed from my
- straight-on angle to take a picture "from the side over there... it
- looks better". Of course. That's the illusion. Oh yeah, and the
- warning that "planes avoid flying over the area, because it messes
- with their compass". Funny... my sectional's not marked there at all,
- and no NOTAMs either. :-)
-
- Anyway, you pays yer money and you takes yer chances. It's a magic
- act. I can only hope that the operators know it's a magic act, and
- don't start believing it themselves.
-
- Just another closet magician,
- --
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