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Note 410.0 "Blue Star" warning is a HOAX! 2 replies
QUARK::LIONEL "We all live in a yellow subroutine" 21 lines 24-JUN-1988 14:02
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There is a story being circulated around the net, by MAIL and NOTES,
that attempts to warn parents about a terrible drug menace against
children in the form of LSD distributed as "Blue Star" tattoos.
The latest version of this story says it comes from the
"Concord/Manchester area" and is attributed to a "Cumberland County
Sherrif's Department".
This is a hoax. It is an OLD hoax, about 15-20 years old. IT IS
NOT TRUE! Note that there is no Cumberland County in New Hampshire.
This particular "urban legend" is documented in one of sociologist
Jan Harold Brunvand's books on urban legends called "The Choking
Doberman". More discussion of Brunvand's books and urban legends
can be found in note 303 of QUARK::HUMAN_RELATIONS.
If you receive this message, or see it posted in a notesfile, please
do NOT pass it on and tell the sender that it is a hoax. This is
about the fourth time I have seen this particular hoax circulate
within DEC in the past ten years.
Steve
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| 487.2 | Confirmed as as still ongoing activity? | TRACTR::PULKSTENIS | tilling the soil | Tue Jun 28 1988 13:11 | 38 |
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This was posted in the Christian notesfile, as well as distributed.
I have removed all the distribution back to the source of this
confirmation, and post it here FWIW.
Supposedly, this Cumberland County is in Maine, and the confirmation
with the Sheriff's Department was on 6/24/88, just a matter of days
ago.
Is it old news reintroduced because of new activity along these
lines? Or just old news? I don't know. I'd be inclined to want to
call the sheriff's office *myself* at this point...
Irena
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From: VIDEO::FRANCOEUR "Ron Francoeur 223-7312 PK3-1/10B 24-Jun-1988 1251" 24-JUN-1988 12:59
To: @[FRANCOEUR.BIBLE]STUDY.DIS
Subj: The article has been validated !
This article has been extensively transmitted over the DEC
network. Many question its validity. I contacted the
Sheriff's department in Cumberland County ( MAINE ) and
spoke with Sgt. Slocum. ( 207 ) 774-1444
Sgt Slocum says the article is real. It was brought to their
attention as a public relations message by the American
Legion for their endorsement. The Sgt. also indicated that
they have experienced some cases of this in their area.
Ron Francoeur
24 June 1988
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| 487.3 | | VAXRT::CANNOY | Down the river of Night's dreaming | Tue Jun 28 1988 14:50 | 13 |
| This particular LSD message is the exact same message (word for word)
that I have seen several times in the past and I've only been at DEC for 3
years. I have been told by other people who have been here longer that it
has made the rounds about 4 or five times in the last 10 years. This
particular message is also well documented in the book I mentioned.
No, I don't want to belittle the fact that LSD is sometimes distributed in
this manner. However in this case, this message is in effect a chain letter
and as such falls under DEC's specific prohibition against forwarding chain
letters.
Tamzen
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| 487.4 | I've seen it before | USACSB::SCHORR | | Tue Jun 28 1988 15:15 | 9 |
| The same letter word for word was distributed at my children's school
2 years ago. While every parent must be cautious about what our
children come in contact with it tends to take the focus away from
the real problems confronting us as parents trying to raise children
today. And since I believe that this isn't the place I will say
no more.
Warren
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| 487.5 | Boy Cries Wolf. Film at 11 | ATSE::KASPER | Biology grows on you | Wed Jun 29 1988 13:16 | 7 |
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Further discussion in the NEW_HAMPSHIRE conference has mentioned that
the sherriff's office in Cumberland County, Maine, did reissue this
recently. They got it from a "national publication".
Beverly
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| 487.6 | Received It Via DECMAIL | FDCV03::ROSS | | Wed Jun 29 1988 14:35 | 9 |
| Our group (US/DIS) in Parker Street, got this message via DECMAIL
this morning.
It was sent as an attachement with about 5 Management Levels above
us, requesting that it be quickly disseminated.
Personnel groups were also included on the distribution.
Alan
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| 487.7 | Source of a rumor | TWEED::B_REINKE | where the sidewalk ends | Thu Aug 04 1988 15:30 | 7 |
| There was an article about the origins of the message in the
Boston Globe two weeks ago. Roughly as I remember the article a
woman from Maine was visiting in New Jersey and heard that
this was happening in Texas. When she returned to Maine she contacted
her sherriffs office to get the warning sent out.
Bonnie
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| 487.8 | The rumor lives on | DECSIM::GROSS | I brake for A.K.s | Fri Aug 05 1988 16:15 | 4 |
| I noticed that this same rumor appeared as a "phone-the-editor" message in the
Middlesex News (local newspaper in the western suburbs of Boston) two days ago.
Dave
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