by Cary McNeal
547. Marc Silver, Sara Hammel, Linda Kulman, Marissa Melton, Holly J. Morris, Joellen Posey, Kenneth Terrell, and Mike Tharp, “Fatal Attractions,” U.S. News & World Report, September 13, 1999, p. 56.
548. www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/best-southwest/headlines/20130723-tarrant-medical-examiner-reports-on-six-flags-roller-coaster-fatality.ece; http://www.inquisitr.com/863579/rosy-esparza-mother-who-fell-off-roller-coaster-was-on-first-ever-trip-to-six-flags.
549. http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2013/09/texas_giant_reopen_lawsuit.php.
550. Ibid.
551. Virginia Sole-Smith, “Roller Coaster Roulette,” Good Housekeeping, June 2008, pp. 146–203.
552. http://www.macleans.ca/news/world/death-on-a-roller-coaster.
553. http://www.8newsnow.com/story/3235748/stratospheres-newest-ride-malfunctions.
554. http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2002335542_webepcot14.html.
555. www.space.com/2292-woman-dies-riding-disney-mission-space.html.
556. http://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/30/nyregion/roller-coaster-hurtles-wrong-way-killing-2.html.
557. Ibid.
558. www.rideaccidents.com.
559. Ibid.
560. www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/944401/posts.
561. www.rideaccidents.com.
562. Ibid.
563. www.mandatory.com/2012/06/20/the-10-worst-roller-coaster-disasters/2.
564. www.rideaccidents.com.
565. Ibid.
566. www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/orl-deaths-at-walt-disney-world,0,7863626.htmlstory.
567. Ibid.
568. Ibid.
569. http://articles.latimes.com/2001/sep/23/local/me-48925.
570. www.rideaccidents.com/rides.html.
571. www.rideaccidents.com/1998.html#apr18.
572. www.mandatory.com/2012/06/20/the-10-worst-roller-coaster-disasters/2.
573. Ibid.
574. www.wtae.com/news/national/-/9681152/21096742/-/ew76mp/-/index.html.
575. www.nytimes.com/1991/06/11/us/3-killed-at-amusement-park.html.
17. ISOLATED PLACES
576. http://japan.apike.ca/japan_okunoshima.html.
577. www.damninteresting.com/the-smoldering-ruins-of-centralia.
578. Ibid.
579. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/1509987/Stone-Age-tribe-kills-fishermen-who-strayed-on-to-island.html.
580. Ibid.
581. www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-crystal-maiden-of-the-actun-tunichil-muknal-cave.
582. Ibid.
583. www.atlasobscura.com/places/telegraph-island-jazirat-al-maqlab.
584. http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/most-remote-place.htm.
585. Ibid.
586. www.atlasobscura.com/places/southern-pole-of-inaccessibility.
587. www.cntraveler.com/daily-traveler/2013/04/tree-of-tenere-niger-africa-maphead-ken-jennings.
588. www.atlasobscura.com/articles/essential-guide-to-bars-at-the-end-of-the-world.
589. www.atlasobscura.com/places/tristan-da-cunha; http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/most-remote-place.htm.
590. Ibid.
591. www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/historic/by-region/southland/subantarctic-islands/antipodes-island-castaway-depot.
592. http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2012/11/there-are-over-200-bodies-on-mount-everest-and-theyre-used-as-landmarks.
593. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-16340072.
594. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2001-08-12/travel/0108110002_1_peach-springs-havasupai-indians-south-rim.
595. www.biology-online.org/articles/atacama_rover_helps_nasa.html.
596. www.foxnews.com/travel/2013/10/23/worlds-most-remote-locations.
597. Ibid.
598. Ibid.
599. www.smithsonianmag.com/history/for-40-years-this-russian-family-was-cut-off-from-all-human-contact-unaware-of-world-war-ii-7354256/?no-ist.
600. www.foxnews.com/travel/2013/10/23/worlds-most-remote-locations.
601. www.greenland.com/en/explore-greenland/oestgroenland/ittoqqortoormiit.aspx.
602. http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/encyclopedia/south-pole/?ar_a=1.
603. www.hashima-island.co.uk.
604. Ibid.
605. Ibid.
606. Ibid.
18. CRYPTIDS: OR CREATURES YOU DON’T WANT TO BELIEVE EXIST
607. Loren Coleman, Crytozoology A to Z (Fireside, 1999).
608. Ibid.
609. Ibid.
610. http://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/strange-creatures/bigfoot.htm.
611. Ibid.
612. Kelly Milner Halls, Rick Spears, and Roxyanne Young, Tales of the Cryptids (Darby Creek, 2006).
613. http://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/strange-creatures/bigfoot.htm.
614. Ibid.
615. www.history.com/this-day-in-history/loch-ness-monster-sighted.
616. Ibid.
617. Ibid.
618. Ibid.
619. http://news.discovery.com/animals/endangered-species/famous-cryptids-loch-ness-monster-110719.htm.
620. www.pantheon.org/articles/y/yeti.html.
621. Loren Coleman, Crytozoology A to Z (Fireside, 1999).
622. Ibid.
623. www.pantheon.org/articles/y/yeti.html.
624. Kelly Milner Halls, Rick Spears, and Roxyanne Young, Tales of the Cryptids (Darby Creek, 2006).
625. www.environmentalgraffiti.com/news-cryptids-more-terrifying-mongolian-death-worm.
626. Ibid.
627. www.bfro.net/news/GoodallTranscript.asp.
628. http://news.discovery.com/animals/pets/chupacabra-mystery-solved.htm; http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/10/101028-chupacabra-evolution-halloween-science-monsters-chupacabras-picture.
629. http://news.discovery.com/animals/pets/chupacabra-mystery-solved.htm.
630. Ibid.
631. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/10/101028-chupacabra-evolution-halloween-science-monsters-chupacabras-picture.
632. www.environmentalgraffiti.com/bizarre/news-legacy-mothman; http://animal.discovery.com/tv-shows/lost-tapes/creatures/mothman.htm.
633. www.environmentalgraffiti.com/bizarre/news-legacy-mothman.
634. http://animal.discovery.com/tv-shows/lost-tapes/creatures/mothman.htm.
635. http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/bizarre/news-legacy-mothman; http://animal.discovery.com/tv-shows/lost-tapes/creatures/mothman.htm.
636. Mark Turner, “Couples See Man-Sized Bird . . . Creature . . . Something,” Point Pleasant (West Virginia) Register, November 18, 1966.
637. http://animal.discovery.com/tv-shows/lost-tapes/creatures/mothman.htm.
638. Ibid.
639. Deena West Budd, The Weiser Field Guide to Cryptozoology (Red Wheel/Weiser, 2010).
640. Loren Coleman, Crytozoology A to Z (Fireside, 1999).
641. www.environmentalgraffiti.com/news-cryptids-more-terrifying-mongolian-death-worm.
642. Ibid.
643. Ibid.
644. Loren Coleman, Crytozoology A to Z (Fireside, 1999).
645. Deena West Budd, The Weiser Field Guide to Cryptozoology (Red Wheel/Weiser, 2010).
646. http://news.discovery.com/animals/endangered-species/famous-cryptids-loch-ness-monster-110719.htm.
647. Ibid.
648. Kelly Milner Halls, Rick Spears, and Roxyanne Young, Tales of the Cryptids (Darby Creek, 2006).
649. www.csicop.org/si/show/measure_of_a_monster_investigating_the_champ_photo.
650. Loren Coleman, Crytozoology A to Z (Fireside, 1999).
651. Deena West Budd, The Weiser Field Guide to Cryptozoology
(Red Wheel/Weiser, 2010).
652. Ibid.
653. Loren Coleman, Crytozoology A to Z (Fireside, 1999).
654. Ibid.
655. Deena West Budd, The Weiser Field Guide to Cryptozoology (Red Wheel/Weiser, 2010); Loren Coleman, Crytozoology A to Z (Fireside, 1999).
656. www.environmentalgraffiti.com/news-cryptids-more-terrifying-mongolian-death-worm.
657. www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/akkorokamui; www.environmentalgraffiti.com/news-cryptids-more-terrifying-mongolian-death-worm.
658. www.environmentalgraffiti.com/news-cryptids-more-terrifying-mongolian-death-worm.
659. Kelly Milner Halls, Rick Spears, and Roxyanne Young, Tales of the Cryptids (Darby Creek, 2006).
660. www.yowiehunters.com.au/index.php/northern-territory.
661. Loren Coleman, Crytozoology A to Z (Fireside, 1999).
662. Deena West Budd, The Weiser Field Guide to Cryptozoology (Red Wheel/Weiser, 2010).
663. Ibid.
664. Ibid.
665. www.syfy.com/destinationtruth/episodes/season/2/episode/210/ahool_and_pinatubo.
666. Deena West Budd, The Weiser Field Guide to Cryptozoology (Red Wheel/Weiser, 2010).
667. Ibid.
668. Ibid.
19. FOOD FAILS
669. http://eatthis.menshealth.com/slideshow/20-scariest-food-facts.
670. well.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/05/a-high-price-for-healthy-food.
671. http://eatthis.menshealth.com/slideshow/20-scariest-food-facts.
672. www.breastcancerfund.org/clear-science/radiation-chemicals-and-breast-cancer/bovine-growth-hormone.html.
673. http://eatthis.menshealth.com/slideshow/20-scariest-food-facts.
674. Ibid.
675. www.nytimes.com/2009/12/31/us/31meat.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0.
676. http://mentalfloss.com/article/29133/how-much-rodent-filth-does-fda-allow.
677. Ibid.
678. Ibid.
679. http://www.fda.gov/food/guidanceregulation/guidancedocumentsregulatoryinformation/ucm056174.htm.
680. Ibid.
681. Ibid.
682. Ibid.
683. http://mentalfloss.com/article/29133/how-much-rodent-filth-does-fda-allow.
684. www.sheknows.com/food-and-recipes/articles/845051/the-top-ten-scariest-food-facts.
685. Ibid.
686. www.businessinsider.com/amazing-facts-mcdonalds-2010-12?op=1.
687. Ibid.
688. Ibid.
689. Ibid.
690. http://positivemed.com/2013/04/20/10-disgusting-facts-about-fast-food.
691. Ibid.
692. www.wisegeek.com/what-is-propylene-glycol-alginate.htm.
693. http://positivemed.com/2013/04/20/10-disgusting-facts-about-fast-food.
694. www.businessinsider.com/castoreum-used-in-food-and-perfume-2013-10.
695. http://health.yahoo.net/experts/menshealth/12-scariest-things-your-food.
696. http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052748703834804576300991196803916.
697. www.peta.org/about/faq/Are-animal-ingredients-included-in-white-sugar.aspx.
20. DRIVERS WHO SUCK
698. “Texting While Driving Now Surpasses Drinking and Driving for Teenage Accidents and Fatalities,” PRWeb, May 23, 2012.
699. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Blueprint for Ending Distracted Driving (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2012). DOT HS 811 629.
700. Ibid.
701. www.forbes.com/sites/sap/2012/09/18/it-is-time-for-a-parental-control-no-texting-while-driving-phone.
702. Remarks delivered by David Strickland at the Texas Traffic Safety Conference in San Antonio, June 5, 2012.
703. www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/06/25/teen-drivers-speeding/2443459.
704. www.alcoholalert.com/drinking-and-driving.html.
705. Ibid.
706. Ibid.
707. Ibid.
708. www.businessinsider.com/worst-us-drivers-are-in-washington-dc-2013-8.
709. Ibid.
710. http://sleepfoundation.org/sleep-topics/drowsy-driving.
711. Ibid.
712. http://sleepfoundation.org/sites/default/files/Drowsy%20Driving-Key%20Messages%20and%20Talking%20Points.pdf.
713. Ibid.
714. www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112527235/turn-signal-neglect-a-continuing-problem-in-the-us.
715. Ibid.
716. Ibid.
717. http://mentalfloss.com/article/26053/6-worst-car-accidents-recent-us-history.
718. Ibid.
719. www.nytimes.com/1990/12/12/us/15-killed-and-over-50-hurt-in-fog-as-75-vehicles-crash-in-tennessee.html.
720. Ibid.
721. http://mentalfloss.com/article/26053/6-worst-car-accidents-recent-us-history.
722. Ibid.
723. http://mentalfloss.com/article/26053/6-worst-car-accidents-recent-us-history; www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/01mayjun/worstcrash.cfm.
724. www.cbsnews.com/8301-505145_162-40543656/men-vs-women-who-are-safer-drivers.
725. http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-05-02-older-drivers-usat1a_N.htm.
726. Ibid.
727. Ibid.
728. Ibid.
729. www.cbsnews.com/news/89-year-old-found-guilty-of-manslaughter.
730. Ibid.
731. www.nhtsa.gov/people/injury/aggressive/aggproplanner/page05.htm.
732. Ibid.
733. www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Hundreds-of-accidents-blamed-on-Houston-road-rage-3721059.php.
734. http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_york&id=9267511.
735. http://news.drive.com.au/drive/motor-news/road-rage-causes-many-deaths-survey-20100804-117so.html.
736. Ibid.
737. Ibid.
738. www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2013/04/ohio_must_pay_33_million_for_f.html.
739. www.nytimes.com/1991/12/01/us/scenes-of-disaster-in-pileup-that-killed-17-in-california.html.
740. www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/02sep/06.cfm.
741. Ibid.
742. Ibid.
21. THE 1970S, MAN
743. http://entertainment.lilithezine.com/Stephen-King.html.
744. Jon Dietz, “On-Air Shot Kills TV Personality,” Sarasota Herald-Tribune, July 16, 1974.
745. Ibid.
746. www.howstuffworks.com/ied.htm.
747. http://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/kent-state2.htm.
748. www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/11/i-am-not-a-kook-richard-nixons-bizarre-visit-to-the-lincoln-memorial/248443.
749. http://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/kent-state1.htm.
750. http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,35056,00.html.
751. www.businessweek.com/magazine/the-nixon-shock-08042011.html.
752. http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/07/09/remembering-the-77-blackout/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0.
753. Ibid.
754. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/si_online/news/2002/08/20/main.
755. Ibid.
756. Ibid.
757. www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/3mile-isle.html.
758. www.history.com/topics/three-mile-island.
759. Ibid.
760. www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/carter-hostage-crisis.
761. www.history.com/topics/iran-hostage-crisis.
762. www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/carter-hostage-crisis.
763. www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/trenches/my_lai.html.
764. www.history.
com/topics/my-lai-massacre.
765. www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/trenches/my_lai.html.
766. www.history.com/topics/my-lai-massacre.
767. www.crimelibrary.com/terrorists_spies/terrorists/hearst/1.html.
768. Ibid.
769. www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-symbionese-liberation-army-abducts-patty-hearst.
770. Ibid.
771. Ibid.
772. www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/28/harvey-milk-george-moscone_n_2206107.html.
773. Ibid.
774. www.history.com/this-day-in-history/san-francisco-leaders-george-moscone-and-harvey-milk-are-murdered.
775. Ibid.
776. Ibid.
22. THE 1980S—OMIGOD!
777. www.nbcnews.com/id/3078062/ns/technology_and_science-space#.UrOUNI1RbPM.
778. www.nbcnews.com/id/11031097/ns/technology_and_science-space/t/myths-about-challenger-shuttle-disaster/#.UslpTvZRbPM.
779. http://variety.com/2006/scene/awards/spinney-cycle-1117939890.
780. www.denverpost.com/ci_22041966/remembering-michael-jackson-thriller-turns-30.
781. http://entertainment.time.com/2013/07/29/michael-jackson-and-freddie-mercury-three-duets-coming-out-this-fall.
782. www.nytimes.com/1989/04/19/us/new-twist-on-crack-in-florida.html.
783. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1365456/Rawhide-shot-The-Secret-Service-tapes-Ronald-Reagan-assassination-attempt-revealed-time.html.
784. Ibid.
785. www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/08/john-lennon-death-mnf_n_793710.html.
786. www.nytimes.com/1988/05/16/us/hemophilia-and-aids-silent-suffering.html?.
787. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8347753.stm.
788. www.history.com/news/6-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-vietnam-veterans-memorial.
789. Ibid.
790. www.livescience.com/39961-chernobyl.html.
791. Ibid.
792. www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/chernobyl-bg.html.
793. Ibid.
794. Ibid.
795. www.livescience.com/27553-mount-st-helens-eruption.html.
796. www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2009/12/dayintech_1202jarvikheart.
797. www.npr.org/news/graphics/2008/june/bill_gates/gates_timeline_04.html.
798. http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/outdoor-activities/urban-sports/buildering2.htm.
23. ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION MEDICATION
799. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100927155318.htm.
800. www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/25/AR2008122500931.html.