Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for August 19, 2015
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Transcript:
Kin coincidence! During a 2013 Columbia University writing class, strangers Lizzie Valverde and Katy Olson discovered they were long-lost sisters! Baaad idea? On Halloween, superstitious 18th century Scottish villagers herded sheep through hoops of Rowan branches to protect them from mischief and sickness. Comfy? At Shenzhen, China's Window of the World theme Park, visitors climb into coffins and roll through temperatures reaching 105 degrees Fahrenheit to simulate being cremated.
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Templo S.U.D. over 9 years ago
How rather odd on the Scot superstition.
Bilan over 9 years ago
Did the jumping sheep also make the villagers fall asleep?
BearsDown Premium Member over 9 years ago
Ride a motorcycle in Phoenix. That’s not a simulation.
Max Starman Jones over 9 years ago
That was the second time it had happened to Katy Olson. The first time was when she was much younger, and discovered that the other baby on “Full House” was her sister.
francisrossi over 9 years ago
Those two sisters, their biological mother hasn’t had a good life; she was attacked by Gary Ray Bowles.
Peam Premium Member over 9 years ago
105°F? Sounds like phreezing in Phoenix.
pabsfx-comics over 9 years ago
Cremation temperatures are 1400 degrees to 1800 degrees Fahrenheit for 2 to 2 1/2 hours.
boldyuma over 9 years ago
Long lost sisters…sumbody got sum ’splaining to do.I have another superstition about sheep.I told my friend to stop driving down country roads because every time he did the little sheep would run up to the fence and bleat…….daadddyy