Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for January 18, 1999

Transcript:

Trees and fields in Delburne, Alta, Canada, began spontaneously bursting into flames in 1998 due to an underground fire any coal bed that has been burning steadily for 140 years! The material called catgut, used string violins and tennis rackets, does not come from cats! George E. Spillman of Austin, Texas, died at 8 p.m. on the 8th day of the 8th month in 1988 at the age of 88! It's actually taken from the intestines of sheep!