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Old 04-28-2009, 01:57 PM   #140
Anaraxes
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Default Re: Real-Life Weirdness

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Rock music blaring from boomboxes has proved one of the best defenses against an annual invasion of Mormon crickets. The huge flightless insects are a fearsome sight as they advance across the desert in armies of millions that march over, under or into anything in their way.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124052112850249691.html
Sounds like a 1950s version of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, with Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, and of course The King, Elvis himself, battling atomic horrors from the desert.
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