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George Kasprzak <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 3 Apr 1997 03:59:57 -0500
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I found this the other day, anyone else seen it?
comments?




Here is the answer to the question of why the $5.00 and quarters in the
victims pockets.

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      Interestingly enough, in 1907, Samuel Langhorne
 Clemens, aka Mark Twain, wrote a short story
 entitled "Extract from Captain Stormfield's Trip to
 Heaven," in which the hero leaves Earth for "an
 extended excursion among the heavenly bodies"
 on the tail of a comet.
      In the story, the hero has his passport on him,
 plus five dollars and three 25-cent pieces for the fare.
      Many of the Heaven's Gate victims had their
 passports on their persons and $5.75 in their hands.
 (See New York Post, March 29, 1997, page 6)
      In a strange twist, the comet Hale-Bopp has the
 same initials as Helena Blavatsky.
      Also, the acronym for Evolutionary Level Above
 Human (ELAH) spells HALE backwards.  (See the
 Boston Herald for March 29, 1997, page 3)

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