Re: Stupid "Theories"

["Richard W. Travsky" <rtravsky@uwyo.edu>]

On Fri, 23 Apr 2004, Robert Margulski wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> The Martian did it.
> 
> Back in the mid 1980's, a supermarket scandal sheet (ie, a tabloid that, 
> IMHO, is not worth the paper it's written on) had an article about Martians 
> hunting dinosaurs for trophies with Iridium rayguns.
> 
> It explained the head-less fossils that we find today, their extinction, 
> the crater in Mexico (one of their bigger Iridium powered ships exploded), 
> and the Iridium layer.
> 
> Still one of my favorites.

Mentioned here before!

http://www.cmnh.org/dinoarch/1998Nov/msg00449.html

 I still favor the story that appeared in that reputable paper - I think
 it was the Weekly World (or was that the Daily World?) - way back in
 1986. The dinosaurs were killed off by trophy hunting Martians, who used
 Iridium rayguns to kill dinosaurs and take their heads.  Several live
 specimens were taken as well, but they underestimated the total mass, and
 their Iridum powered spaceship exploded, killing off the rest of the
 dinosaurs, and covering the planet with Iridium dust.  (It was a VERY big
 spacecraft). This conveniently explains the dinosaur extinction, the
 crater in Mexico, the Iridium layer, and the usual condition of dinosaur
 specimens - i.e. headless wonders!

    Tongue Firmly In Cheek!

        Allan Edels