[Torg] NNWS: Human fat killers

[Jones Jasyn]

On Nov 21, 2009, at 6:22 PM, Kansas Jim wrote:

> Stephen John Smoogen wrote:
> 
>> I am trying to figure out what spins this could have:
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8369674.stm
> 
> The mention of ancient Peruvian legends about Pishtacos, killers who attacked people on lonely roads and murdered them for their fat, makes me think there could be some kind of ancient Akashan biotech involved.

In a (very bad) episode of Sliders, an anti-fat bacteria, used as a cosmetic, made anyone who took it very thin. So thin, in fact, that they became fat-craving monsters who hunted other humans, to eat their fat. Those humans who were bitten became infected with the bacteria.

Yes, fat-eating zombies. It was exactly as bad as you'd think.

Jasyn Jones
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