Airline Passengers Eaten by Wolves!

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Good Afternoon!

Well.. this morning, I found a disturbing message from a worried
supporter in Iowa. Rather than lay the story out to you, I've opted to
address the post here, where you can all see it. I expect there are many
of you who have seen the same column in your respective papers.

-----Original Message-----
From: T.j
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 1999 1:25 AM
To: nawa@nawa.org
Subject: Disturbing News
Tj:

Dear Brother and Sisters,

I didn't know where to actually send this but I found it to be disturbing
enough that I felt it needed to be shared. I was reading in a local
newspaper that in January some airplanes got delayed on a runway in
Detroit due to a winter storm. The article goes on to state that SEVERAL
passengers were eaten by wolves.

EE:

That's the most assinine piece of rubbish I've ever heard (well, almost...
I did hear one that was the doozy of ~all~ doozys)
This one, although not without initial shock value (to ~very~ sheltered
readers), lacks imagination and details. The guy who wrote this, is
depriving a village somewhere of an idiot.

TJ:

I found this to be a total shock to me.I haven't heard any such thing
about this before and would like to know how much if any truth there is to
this.I felt that I probably wasn't important enough to stand alone on this
so I am asking for your help with getting the truth.

EE:

Tj, think about this… there should be some questions in your mind;

a) with the heated and emotional controversy that surrounds the wolf
recovery issue in this country today, don't you think that if this
actually happened it would make SERIOUS headlines?

MARCH 2nd, 1999 (carried by every newspaper in the nation)

"WOLVES GORGE THEMSELVES ON HUMAN KILL WHILE STEWARDESS STANDS HELPLESS"

by,

Someone who takes an hour and a half to watch 60 minutes

b) have you ever been on a delayed flight parked on the runway? I have -
many times. They don't let you off the plane to wander around. So, the
wolves just casually boarded the plane and began selecting their menu?

Try to imagine, in your mind, exactly what would have to take place in
order for something like this to be real - get a clear picture in your
head of each and every little detail. Think it through.

c) Tj, I'm not above printing a retraction, but I feel fairly safe in
announcing that there are no naturally occurring or reintroduced wolves in
the city of Detroit - Upper Penninsula, but not in Detriot.

TJ:

The newspaper that ran this bit of information is called The Ottumwa
Courier.It was ran on March 1,1999 on the opinion page in a story
written by Dave Berry.The street address is 213 E. Second St.
Ottumwa,Iowa 52501.Phone 515-684-4611, Fax 515-684-7326, E-mail
OttumwaC@AOL.com

EE:

OK.. after a few phone calls, I ended up in the grand canyon of the
Chicago Tribune voice mail system - where I lost 3 pounds after twenty
minutes of vigorous exercise trying to find my way out. I just wanted to
talk to somebody ~anybody~ with a pulse. Finally, while pushing buttons
randomly, I actually found a real live person! Seems that Dave Berry is a
syndicated columnist who writes out of Miami. Tribune Media Services sends his column out to various newspapers around the country, <groan> but the Chicago Tribune made it abundantly clear that they do not claim him. (now, there's a surprise)

They also described Mr. Berry as, and I quote, "a little different".
They told me that he's supposed to be funny. I told them that he wasn't
funny. Not even a little. I explained that there are people out there, who
will read that nonsense and believe it. At the very least and as a basic
media responsibility, CT should have put a small caption at the bottom of
the column explaining Mr. Berry's somewhat distorted sense of "humor" and that the fictitious Northwest Airline passengers, delayed on a fabricated runway in Detroit, were not consumed by wolves - imaginary or otherwise.

TJ:

We all know that our brother and sister wolves do not need this kind of
publicity whether it be true or not.Especially if it is not true.
Help Please...

Most Sincerely

T.J.

EE:

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

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