Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Submarine Prowling Lake - Caveat Lector: Hoax or Early Warning?

[Coalbunny <coalbunny@vcn.com>]

Hey Mark, you got the addy of that guy?  I could use some pearls.  :)
Carl


Mark Steed wrote:
> 
> Michael-You and I read the same article. Mine was in the "Weekly World News". They had a story about a man that grew a pearl in his nasal cavities as well. Regards, Mark Steed
> 
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: Michael B Holt <tlohm@juno.com>
> Reply-To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
> Date:  Tue, 26 Nov 2002 11:32:23 -0500
> 
> >
> > Iraqi Submarine Prowling Lake Michigan
> > Friday November 22, 2002
> >
> > DETROIT, Mich. -- Fiendish Iraqi terrorists are lurking beneath Lake
> > Michigan in one or more mini-submarines, poised to launch a deadly
> >attack
> > on America, a military insider warns.
> >
> > "We know they're down there but we don't know exactly where," claims the
> > U.S. Navy source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
> >
> > "That lake is larger than the entire state of Israel and the sub is
> >quite
> > small, making it extremely difficult to detect on sonar.
> >
> > "But the frightening thing is that between natural waterways,
> >underground
> > rivers and man-made canals, Lake Michigan is linked to all the other
> >Great
> > Lakes -- it's all one big water system.
> >
> > "That puts the terrorists in a perfect position to launch an amphibious
> > sneak attack on any one of at least six states, including Minnesota,
> > Wisconsin, Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania and New York.
> >
> > "And if they access the Erie Canal, that would take them to the Hudson
> > River and enable them to strike at New York City."
> >
> > The subs that have been spotted so far are similar in design to Japanese
> > mini-subs which can carry up to six passengers and stay submerged for
> >days
> > at a time.
> >
> > Authorities have intercepted transmissions that seem to be coming from
> >the
> > mini-subs, with voices speaking in Arabic. Translators have interpreted
> > the voices saying, "The Iron Fish are ready to bite."
> >
> > The Bush administration is keeping the crisis under wraps to avoid
> > nationwide panic, the source claims.
> >
> > "The White House is weighing its options because, at this point, they're
> > not sure how many subs might be down there. There could be dozens of
> >these
> > things," notes the Navy man. "If we start carpet-bombing the Great Lakes
> > with depth charges -- which is what it may take to get these SOBs --
> > people may feel the war has come to their own back yards."
> >
> > The spokesman stressed that these subs are too small to carry nuclear
> > weapons, but added, "They could still be smuggling in nuclear materials
> >to
> > manufacture weapons of mass destruction right here in the U.S."
> >
> > Navy SEALS have been searching Lake Michigan, but they've found no sign
> >of
> > any mini-subs so far. But civilian sightings of the subs have continued
> >at
> > an alarming rate.
> >
> > "I was fishing off my boat early one morning," one local fisherman says,
> > "and I hooked something so big,
> >
> > I thought maybe I had caught the Lake Michigan monster. I tried to reel
> >it
> > in, but then I saw a periscope come up. You can't even begin to imagine
> >my
> > surprise when I found out I'd hooked a mini-sub."
> >
> > The fisherman dropped his rod in the water and raced back to shore as
> >fast
> > as his boat would carry him.
> >
> > "I'm lucky I got out of there alive," he says. "That thing could've
> >blown
> > my boat to smithereens."
> >
> > One witness claims to have seen a mini-sub on the Michigan side of the
> > lake at the exact same time his friend on the Wisconsin side saw a
> >different
> > one.
> >
> > "That means there could be hundreds of terrorists, hiding beneath our
> > lakes,  just waiting to launch an attack on our shores," one insider
> >says.
> >
> > It is not known how the Iraqis transported the sub into Lake Michigan.
> > "They could've built it right in Michigan, or they may have built it
> >outside the
> > country and sailed it in. God knows there are enough raw materials in
> > Detroit to build a fleet of mini-subs."
> >
> > The sub's stealth capabilities and the murky depths of the
> >925-foot-deep,
> > 307-mile-long Lake Michigan have made it extremely difficult to locate.
> >
> > One expert notes, "We don't know exactly what those terrorists are doing
> > in our lakes but one thing we do know is that they're not out
> >joy-riding, and
> > they're not offering to take people out for submarine rides."
> >
> > The expert ends with an ominous warning: "If we don't do something about
> > those subs soon, we'll be in big trouble."
> >
> >
> >
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