From: freemand@cosmoslair.com   
      
   On 5/5/2017 10:01 AM, 4petersake2@gmail.com wrote:   
   > On Wednesday, November 2, 1994 at 6:56:33 PM UTC-4, snopes wrote:   
   >> tindall@mercury.interpath.net (Bruce Tindall) writes:   
   >>   
   >>> Like the long-memoried Mr. Gustafson, I also remember a lurid   
   >>> tale from _Time_ and/or _Newsweek_ of the same vintage, 1967 or   
   >>> 1968, about a young woman in a biker gang who, pursuant to the   
   >>> rules of the club, having committed some infraction such as   
   >>> infidelity to the Leader of the Pack, allowed herself to be   
   >>> nailed through the palms of the hands to a tree for an hour or   
   >>> so, then went to a hospital in search of treatment and claimed   
   >>> she'd tripped and fallen on some sharp object.  Could have   
   >>> happened, but sounds UL'ish.  Anyone remember this one or know   
   >>> someone who does?  Any later debunkings?   
   >>   
   >> Keen memory, Mr. Tindall.  It's from the December 11, 1967, issue   
   >> of _Newsweek_.  At first glance the story appears voracious, as it   
   >> actually mentions names and includes photographs.  However, the   
   >> article suspiciously lists no specific dates, and I could not find   
   >> this same story or any follow-ups to it in any other major   
   >> publication.  And the last line sounds too much like a typical UL   
   >> moral warning for me to believe this without some more evidence at   
   >> hand.  Perhaps someone from Florida could contribute to the   
   >> knowledge base here.   
      
   > The girl getting nailed to a tree was the last straw.  At   
   > the time that Gov Kirk and the police were raiding Kittys place a   
   > group of the guys from the buggy group went onto her property and the   
   > police in hiding allowed them in thinking they were more of the biker   
   > gang.   
      
   Timely even if from 1994.  From From a few days ago:   
      
   http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39785670   
      
   "Man found with hands nailed to tree in Albuquerque woods"   
      
      
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