The Old Ones have awakened

jute gyte · Post by **jute gyte** » Mon May 29, 2006 7:44 pm

Maybe not but this is pretty bizarre and disturbing.
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/ ... 30524.html

WeaselSlayer · Post by **WeaselSlayer** » Mon May 29, 2006 8:44 pm

Jesus christ.

catch · Post by **catch** » Mon May 29, 2006 9:32 pm

Yeah.

Reist · Post by **Reist** » Mon May 29, 2006 9:37 pm

Sick.

Bjam · Post by **Bjam** » Mon May 29, 2006 9:43 pm

Urgh.

a bebop a rebop · Post by **a bebop a rebop** » Mon May 29, 2006 10:01 pm

Slither!

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Mon May 29, 2006 10:44 pm

Nachos!

Post by **Lunkhead** » Tue May 30, 2006 12:19 am

This has been going around the Internet like crazy lately. If you read the wiki encyclopedia that shall not be named page on it, you might be a little less afraid, as some are skeptical that the exotic symptoms the local news reports include are real:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgellons

(EDIT) OK, the link works, nevermind, sorry.

Eric Y. · Post by **Eric Y.** » Tue May 30, 2006 1:10 am

in other news...

wikiwhatsit wrote:The name Morgellons was coined in 2002 by Mary Leitao of McMurray, PA, while investigating her son's unexplained rash.

wow, mcmurray is very close to me...

Adam! · Post by **Adam!** » Tue May 30, 2006 1:23 am

Morgellons = Hypochondriasis + Lint, and in some cases a teaspoon of Munchausen by Proxy

Mogosagatai · Post by **Mogosagatai** » Tue May 30, 2006 10:54 am

If the Old Ones had indeed awakened, and the government had gotten their hands on this crazy disease and were researching its unspeakable horrors, I bet they'd say something like...
[quote=the Los Angeles County Department of Health services]No credible medical or public health association has verified the existence or diagnosis of "Morgellons Disease." The current description of the disease is vague and covers many conditions. Until there is a credible, national standard for the diagnosis of this condition, there is no basis for making it a reportable disease.[/quote]

Rabid Garfunkel · Post by **Rabid Garfunkel** » Tue May 30, 2006 1:35 pm

From a wholly uniformed POV, it sounds similar to the pimplyish outbreaks one gets from an overexposure to PCBs or a light exposure to Agent Orange.

And hey Mog', remember the still unexplained rash outbreaks among schoolchildren (with their weaker immune systems) in the Los Angeles basin back in '00/'01ish? That made your hypothetical quote blackly funny (as that's what pretty much was said in the papers).

Mogosagatai · Post by **Mogosagatai** » Tue May 30, 2006 2:03 pm

Yeah, and that quote wasn't even hypothetical. I got it straight from the Wiki Encyclopedia that cannot and must not be named.

Egg · Post by **Egg** » Wed May 31, 2006 3:14 am

I'll take birdflu.