Slashdot Mirror


New Evidence Indicates Amelia Earhart Survived For a Time on Pacific Atoll

In light of new evidence publicly released Friday showing artifacts believed to have been Amelia Earhart's, the U.S. Navy is prepping a mission to investigate the area where they were found. Next month marks the 75th anniversary of Earhart's disappearance, but the just-announced discovery of personal effects and the evidence of cooking represents the most concrete evidence yet that she did not simply crash into the ocean.

17 of 365 comments (clear)

  1. Yay by rossdee · · Score: 3, Funny

    Good on her for surviving

    1. Re:Yay by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      The most amazing part is that after WWII she managed to turn an escaped Hitler into not such a bad guy. That's not to mention how she helped Elvis start to eat better. She was an amazing person.

    2. Re:Yay by Grishnakh · · Score: 3, Funny

      No, these were mutant coconut crabs the size of cars. They were the product of experiments by Captain Nemo. Unfortunately, she wasn't able to find refuge in the Nautilus because it was sunk when the island's volcano erupted, turning it into an atoll.

  2. Re:Who? by owenferguson · · Score: 5, Funny

    I would mod this up if I could. You win one internets.

  3. First Gilligan post? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Gee skipper, do you ever think well get off this island?

  4. Re:Who? by Dunbal · · Score: 5, Funny

    She is the most famous pilot ever

    She is in no way Snoopy.

    --
    Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.
  5. Re:Who? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Not all people live and are educated in the US. In some other countries other people that you have never heard of are important. And star trek... really? I mean after watching star trek this is what you remember? :)

    Oh, and "alien abduction"? This is really american.

  6. Re:Assuming this is correct, how'd she die? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hate to break it to you, but...nobody can survive indefinitely. We all die at some time, for very little reason sometimes.

  7. Re:Assuming this is correct, how'd she die? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Imagine yourself living in a small, isolated place with your wife, 24/7. Now imagine the wife a strong, stuborn feminist.

    Poor Fred.

  8. Re:Assuming this is correct, how'd she die? by Howitzer86 · · Score: 1, Funny

    Creepers.

  9. Re:Who? by ColdWetDog · · Score: 5, Funny

    He's a pizza. What the hell does that have to do with this thread?

    --
    Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
  10. Re:Who? by realityimpaired · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yuri Gagarin? He was the helmsman on Star Trek, right?

  11. Re:Who? by Mephistro · · Score: 2, Funny

    Most people have heard of the first woman to solo the Atlantic

    Well, I have heard a lot about that girl who soloed Dallas, but THE WHOLE ATLANTIC? What else?

    PD: ;-)

  12. Re:Crabs eat everyone by Immerman · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why ever not? Eating them back is the only way to ensure justice is served! (Ideally with garlic butter and lemon juice)

    --
    --- Most topics have many sides worth arguing, allow me to take one opposite you.
  13. Re:Who? by machine321 · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, it's not. It's more like asking who were Alcock and Brown, or Blériot.

    By the way, have you the slightest idea who they were?

    I think Louis Blériot is Ke$ha's grandfather.

  14. Re:Crabs eat everyone by safetyinnumbers · · Score: 4, Funny

    I know a retired cop who fished one too many bodies out of the water. He refuses to eat crab.

    Oh, now you mention it, I think I once saw some book about a 'low crab' diet.

  15. Re:Tough call by bratwiz · · Score: 4, Funny

    And they could have played the piano if they only had some sheet music.

    And a piano.