On Sunday, 8 June 2003 12:29:54 UTC+10, Puffnutt  wrote:   
   > The Legend:   
   >    
   > Legend has it that the Kadaitcha Man is an Austrailian aboriginal    
   > medicineman\witchdoctor. He is greatly feared and purported to be    
   > endowed with great knowledge and power. They are only supposed to travel    
   > at night with their feet covered in emu feathers. If the Kadaitcha Man    
   > is sent after someone they are sung to death and a bone is pointed at    
   > them. Once the offender knows he's been sung, he knows he's had it, sits    
   > down, refuses food & drink, falls into a trance and dies.   
   >    
   > An investigation into the legend by Professor Ludwig Mueller of the    
   > University of Stroble, in Berlin, shows that as usual in these cases, it    
   > is just a legend.  Herein are outlined the legend and facts.   
   >    
   > Legend: A Kadaitcha Man is an Australian aboriginal medicine    
   > man/witchdoctor.   
   >    
   > Fact: The Kadaitcha Man is actually known in the aboriginal tribe as the    
   > "Village Bitch". When a tribal member's wife dies, the Kadaitcha Man    
   > sexually services the male tribe member for up to one year.  Tribal    
   > law dictates the male member may not remarry until a full year has    
   > passed after the death of his spouse.  Depending on the tribe members    
   > age and number of widowers in the village, this could be quite    
   > distressing and unhealthy for the Kadaitcha    
   > Man.   
   >    
   > Legend: Kadaitcha Men are men of knowledge & power and are greatly    
   > feared.   
   >    
   > Fact: They are greatly feared, but not because of their supposed    
   > knowledge and power. It has been found that if a tribe member loaned the    
   > Kadaitcha Man his hunting equipment (spear/bow and arrow/knife), there    
   > was a very likely possibility that they would not be returned, and if    
   > they were returned, they would not be in the same condition as they    
   > were.    
   >    
   > Legend: They only travel at night. With his feet covered in emu    
   > feathers, it's impossible for experienced trackers to say from where he    
   > came & whence he went.   
   >    
   > Fact: While it is true that they only travel at night with their feet    
   > covered with emu feathers there is a rational reason for this part of    
   > the legend. Their    
   > feet are covered in emu feather so no one can hear them creeping around    
   > the village at all hours of the night doing their thing.  Actually    
   > because of what they do, there is no reason to wear anything else but    
   > emu feathers on their feet.    
   >    
   > Legend: If a Kadaitcha Man is sent after someone, the victim is sung to    
   > death & a bone is pointed at them.   
   >    
   > Fact: Sometimes after their sexual encounters the Kadaitcha Man starts    
   > talking and singing and the next morning the tribe member has been known    
   > to tell his fellow members that "After I had  the Kadaitcha Man last    
   > night, he talked and sang   
   > me to death". A computer nerd friend of mine once told me that In    
   > today's society the Kadaitcha Man would probably be a regular subscriber    
   > to an    
   > Internet newsgroup. As for the bone pointed at the victim, I will not go    
   > into that, and leave it to your own imagination.   
   >    
   > Legend: Once the offender knows he's been sung, he knows he's had it,    
   > sits down, refuses food & drink, falls into a trance and dies.   
   >    
   > Fact: In today's language this would be summed up by saying of the    
   > Kadaitcha Man "he bored me to death".   
   >    
   > And there you have it. Another legend shot to hell.   
   >    
   > I have corrected some typos and grammar thanks to someone who was kind    
   > enough to point them out to me in the first and I hope many posting.    
   > Thanks friend and by the way, Linux sucks, Windows Rules! Its XP for me    
   > brother.   
      
   After many years amongst tribal aboriginals the "Kadaitcha Man" is very real   
   and just the mention of him puts fear and anxiety in the local tribe.  Other   
   names are Quinkan and Purri-purri.  White man has great trouble understanding   
   the aboriginal mind (   
   especially willing themselves to death) and remember they were a stone age   
   people just 250 years ago. If you have had no dealing with tribal aboriginals   
   don't just guess how they live.   
      
   Dan   
      
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