Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for October 30, 2015
Transcript:
Feed me! Ralph Farrar of San Antonio, Texas, fertilized his roses with his own blood- regularly drawn from him due to suffering from Hemochromatosis, diagnosed in 1963. In July 2015, Florida treasure hunting family, the Schmitts, discovered over $1 million worth of artifacts from a 1715 Spanish wreck in the Atlantic! at one point, Minnesota's Brule River splits into two waterfalls. It remains a mystery as to where one of them, known as Devil's Kettle Falls, leads.
Dean about 9 years ago
Add a color dye (or floating balls) to the falls to see where it leads
charliefarmrhere about 9 years ago
@Ddean—-I think I read that they tried that, with no positive results. Maybe a portable camera on a long tether cord?
spaced man spliff about 9 years ago
Do they have salvage rights to the treasure?
aimlesscruzr about 9 years ago
Here’s the link for that: The Devil’s Kettle conundrum
Old Texan75 about 9 years ago
It goes underground. Sheesh.Ok I couldn’t resist. When I was a wee lad, the well on our farm didn’t have a bottom. A water bucket or rope accidently dropped in the well was gone for good. When highway construction split my Grandfather’s farm in two, he sold water to the builders. I remember they put a pump on the well and ran it for 3 days and nights and the water level never dropped in the well.The well is filled in, or probably covered over, now.
comixbomix about 9 years ago
The link above provided by Alexikakos, the Newsweek article states that Farrar’s blood “couldn’t be given to other patients”…Why can yours?
ibjuliebk about 9 years ago
My uncle had hemochromatosis and they threw his extra blood away. My dad had MDS (Myelodysplastic) and needed blood transfusions all the time because he didn’t make red blood cells. So, I have a chance of making too much or not enough.
Scott S about 9 years ago
Feed me Seymour!
Tarredandfeathered about 9 years ago
Well, now we know the origin of those darned Vampire Roses….
anschimpf about 9 years ago
My Grandfather had hemochromatosis. He eventually died from complications between that and diabetes. I don’t know if he ever had blood taken as treatment. My brother has one of the genes but we all get our iron levels checked yearly.