# I can't believe what I just read **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 28, 2000, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-what-i-just-read/23896 "2000-06-28T16:54:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![realm505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@realm505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/realm505)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2000, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-what-i-just-read/23896/1 "2000-06-28T16:54:04Z")
[http://fredericksburg.com/news/done/Region/0626alie.htm[\url]](http://fredericksburg.com/news/done/Region/0626alie.htm%5B%5Curl%5D) I’m not going to say a word. ---
**Author:** ![realm505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@realm505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/realm505)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2000, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-what-i-just-read/23896/2 "2000-06-28T16:56:12Z")
here it is. [http://fredericksburg.com/news/done/Region/0626alie.htm](http://fredericksburg.com/news/done/Region/0626alie.htm) ---
**Author:** ![KimKatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@KimKatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KimKatt)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2000, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-what-i-just-read/23896/3 "2000-06-28T17:04:27Z")
> [@](#): > > Bryant said he has been unable to find a lawyer willing to take the case Obviously, he hasn’t yet contacted Geoffrey Fieger. ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2000, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-what-i-just-read/23896/4 "2000-06-28T17:19:53Z")
Man, people really go the extra mile **just** to get attention. ---
**Author:** ![jesuslynch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e99b99/32.png) [@jesuslynch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jesuslynch)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2000, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-what-i-just-read/23896/5 "2000-06-28T18:12:09Z")
> [@](#): > > Among other things, the lawsuit seeks to order Gilmore to convene a grand jury to investigate the methods and scope of the alleged alien invasion. It also would direct the Virginia National Guard to establish a quick-reaction force to repel “these non-human-humanoid-alien entities yet to be apprehended and brought to justice.” I’d heard that weed was a lot stronger these days. I guess I now have proof. ---
**Author:** ![ren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@ren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ren)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2000, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-what-i-just-read/23896/6 "2000-06-28T18:22:27Z")
> [@](#): > > “We have turned this case over to our ‘X–Files’ department,” David Botkins, spokesman for Attorney General Mark Earley, told The Washington Post. Clearly, this is very close to the ‘round-file’ department. ---
**Author:** ![FreakFreely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/48db29/32.png) [@FreakFreely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FreakFreely)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2000, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-what-i-just-read/23896/7 "2000-06-28T18:25:35Z")
This is ridiculous. Nobody pay attention to that madman. There are no aliens! It’s just a figment of your imagination! Besides, they’re not triangular, they’re hexegonal. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@Mr\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Bear)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2000, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-what-i-just-read/23896/8 "2000-06-28T19:33:49Z")
I say good for him! Those experiments really do hurt and the scars they leave! We do need more protection. ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2000, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-what-i-just-read/23896/9 "2000-06-28T20:14:51Z")
Not to metion all of those mutilated cows . . . jeeze, the guy \* does \* have a point . . . ---
**Author:** ![Iguana\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@Iguana\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iguana_Boy)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2000, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-what-i-just-read/23896/10 "2000-06-28T20:24:52Z")
Shit! Anyone know a good defence lawyer?