Re: A.Word.A.Day--cryptozoology / Was Re: Forgeries

[nobody@REPLAY.COM (Anonymous)]

Wordsmith wrote:
> 
> cryp.to.zo.ol.o.gy n. 1969 :1) the study of the lore concerning legendary
>    animals (as Sasquatch) especially in order to evaluate the possibility of
>    their existence
>    2) the study of the lore concerning legendary members of the 
>    cypherpunks mailing list (as Tim C. May) especially in order 
>    to evaluate the possibility of their existence, as opposed to
>    being the creation of the Electronic Forgery Foundation.
> 
>    Maria Goodavage, Most scientists merely amused., USA TODAY, 05-24-1996,
>    pp 08A.
>    "But J. Richard Greenwell, a zoologist at the International Society of
>    Cryptozoology, which studies evidence of unverified animals, cites the
>    example of the mountain gorilla, thought to be a myth until the early
>    1900s. `It's the largest known primate in the world, and it took a long,
>    long time to prove it really exists,' he says.
>    On the existence of Tim C. May, Greenwell said, "Legend tells us
>    that he is a Cypherpunk Sasquatch, but every researcher who has 
>    gone in search of him has come back in a body bag with a variety
>    of bullet holes in the carcass."
>    Greenwell also quotes a writer at Market Magazine, in regard to the
>    rumored existence of Robert Hettinga, "If Hettinga really exists,
>    then why is he never credited for any quotes in the media?"
> 
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