Thursday, April 13, 2006

What is this a photo of?

If you think it's a pic of a woman pregnant with sextuplets, you may not be alone. The sextuplets, 4 girls and 2 boys, are reported to have been born on March 8 ... which would make them Pisces, and they could have done much worse - except that they weren't born at all. News of their birth, in the words of Samuel Clements (aka Mark Twain) on hearing of his own death "was an exaggeration". Sarah and Kris Everson appear instead to have given birth to a great big scam, which included a web site seeking assistance because "finances were tight". The truth had not immediately come to light, even though there were some concerns over lack of photos and inability to find a hospital which had assisted in the delivery. Sarah had a reason for this though: she said the entire story of the children's births was being kept secret by a court order enacted because a member of her husband's family was trying to kill the Eversons and their new sextuplets. Why she was then talking about it to the press is unclear. The couple are currently facing charges.
Interested in reading more: visit the MSNBC report:
Missouri town learns sextuplet claim was a con
No one ever saw infants, but wallets were opened out of trust.

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