# Witnessing on Google; film yesterday morning. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 12, 2001, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witnessing-on-google-film-yesterday-morning/81022 "2001-09-12T06:08:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witnessing-on-google-film-yesterday-morning/81022/1 "2001-09-12T06:08:53Z")
[http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&frame=right&th=54ab4d241c34e0cc&seekm=3b8fd177%40monitor.lanset.com#link1](http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&frame=right&th=54ab4d241c34e0cc&seekm=3b8fd177%40monitor.lanset.com#link1) Hope I have that link right. I . . . really don’t know what to say. If it’s a joke, it isn’t funny. If it’s serious . . . well, there’s a cop in New Jersey who read the post and is apparently going to follow up. Weird-ass shit, either way. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witnessing-on-google-film-yesterday-morning/81022/2 "2001-09-12T06:15:01Z")
I don’t think it’s a joke. The initial post is titled “911”. That’s too much of a coincidence, and too creepy. This person knew _something._ ---
**Author:** ![Lockfist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/838e76/32.png) [@Lockfist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lockfist)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witnessing-on-google-film-yesterday-morning/81022/3 "2001-09-12T06:15:54Z")
How absolutley bizarre. I suppose it would be easy to fake such a thread but it still grabs my interest. Thanks for the link ! I’ll be interested to see where it goes. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witnessing-on-google-film-yesterday-morning/81022/4 "2001-09-12T06:16:33Z")
I read that. Bastard - if it’s true. If it’s not he’s just a dumbass. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witnessing-on-google-film-yesterday-morning/81022/5 "2001-09-12T06:17:06Z")
I was wondering when someone would post this. An acquaintance of mine found the post and passed it along to the CIA. I doubt it’s a joke, too, and I sure as hell doubt it’s a real psychic. If it was, they’d’ve given something more than vague threats. Here’s hoping it pans out. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witnessing-on-google-film-yesterday-morning/81022/6 "2001-09-12T06:17:24Z")
Holy hell. ---
**Author:** ![Lockfist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/838e76/32.png) [@Lockfist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lockfist)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witnessing-on-google-film-yesterday-morning/81022/7 "2001-09-12T06:18:23Z")
…on second thought this does remind me of those fake “[cnn.com](http://cnn.com)” links (at the end the address is [lanset.com](http://lanset.com)) - I’m sure someone will let us know soon around this board. ---
**Author:** ![Sultan\_Kinkari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@Sultan\_Kinkari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sultan_Kinkari)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witnessing-on-google-film-yesterday-morning/81022/8 "2001-09-12T06:22:13Z")
WTF? That is serious shit. Read this - "Message 7 in thread From: Xinoehpoel (tesnal@psl.moc) Subject: Re: 911 Newsgroups: alt.prophecies.nostradamus View this article only Date: 2001-09-04 12:40:28 PST Wait 7 days, and then maybe I’ll answer this post. You see, I am going away in seven days, and you will not hear from me again. X" Seriously, if the FBI hasn’t seen this they sure as hell need to. ---
**Author:** ![RAWisSYDNEY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4491bb/32.png) [@RAWisSYDNEY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RAWisSYDNEY)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witnessing-on-google-film-yesterday-morning/81022/9 "2001-09-12T07:23:22Z")
some notable notes from the thread… “anyone else notice that this guy’s name spelled backwards is leopheonix? the phoenix is the bird that raises from the ashes. the leo astrological sign is the lion. maybe some kind of egyptian lion sphynx connecttion?” and his email address (tesnal@psl.moc) can be re-arranged (forgot the word) to [palestns.com](http://palestns.com) (almost palestines) this guy IS serious, he knows something. Something must be done. ---
**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witnessing-on-google-film-yesterday-morning/81022/10 "2001-09-12T08:06:16Z")
As of 4:04 EDT: > [@](#): > > 400 Bad Request > > Your client has issued a malformed or illegal request. I don’t know what this implies if the link worked before. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witnessing-on-google-film-yesterday-morning/81022/11 "2001-09-12T08:10:33Z")
Man. The link doesn’t work now. And it was fine just a little while ago. Is that weird or what? ---
**Author:** ![TheNewbie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/db5fbb/32.png) [@TheNewbie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNewbie)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witnessing-on-google-film-yesterday-morning/81022/12 "2001-09-12T12:43:24Z")
The link works for me now… ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witnessing-on-google-film-yesterday-morning/81022/13 "2001-09-12T13:47:53Z")
It seems to work on IE and not on Netscape for me. ---
**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witnessing-on-google-film-yesterday-morning/81022/14 "2001-09-12T15:02:01Z")
For those of you having trouble, there’s a space in the link right after “monitor.” Delete the space and you’ll go through. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witnessing-on-google-film-yesterday-morning/81022/15 "2001-09-12T17:59:58Z")
May I point out something here? 911 is the national number for emergency; that connection has been noted before in connection with yesterday’s tragedy. That this is also the date of the disaster is a coincidence. Now consider the number of apocolyptic fruitcakes out there posting to messsage boards and newsgroups; especially something called “alt.prophecies.nostradamus” Frankly, the possibility of an event like yesterday happening on any given day approaches zero; but the possibility of a fruitcake predicting that something terrible is going to happen on a given day is only infintesimally smaller than one. So it is almost a given that if you look to find someone who predicted the event, you will find one. ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witnessing-on-google-film-yesterday-morning/81022/16 "2001-09-12T18:04:15Z")
What happened to our skepticism? This jerk predicted something would happen ‘tomorrow’ on 8/31/01. The _next_ day was 9/1/01, or the prophesized ‘911’, yet when an event occurs on the 11th you reinterpret his prophecy and give him a hit. And this from a forum that specializes in prophecy. There are also people there discussing that the bible and old Nosty himself predicted this tragedy. ---
**Author:** ![abuse\_angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d07c76/32.png) [@abuse\_angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abuse_angel)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witnessing-on-google-film-yesterday-morning/81022/17 "2001-09-12T19:19:40Z")
what we have here is a news group devoted to predictions, and a poster who, from what i saw in other posts, looks like a known troll. the thread begins with a vague threat that “something bad” will happen _to the members of the news group_ on sept. 1. the day comes and goes, nothing happens, troll backpedals. then he says that he won’t be around anymore after a week. again, he threatens the members of the news group. a week goes by, something bad happens, and we’re supposed to believe that this random moron had something to do with it? please, he’s just a troll. nothing more, nothing less. although, i’m sure he’s enjoying his sudden fame. ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witnessing-on-google-film-yesterday-morning/81022/18 "2001-09-12T19:42:08Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by **abuse angel** _ > > although, i’m sure he’s enjoying his sudden fame. Yeah, until a hyped-up paranoid FBI knocks on his door… Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Holy\_Avenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dec6dc/32.png) [@Holy\_Avenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Holy_Avenger)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witnessing-on-google-film-yesterday-morning/81022/19 "2001-09-12T20:41:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Yeah, until a hyped-up paranoid FBI knocks on his door… That’s exactly it – the guy already messed up his supposedly divine powers in that very same thread, a few posts up. A thousand monkeys banging away at a thousand keyboards will either eventually get you the complete works of Shakespeare, or apparently some clown who backs into a day of national disaster. _Really_ hope the FBI works him over, though – not because I think he had anything to do with the crashes, but for once it’d be nice to see a troll get what he deserved for further ruining usenet. the Holy Avenger ---
**Author:** ![shannybonanny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@shannybonanny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shannybonanny)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witnessing-on-google-film-yesterday-morning/81022/20 "2001-09-12T20:47:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RAWisSYDNEY \* > **and his email address (tesnal@psl.moc) can be re-arranged (forgot the word) to [palestns.com](http://palestns.com) (almost palestines)** > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Lockfist_ > **on second thought this does remind me of those fake “[cnn.com](http://cnn.com)” links (at the end the address is > [lanset.com](http://lanset.com)) - I’m sure someone will let us know soon around this board** Hey…his e-mail backwards is “lanset”-same as the fake [cnn.com](http://cnn.com) links. Just something I noticed. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witnessing-on-google-film-yesterday-morning/81022.md?page=2)