# Woman claims to be Azaria "That dingo ate my baby!" Chamberlain **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 26, 2005, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-claims-to-be-azaria-that-dingo-ate-my-baby-chamberlain/318725 "2005-08-26T14:04:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-claims-to-be-azaria-that-dingo-ate-my-baby-chamberlain/318725/1 "2005-08-26T14:04:32Z")
[http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,16385163-421,00.html](http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,16385163-421,00.html) Apparently this woman thinks she’s Azaria Chamberlain. I can’t wait until we find out the results of the DNA test. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-claims-to-be-azaria-that-dingo-ate-my-baby-chamberlain/318725/2 "2005-08-26T14:42:39Z")
Not so hard to believe…she certainly has a dingo-gnawed look about her. ---
**Author:** ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-claims-to-be-azaria-that-dingo-ate-my-baby-chamberlain/318725/3 "2005-08-26T15:14:15Z")
Love the photo. :rolleyes: and that’s all I’ll say. No, really, that’s all. Even though my mother always said if I couldn’t say something nice, then I shouldn’t say anything at all. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-claims-to-be-azaria-that-dingo-ate-my-baby-chamberlain/318725/4 "2005-08-26T15:25:21Z")
> [@phall0106](#): > > … > and that’s all I’ll say. No, really, that’s all. Even though my mother always said if I couldn’t say something nice, then I shouldn’t say anything at all. I almost posted the same exact thing. Erm … and I guess that’s all I have to say. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-claims-to-be-azaria-that-dingo-ate-my-baby-chamberlain/318725/5 "2005-08-26T15:37:54Z")
> [@Wile E](#): > > I almost posted the same exact thing. Erm … and I guess that’s all I have to say. … Which is exactly why I haven’t posted yet. I don’t know what I _can_ say. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-claims-to-be-azaria-that-dingo-ate-my-baby-chamberlain/318725/6 "2005-08-26T15:38:23Z")
[Austin Powers] She’s a man baby! [/Austin Powers] ---
**Author:** ![Sweetums](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Sweetums](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sweetums)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-claims-to-be-azaria-that-dingo-ate-my-baby-chamberlain/318725/7 "2005-08-26T15:47:16Z")
Well… ``` You can certainly see why the dingo spit her out. Yep, i'm goin' to hell for that one. ``` ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-claims-to-be-azaria-that-dingo-ate-my-baby-chamberlain/318725/8 "2005-08-26T16:02:45Z")
> [@Sweetums](#): > > Well… > > ``` > You can certainly see why the dingo spit her out. > Yep, i'm goin' to hell for that one. > > ``` Thanks **sweetums** , I already have enough bricks on my road to there. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-claims-to-be-azaria-that-dingo-ate-my-baby-chamberlain/318725/9 "2005-08-26T16:43:06Z")
Guys, you’re being cruel! She’s obviously… um, well, she’s… er… …well, then. _sits down again, puts paper bag over head_ ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-claims-to-be-azaria-that-dingo-ate-my-baby-chamberlain/318725/10 "2005-08-26T16:50:20Z")
IIRC, the woman who was supposedly her mom, wasn’t much to look at either. So maybe, she is the dingo baby. Although, her story sounds pretty far-fetched. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-claims-to-be-azaria-that-dingo-ate-my-baby-chamberlain/318725/11 "2005-08-26T16:54:45Z")
She’s giving me the “dingo eye”. Is it hunger or … something else? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-claims-to-be-azaria-that-dingo-ate-my-baby-chamberlain/318725/12 "2005-08-26T17:03:31Z")
[Here’s mom and dad](http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/chamberlain/afterinquest.jpg) Hmm… if you combine the worst of Mom and Dad’s features it’s _just_ possible … naaahh. ---
**Author:** ![Ashes\_Ashes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Ashes\_Ashes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashes_Ashes)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-claims-to-be-azaria-that-dingo-ate-my-baby-chamberlain/318725/13 "2005-08-26T17:08:30Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > Guys, you’re being cruel! She’s obviously… um, well, she’s… > > er… > > …well, then. _sits down again, puts paper bag over head_ No no **Kythereia** ; you’re supposed to put the paper bag over \*her \* head. Unless she’s made you hyperventilate and then you breathe \*into \* a paper sack. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-claims-to-be-azaria-that-dingo-ate-my-baby-chamberlain/318725/14 "2005-08-26T17:28:25Z")
> [@hillbilly queen](#): > > Although, her story sounds pretty far-fetched. heh…“fetched.” ---
**Author:** ![velvetjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-claims-to-be-azaria-that-dingo-ate-my-baby-chamberlain/318725/15 "2005-08-26T17:50:49Z")
Boy, that is one awful photo. Here’s hoping that she looks a little better in person. Are they doing the DNA test? ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-claims-to-be-azaria-that-dingo-ate-my-baby-chamberlain/318725/16 "2005-08-26T18:04:04Z")
Wow, you guys are assholes. Can I see pics of all of you? Seriously, I bet you’re all really hot. ---
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-claims-to-be-azaria-that-dingo-ate-my-baby-chamberlain/318725/17 "2005-08-26T18:04:45Z")
I guess if I had a baby that looked like that, I’d have fed it to a dingo too. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-claims-to-be-azaria-that-dingo-ate-my-baby-chamberlain/318725/18 "2005-08-26T18:08:56Z")
“The Dingos ate my chin!” ---
**Author:** ![Sweetums](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Sweetums](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sweetums)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-claims-to-be-azaria-that-dingo-ate-my-baby-chamberlain/318725/19 "2005-08-26T18:10:53Z")
> [@Silver Fire](#): > > Wow, you guys are assholes. > > Can I see pics of all of you? Seriously, I bet you’re all really hot. ``` Nope, not even close, which is why I know ugly, personal experience don't ya know. ``` ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-claims-to-be-azaria-that-dingo-ate-my-baby-chamberlain/318725/20 "2005-08-26T18:22:03Z")
> [@Silver Fire](#): > > Wow, you guys are assholes. Funny assholes. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-claims-to-be-azaria-that-dingo-ate-my-baby-chamberlain/318725.md?page=2)