Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for July 06, 2015
July 05, 2015
July 07, 2015
Transcript:
During the 1862 Civil War battle of Shiloh, soldiers' wounds mysteriously glowed blue- a proven result of bioluminescent bacteria! There are no laws specifically outlawing cannibalism in the US- except in Idaho. Real or ruse? While cleaning out their grandfather's Tampa, Florida, attic, Mike and Maria Lopez found in antique wooden box containing what they believe is the hand of legendary pirate Jose Gaspar!
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Templo S.U.D. almost 9 years ago
And to think amputations sans anesthetic during the Civil War was grotesque.
Brown Leghorn almost 9 years ago
Why are they so riled against the Confederate Battle Flag when men on both sides were caught up in this evil time with the same love of their God, family, and country and made to war on themselves instead of the principality. The reason they are riled again is to start another war, this time between the skin colors!
ZorkArg almost 9 years ago
Is there a danger of being eaten in Idaho? Must be all those Mormons there…
goweeder almost 9 years ago
That’s why you should only eat people if they are roadkill. Otherwise, you could be charged with murder.
Max Starman Jones almost 9 years ago
Well, that would explain why the pirate had a hook…
bmillard almost 9 years ago
Most states have laws against ‘tampering with a corpse’. I think that would cover it.
brooklyn51 almost 9 years ago
There are some serious doubts that the hand actually belonged to Jose Gaspar, but it’s still a pretty ghastly find. And whose hand is it then?
http://www.newsmax.com/US/Tampa-Ybor-City-treasure-map-Jose-Gaspar/2015/04/30/id/641841/
Sodaburger almost 9 years ago
…but do there need to be laws specifically banning cannibalism?
spaced man spliff almost 9 years ago
It has been proposed that humans were not the first choice of carnivorous animals because of the disagreeable taste of their flesh. But I’d still avoid saber-toothed cats.
Tarredandfeathered almost 9 years ago
In the Alfred Packer cannibalism trial….From Wikipedia:. According to a local newspaper, the presiding judge, M.B. Gerry, said:.“Stand up yah voracious man-eatin’ sonofabitch and receive yir sintince. When yah came to Hinsdale County, there was siven Dimmycrats.But you, yah et five of ‘em, goddam yah. I sintince yah t’ be hanged by th’ neck ontil yer dead, dead, dead, as a warnin’ ag’in reducin’ th’ Dimmycratic populayshun of this county. Packer, you Republican cannibal, I would sintince ya ta hell but the statutes forbid it.".
therese_callahan2002 over 8 years ago
Dr. Lecter probably will never visit Idaho.