[meteorite-list] New Proofs for Nakhla Dog?

From: David Freeman <dfreeman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:55:49 2004
Message-ID: <3C4A1BE9.80602_at_fascination.com>

Long live the dead log...err...dog,
Arf! Arf!
Dave F.

MARSROX_at_aol.com wrote:

>Ah, the power of the pen! I was pleasantly surprised and encouraged to read
>the article Ron Baalke forwarded to us about Valera and the (eyes rolled
>upward, throat cleared here) absolutely, positively dead animal associated
>with it.
>
>Yes, encouraged because the respected British periodical "The Guardian" (as
>reported by Duncan Steel) also refers to the so-called "Nakhla Dog" story
>concluding that "recent investigations seem to show that the story is
>apocryphal rather than apocalyptic."
>
>"Apocryphal" - False, counterfeit. No dog.
>
>Of course, I wrote of this fable in a "Meteorite" Nakhla feature a couple
>years ago revealing that -
>- the farmer had the actual day of the fall wrong (not a very strong start to
>creating the #1 legend-of-the-genre).
>- the place of the so-called event was far from the strewn field (location,
>location, location)
>- no one ever brought forth a rock or a dog. (fugitaboutit!)
>
>At least in the Valera case, we have a rock, sworn affidavits, multiple
>quality eyewitnesses, and steaks. Medium rare, I suspect.
>
>I offered facts derived from original Egyptian published Nakhla reports
>obtained from the Smithsonian. Ron offered personal theories backed by his
>startling imagination. This enchanting reading can be found in this list's
>archives.
>
>Unfortunately the otherwise timely and excellent NASA Mars meteorite website
>administered by Ron - http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/snc/html - (click on Nakhla), a
>very important source of supposedly unbiased information, remains diminished
>to all of our chagrin in one area by bad grammar and circular logic disguised
>as fact (numbering is mine) found therein --
>1."There is an eyewitness account that one of the fragments hit a dog"
>Yes, a farmer sought out a reporter and made a statement.
>2. "There has been some debate whether this story is true or not."
>Yes, but solely from Ron. No one else on Earth (!) has challenged me.
>3. "However, since there is some evidence that there some (sic) truth to the
>story....
>There is no evidence. Ron's only "evidence" is that ..... a man told a story
>(see #1).
>4"......the dog story cannot be discounted at this point".
>Yes it can, and I have. And I'm done with it.
>
>Maybe Ron or another interested reader can ask Duncan Steel of the Guardian
>what "recent investigations" he's referring to that add to the demise of this
>legend.
>
>Long live the dead dog,
>
>Kevin Kichinka
>
>
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