>Does anyone recall seeing an article in one of those supermarket
>"news"papers  (World News?) several years ago regarding a village in
>Africa which had been overrun by giant African Snails?  I think they
>said that several dogs and children had been devoured.  The copy I
>saw was about a "third generation" copy, and in pretty bad shape.  I
>would love to see a more legible copy if anyone still has one to
>transmit.  (The copy I saw had a typewritten comment at the bottom:
>"I wouldn't stand still for that!")
>
>Thanks,
>
>Kay

Sounds like the "Weekly World News", a supermarket tabloid which is
often very funny. But the frightening thing is... I think there are a
lot of terminally ignorant people who lap this stuff up and believe
every word of it...
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