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| PRAVDA: "Blue people inhabited Kentucky in 1950s" |
| 2007-06-24 |
| They're known simply as the "blue people" in the hills and hollows around Troublesome and Ball Creeks. Most lived to their 80s and 90s without serious illness associated with the skin discoloration. For some, though, there was a pain not seen in lab tests. That was the pain of being blue in a world that is mostly shades of white to black. |
| Posted by:Anguling Turkeyneck9310 |
| #15 "Can blue men sing the whites ... ?" |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-06-24 22:04 |
| #14 "Blue Moon of Kentucky keep on Shinin'" |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2007-06-24 13:28 |
| #13 Need to get Pravda to do a story on some Arkansas hill billies, Hillary and Bill. |
| Posted by: Thinemp Lumumba2215 2007-06-24 13:21 |
| #12 Google "blue people of Kentucky". Lots written. |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2007-06-24 11:30 |
| #11 Re #4: "The siblings' parents are closely related..." That may explain a LOT. "and have had 19 children in all." So, they're Episcopalians? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2007-06-24 10:36 |
| #10 A quick search of Google Image of "blue person" shows a picture of someone identified as from the Troublesome Creek area. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-06-24 10:27 |
| #9 "Are you Bluish? You don't look Bluish." Yellow Submarine |
| Posted by: doc 2007-06-24 10:01 |
| #8 please, no "Blue Moon" pics |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-06-24 09:48 |
| #7 Reminds me of the Billie Holiday tune "Am I blue?". |
| Posted by: GK 2007-06-24 09:25 |
| #6 My in-laws are from Kentucky . . . this explains a lot. |
| Posted by: Mike 2007-06-24 07:34 |
| #5 i waz blue once in my 50s... long story tho... but colorful.. |
| Posted by: RD 2007-06-24 06:06 |
| #4 Here is an article about an even stranger family: Family Walks on All Fours, May Offer Evolution Insight, Experts Say |
| Posted by: Clinesh Ghibelline2687 2007-06-24 04:00 |
| #3 All true. But by supplying the missing enzyme so blood gets properly oxygenated, blueness is treatable. I am not so sure about moonbatitis. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-06-24 02:58 |
| #2 Yeper. I remember reading about the blue people in the 1970s. In fact, this seems to be that Pravda article; but it purports to be from a 1982 issue of Science. The last page of the Pravda article notes that it came from rootsweb.com. Somehow they've left off the author's name. Commie thieves. Here's a Straight Dope piece, too. |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2007-06-24 01:12 |
| #1 Interesting. But since it's from Pravda, I wonder if any of the story is true? "Kentucky" and "1950's" excepted - I know both of those exist/existed. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2007-06-24 00:59 |