Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for July 01, 2012
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Dung beetles collect animal dung as food for themselves and their young, preferring feces from chimpanzees and humans! What a way to go! 89-year-old Fred Guentert of Orlando, Fla., USA, has built his own coffin in the style of an ancient Egyptians sarcophagus, and wants to be mummified, wrapped in a shroud and buried in it after his death! The rare gemstone mineral alexandrite is green when seen in daylight, but appears red when viewed under incandescent light!
corpcasselbury over 12 years ago
Fred’s sarcophagus is really going to freak out archaeologists in the future: “How on earth did the ancient Egyptians get to Florida?”
Puddleglum2 over 12 years ago
Is his afterlife ‘shrouded’ in mystery?
Puddleglum2 over 12 years ago
What’s dung is dung, I suppose!
Puddleglum2 over 12 years ago
Does anything eat dung beetles?What happens after they’re dung?
flagfly over 12 years ago
Does this mean we have something in common with the chimps? And, at first I thought the casket was a fancy phone booth.
Kiba65 over 12 years ago
goweeder over 12 years ago
Maybe that’s the solution to something that has perplexed me for years - often I have taken my clothing outside to make sure it matches in natural light, because many times I have chosen things that appeared to match under incandescent light actually did not match in sunlight. Maybe it’d just be easier to wear all black - or all white.(except there are so many different shades of black and white! Sometimes you just can’t win.
goweeder over 12 years ago
Addendum: I do not have a clue why so many words were struck with a line through them. I don’t even know how to do that.
efells over 12 years ago
Is Fred a Jehovah’s witness? Seems he wants to go like Charles Taze Russell http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Russell_Pyramid.JPG
Mostly Water Premium Member over 12 years ago
Here’s a better idea Fred. Turn the sarcophagus upright, build in some shelves and you will have a great liquor cabinet.
Simon_Jester over 12 years ago
Not bad Fred, but I still think Hunter S. Thompson’s did it better.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4168266.stm
iced tea over 12 years ago
Will Mr. Guenhert build a pyramid for his coffin, too?
alan.gurka over 12 years ago
A) When he’s gone, there’s no guarantee that they’ll honor his wishes and mummify him, etc.,B) Will they pull his brain through his nose in the ancient tradition?C) Will he buried in a pyramid, and will the grave robbers come to pillage it afterwards?
tuslog64 over 12 years ago
If he’s expecting his body to last thousands of years – no way if buried in most places in US Egyptians survived thousands of years by being buried in dry ground.