Overheard on the Local News

Interviewer, at the Palmer (AK) Musk Ox Farm:  How can you tell if a musk ox is pregnant?

"Expert":  It's a pretty good indicator if she's just delivered a calf.


They're everywhere, folks.

TV Alert: ROFL Edition

This is too funny to pass up:

Here's information sent to local media about an Alaska-based episode of something called "Brad Meltzer's Decoded." 

"Starting next Wednesday (1/11), Brad and his team are heading to your home, the mysterious state of Alaska, to look into the existence of what is informally known as "The Alaskan Black Triangle," a mysterious area of Alaska that claims thousands of missing persons every single year and the government is trying to cover it up."

Thousands? Granted it's a wilderness, but ... thousands, really?  Okay, I'll bite: where is this mysterious mystery o' death located?

It's "a stretch of land between Juneau, Anchorage and Barrow."

Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2012/01/07/2251861/alaska-ear.html#storylink=cpy

Oh. Is that all?

Shouldn't they look at a map before writing this tripe? The "triangle" they purport to describe would cover some 150,000 to 200,000 square miles, and most of it completely inaccessible except by air.

Really?

This is roll-on-the-floor hysterical stuff, folks. Juneau is accessible only by air or sea, and Barrow is tough to reach without a plane, too. If there were "thousands" of aviation deaths annually, wouldn't somebody have mentioned it before now?

Watch the show at your own risk, folks. What a farce!

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Read Thousmore here: http://www.adn.com/2012/01/07/2251861/alaska-ear.html#storylink=cpy