This is my all-time favorite claim. It arrived in May, 2004, and I haven't stopped laughing since.
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Dear Sir,
This letter is concerned about my claim. I am:
Male
37 years old
Single
Iranian
Moved to England in 1976
Have a British Passport
Have a part-time volunteer jpb as a technician
My supernatural attribute:
No lion, whatever its size, no matter how wild or how hungry, will bite me.
Demonstration: any setting of your choice.
I look forward to hearing from you.
- ALI SEIFOORI
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One would think it doesn't get any better, but, after I sent Mr. Seifoori a letter illustrating our serious misgivings about the numerous problems inherent in testing such a claim, we received the following - identical to the initial cliam, with one notable change:
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No DOG, whatever its size, no matter how wild or how hungry, will bite me.
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True to the specifics of his claim, we instructed this applicant to contact us the moment he had every dog on earth together in one place and ready for testing. I told him that we were "good to go".
I received some nasty emails in response, then a brief series of emails in which the applicant bemoaned the absence of a dog pound warden in the UK who would grant him easy access to the wild dog cage. Then nothing.
And nothing since.
I have this one tacked to my wall, just above my telephone, just for when I need a good, hearty belly-laugh.
It stops being funny, however, when one considers the fact that this poor fellow was quite serious. So, I try not to think about it.
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Dear Sir,
This letter is concerned about my claim. I am:
Male
37 years old
Single
Iranian
Moved to England in 1976
Have a British Passport
Have a part-time volunteer jpb as a technician
My supernatural attribute:
No lion, whatever its size, no matter how wild or how hungry, will bite me.
Demonstration: any setting of your choice.
I look forward to hearing from you.
- ALI SEIFOORI
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One would think it doesn't get any better, but, after I sent Mr. Seifoori a letter illustrating our serious misgivings about the numerous problems inherent in testing such a claim, we received the following - identical to the initial cliam, with one notable change:
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No DOG, whatever its size, no matter how wild or how hungry, will bite me.
=============================================
True to the specifics of his claim, we instructed this applicant to contact us the moment he had every dog on earth together in one place and ready for testing. I told him that we were "good to go".
I received some nasty emails in response, then a brief series of emails in which the applicant bemoaned the absence of a dog pound warden in the UK who would grant him easy access to the wild dog cage. Then nothing.
And nothing since.
I have this one tacked to my wall, just above my telephone, just for when I need a good, hearty belly-laugh.
It stops being funny, however, when one considers the fact that this poor fellow was quite serious. So, I try not to think about it.