Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 14:00:42 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Not A Hoax, was Re: [WSFA] Catch of the day (long but worth
	it!)
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

The story is true.
But quite often stuff that appears in our inboxes sometimes ain't (hard to =
believe that untrue things would be on the 'net.  Strange but true.)

A good source to verify such is http://www.snopes2.com/ - which does have =
the amusing story listed as a True item.

Another good resource is http://HoaxBusters.ciac.org/

mjw