CORDELIA, Calif. - The International Bird Rescue Research Center in Cordelia plans to raise funds with an unusual duck X-ray. The bird came in with a broken wing, but when Marie Travers, assistant manager of the center, radiographed the duck, she was stunned to see a very clear image of what appeared to be the face, or head, of an extraterrestrial alien in the bird's stomach. "Marie looked at it and all she could say was 'unbelievable,'" said Karen Benzel, public affairs director for the rescue center, which has been rescuing sick and injured birds for more than three decades. Unfortunately, the duck died quickly and quietly of its injuries. Initial reports from the center claimed the cause of the alien face was never determined, but Benzel said she was still awaiting results of a necropsy. Either way, the center has come up with a way to turn its alien encounter into a fundraiser for the center. It will auction off the X-ray on eBay. The one-of-a-kind image, which measures 17-by-14 inches, will be sold along with a certificate of authenticity. All proceeds will go toward funding the center's rehabilitation programs. The auction begins Sunday. Information from: The Reporter, http://www.thereporter.com
I heard a lady connected with this interviewed on the radio earlier this week. The "image" was mostly corn she said. They bidding for the radiography was up to about $9,000.
I sense a little fowl play. Somebody's gonna go down for this... There, that's pretty much every bad pun available for this thread...lock it up!
LOL, what's up with yours? A feline Mr Miyagi? univac hal is an anagram of my real name.. just happens to be a really primitive computer + a really futuristic one (HAL 9000)
No it's just that my parents met working for Univac in the '60s down here by NASA. Dont hear much about it these days...cool.
