crystal correction 
2003 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance
Good day,
I would like to correct a bit of info concerning this Darwinian winner, The gentleman in question was not "crushed to death" by the crystal he was attempting to steal. He was actually pinned by it to the ground and could not budge the crystal to extricate himself. He was actually "cooked" in place. The temperature in the cave exceeds 108 degrees F. and he was stuck in this natural oven till he was found by the military guard making his rounds. To be more precise, the Darwin award winner was parboiled out of the gene pool by his own stupidity. I helped remove the (parboiled) pile of meat with the military personel and one of the other "volunteers" noted that he would be the type to sit on a branch before cutting it off next to the tree..:))
ika Twoleaf (civilian consultant)
CRYSTAL DAZE
“Darwin and Newton share a laugh.”
exico is home to two hot caverns containing the largest natural
crystals
known to man. “Walking into either of these caves is like stepping into
a
(sweltering) gigantic geode,” described one awed observer. Some of the
translucent selenite crystals are over 20 feet long. The
newly-discovered
caverns, 1200 feet below Chihuahua, carry a curse for those who seek to
plunder their riches. A man recently tried to steal one of the
magnificent
crystals from the roof, and might have succeeded... if he hadn't stood
directly beneath it while chopping it free. He was crushed by the
stalactite as it heeded the call of gravity.
Submitted on 06/16/2002
Submitted by:
Anonymous
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