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LynneSin

(95,337 posts)
Wed Dec 3, 2014, 11:00 AM Dec 2014

It's finally happening - Zombies on the loose at University of Texas

100 brains missing from University of Texas


http://www.cbsnews.com/news/100-brains-missing-from-university-of-texas/

About 100 brains, including one believed to be that of clock tower sniper Charles Whitman, are missing from a collection at the The University of Texas at Austin.

It remains unclear who took the brains preserved in jars of formaldehyde and whether this was a harmless prank or theft.

"We think somebody may have taken the brains, but we don't know at all for sure," psychology Professor Tim Schallert, co-curator of the collection, told the Austin American-Statesman.

His co-curator, psychology Professor Lawrence Cormack, said, "It's entirely possible word got around among undergraduates and people started swiping them for living rooms or Halloween pranks."
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It's finally happening - Zombies on the loose at University of Texas (Original Post) LynneSin Dec 2014 OP
I think the theft was a GOP attempt to find a clue. Baitball Blogger Dec 2014 #1
I can guess who's behind this pinboy3niner Dec 2014 #2
Probably his solution to expanding the number of cells in Texas. Baitball Blogger Dec 2014 #3
The late night crowd here had some great comments about this in an earlier post dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #4
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