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check your snail mail carefully?
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Jun 12 02:34 UTC 2000 |
hmmm. there didn't seem to be any items under which i could fit
this. a pagan mailing list to which i subscribe recently contained
a message about gerina dunwich receiving a letter bomb. (she's fine.
no one was hurt, fortunately.) has anyone else heard anything similar?
i'm wondering if it's an urban legend.
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kami
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response 1 of 11:
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Jun 12 02:40 UTC 2000 |
I have not heard about this. Does she have a web site? Might be info there.
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robh
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response 2 of 11:
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Jun 12 04:53 UTC 2000 |
I saw the same e-mail that you did, but that's all I've heard.
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brighn
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response 3 of 11:
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Jun 12 05:41 UTC 2000 |
you know, I received that, too, and hadn't thought to question it, but for
what it's worth, a Yahoo! search of "dunwich bomb" turns up nothing of note,
"gerina dunwich" turns up no news about a letter bomb, nor do "gerina dunwich
mail" or "gerina dunwich bomb".
That's not to say that it didn't happen, but it seems odd that someone as
high-profile in the mainstream as she is (not a household name, but one of
the better known names) wouldn't get at least a blurb somewhere... hmmm...
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voodoo
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response 4 of 11:
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Jun 12 12:38 UTC 2000 |
Ok...who is she? Any theories as to why she'd get letter bombed. I
don't think I've annoyed nearly enough people or been quite brilliant
enough to merit a letter bomb. ;P
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robh
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Jun 12 13:01 UTC 2000 |
A quick visit to WitchVox shows no articles in the last two weeks
about anyone getting a letter bomb. And you'd think Wren would
consider that important enough to post. >8)
Re 4 - I did find some pages on AltaVista mentioning her. Seems
to be yet another author who write lots and lots of books for
beginners, and sells them to Llewelyn.
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brighn
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response 6 of 11:
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Jun 12 14:31 UTC 2000 |
She's one of Llewellyn's stable, yes, but one of the more competent ones.
Something of an expert on herbs, I gather.
the other question: Why would someone want to HOAX something like this? A
sense of self-importance? To make Wicca seem more important/incindiery/opposed
than it really is? Since Kaczynski's fine missive, the USPS has been pretty
strict about keeping mail to minimal sizes or inspecting it, so I'd be
surprised if something like this really DID happen... but why make it up?
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jazz
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response 7 of 11:
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Jun 12 20:13 UTC 2000 |
Perhaps someone mis-heard "mail bombed" for "letter bombed".
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robh
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response 8 of 11:
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Jun 12 21:00 UTC 2000 |
Re 7: Not a bad guess - but the e-mail from the author does specify that
it was a package sent through the postal service.
Alas, I've deleted the several copies of the message I've gotten, or I
would post it here.
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brighn
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response 9 of 11:
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Jun 12 21:43 UTC 2000 |
Sorry about the sloppinees, it's been forwarded a few times
From: Rmato@aol.com
Reply-To: kypaganforum@egroups.com
To: kypaganforum@egroups.com
Subject: [KyPaganForum] Re: Wiccan writter receives letter bomb -
fwd
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 10:17:04 EDT
This was forwarded from another list. Be aware.
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Dear Friends:
Today I received a most disturbing note from a fellow Wiccan
author,
Gerina
Dunwich. The text is included below. Gerina received a letter
bomb in
her
post office box. Fortunately it did not detonate and no one was
injured.
Please examine your incoming mail very carefully. Letter bombs
are bulky
as
they must contain sufficient plastic explosive to be effective, yet a
little
can do a lot of damage. Some plastic explosives are the thickness
and
roughly the consistency of linoleum, others resemble putty or
plasticine.
These substances tend to leave stains from the solvents in them
on the
packaging material or envelope. If you are not expecting a
package or
do
not
recognize the return address, be especially cautious. The
package
that
Gerina received was post-marked Columbus, Ohio, but there is no
telling
whether the suspect(s) will use this fake return address more than
once.
If
in doubt, call the authorities immediately rather than taking a
chance.
DO
NOT OPEN suspicious packages under any circumstances.
Handle it as
little
as
possible.
If anyone has any further questions, do not hesitate to contact me.
Bright Blessings
Kerr Cuhulain
PS: This is the text of Gerina's letter:
Dear Kerr Cuhulain,
I felt I should bring a certain matter to your attention since you are
involved in law
enforcement and workshops to educate the public. I was the
recipient of
a
letter
bomb this past weekend. It was postmarked Columbus, Ohio and
sent to my
post
office box. Luckily no one was hurt. I suspected there was
something
strange
about
the package and handed it over to the postmaster, who in turn
notified
the
police and
bomb squad. The matter is now under investigation but I've been
informed
that
the
chances are slim that they will be able to find out who sent it, since
the
return address
was obviously a fake one and whoever sent it was probably very
careful
not
to
leave
fingerprints. I do not know anyone in Columbus, Ohio (except for
AJ Drew
of
Salem West) and I have no personal enemies that I know of. I do
not know
if
I
am being targeted personally or am just one name of many on this
mad
bomber's
list , but I think that all Wiccan/Pagan/Occult authors and public
figures
should be aware and very cautious whenever they receive a
suspicious
package
in the mail from someone they do not know - especially if it
postmarked
from
Columbus, Ohio! Take care.
Blessed Be,
Gerina Dunwich
If we could just get everyone to close their eyes and visualize world
peace for an hour, imagine how serene and quiet it would be until the
looting started.
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brighn
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response 10 of 11:
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Jun 13 19:30 UTC 2000 |
Update:
for those of you who didn't receive the new email rash, here's the dish:
There was no bomb. There never was a bomb. Gerina received a suspicious
letter, she had her husband take it down to the post office, who sniffed it,
shook it, and decided it wasn't tassty. Her husband came back and told her
it was "under investigation by police," and so she spread the word far and
wide that she'd gotten a letter bomb, getting rather free with details about
the type of explosive, etc. Her husband later admitted that the USPS had
simply discarded it, because it wasn't a bomb at all.
Kerr Cuhulain proceeded to bawl Gerina out, saying that her act of hysteria
would be considered Public Mischief in his jurisdiction (yes, he's a real
police officer), and that in the future, she should call 911 when she gets
a suspicious package, rather than sending her hubby down to the USPS with a
package that could blow his hand off.
I have added my own editorializing to this account. Live with it.
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jazz
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response 11 of 11:
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Jun 14 14:53 UTC 2000 |
I have to admit, that's about the stupidest thing I can concieve of
doing with a letter bomb (unless you don't like your husband), short of saving
it for the Fourth of July as an extra firework.
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