Stalin's half-man, half-ape super-warriors

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Stalin's half-man, half-ape super-warriors#775656

By Unperson-SN - 20 Dec 2005 20:39

- 20 Dec 2005 20:39 #775656

http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=2434192005

Just read it! :eek:

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By The American Lion - 21 Dec 2005 02:15

- 21 Dec 2005 02:15 #775863

Oh god! Where is Russkie? I would love to see his responce to this find.

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By Boondock Saint - 21 Dec 2005 02:22

- 21 Dec 2005 02:22 #775867

They go right along with the robot praying mantis army.

The story ends, it just ends.

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By Maxim Litvinov - 21 Dec 2005 03:39

- 21 Dec 2005 03:39 #775895

Can someone find the actual article from the Scotsman newspaper? Going to their website and searching for the article turns up nothing. EDIT: Found the original article finally here: http://news.scotsman.com/international. ... 2434192005 . Unfortunately, when the follow-up article says 'cite' it doesn't mean 'reference' but merely 'claim'... The original article simply claims Politburo records of 1926 point to such a project, itself relying upon (unnamed) Moscow newspapers for the claim.

It sounds like a gargantuan hoax.

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By THX-1138 - 21 Dec 2005 06:03

- 21 Dec 2005 06:03 #775928

Regardless if this is a hoax or not, its not a far-fetched idea nor is it a new idea.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news ... meras.html

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By Emperor Nixon - 21 Dec 2005 06:08

- 21 Dec 2005 06:08 #775931

Brilliant!

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By Maxim Litvinov - 21 Dec 2005 10:22

- 21 Dec 2005 10:22 #776006

I have finally found the original article, thanks to dktekno.

The original (in Russian, obviously) appears to be here, while a (bad) automatic machine translation is accessible through this link.

This newspaper story doesn't talk about Stalin or the Politburo as far as I can see on a quick glance. Rather, it talks of a Soviet scientist's alleged interest in creating an ape-man hybrid and takes a speculative tone. As the introduction reads (in part):

From within the walls of the hospital administration of the Gulags the specimen of a new race emerged, a race which assumed the height of 1.8 metres beneath its covering of fur. The only drawback to this man-ape was its inability to reproduce. Such sensational information that refers to the work of a certain Soviet doctor has resulted in an extraordinary book by Belgian biologist Bernard Eivelson titled "The Riddle of the Frozen Man" which has exploded on to the world stage. How much of this sensational story can be truthful?"

The answer to this rhetorical question is clear: next to none. The whole Western story seems to be based on a series of Chinese whispers, connected to a hypothetical science fiction book by a Belgian author, revolving around ideas in Bulgakov's Heart Of A Dog, combined with stories of real Soviet geneticists and no doubt some speculation as to Stalin's involvement, considering the later controversy over Lysenkoism.