Capsizing Boat
Status: Real

A series of photos of a ship being capsized by a large wave and then righting itself is doing the rounds. (That's a bit of a pun.) The photos are real. According to an article in the Mad Mariner (mirrored here), they were taken in California's Morro Bay Harbor by Gary Robertshaw on Dec. 4, 2007. The boat is a Coast Guard vessel on a training mission. From the Mad Mariner:













In a sequence of photographs, reprinted here with Robertshaw's permission, a towering wave tosses the boat high atop its crest, and then swallows it entirely. And for a few breathtaking frames, the vessel, dubbed "unsinkable” by the Coast Guard, disappears in the roiling surf. Just as Robertshaw began to worry the boat wouldn't resurface, it popped up... A Coast Guard spokesman in Long Beach said no one aboard the boat was hurt that day, although the crew did take a beating. The wave that battered the boat was estimated to be 22 to 25 feet high. "Everybody was alright," the spokesman said. "That boat's made to roll."


Posted By: Alex | Date: Wed Feb 20, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (2)
Category: Photos/Videos The Most Bizarre Experiments of All Time

What happens if you give an elephant LSD? Can you keep the severed head of a dog alive apart from its body? Would you drink vomit to prove a theory?

Although these experiments are listed on the Museum of Hoaxes web site, every single one of them is absolutely real -- part of a list of scientific experiments that are mind-twistingly, jaw-droppingly strange, and will make you wonder, "How did anyone ever conceive of doing such a thing?"

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You too are a participant in not just one, but several radical, large-scale experiments!

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1. Water fluoridation

2. Mandated vaccinations

3. Information-carrying radio waves

4. Pharmaceutical drug use for everything from non-existent diseases to ailments that do not have a pharmacological cure

5. Mercury exposures that are claimed to be “safe”

6. Estrogen-mimicking compounds used in everything from children’s toys to that steak on your plate

7. Aspartame

8. Genetically modified foods, and cloned meats

9. HAARP

10. Chemtrails

Sources:

* The Museum of Hoaxes
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