Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for February 03, 2016
Transcript:
In case of a crop devastating catastrophe, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault stores up to 2.25 billion seeds from around the world in the side of an Arctic mountain. The original Olympic flag was missing for 77 years after the 1920 games- until Olympian Hal Prieste revealed it was in his suitcase the whole time! There it is!! Aimee Davison of Montréal, Quebec, purchased an invisible piece of art titled Fresh Air for $10,000 from the Museum of Non-Visible Art.
Templo S.U.D. about 9 years ago
What was Hal doing with the Olympic flag anyway?
Marblemouth about 9 years ago
Looks like the Fresh Air picture was painted during a terrible snow storm.
charliefarmrhere about 9 years ago
Invisible Art—Nearly as bad as about a week ago, a European paying over a Million Dollars for a color photo of a potato, taken by some supposedly famous photographer.—Yes, a ridiculous common potato.
charliefarmrhere about 9 years ago
http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/27/arts/potato-photo-million-euros/
Potato story link above.
Ikemeister about 9 years ago
Hal Haig – Interesting story, more interesting character: http://tinyurl.com/j9fleta
Dkram about 9 years ago
I hope those are heirloom seeds that are free from tampering by the chemical companies..\\//_
Brown Leghorn about 9 years ago
Blank Art? The same that sell dried water packages with instructions that require at least 8 ounces tap water to mix with!
Old Texan75 about 9 years ago
I was sitting in my clinic’s waiting room and overheard one elderly lady tell another that her daughter had just sold a piece of art for three million dollars. The other lady said that she needed get some more of the daughter’s art, as she had a blank space on one wall.
comixbomix about 9 years ago
Aimee’s money magically became invisible as well…
Nicole ♫ ⊱✿ ◕‿◕✿⊰♫ Premium Member about 9 years ago
Aimee’s not the brightest crayon in the box…
Max Starman Jones about 9 years ago
Hal also had two bath towels and a bar of soap from the hotel where he was staying. He has not yet returned them.
benbrilling about 9 years ago
Aimee should have had the invisible signature authenticated. It turns out it’s a forgery!
kaboobs about 9 years ago
Surely you’ve seen that famous painting..“Cow in a BLIZZARD”