-Caveat Lector- The following piece was written by someone on another list as a prelude to the AP story re West's recent death... interesting. ---------------------- Forwarded by Lyn McCloskey/Towers Perrin on 01/15/99 09:52 AM --------------------------- Wed, 13 Jan 1999 10:36:57 -0800 (PST) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from [EMAIL PROTECTED] =09by imo27.mx.aol.com (IMOv18.1) id 5ZLMa06037; =09Wed, 13 Jan 1999 13:22:07 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 13:22:07 EST To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: MAPS: R.I.P. for the Elephant Killer Content-type: text/plain; charset=3DUS-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 3.0 for Windows 95 sub 52 Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For those interested in the psychedelic experience of animals, it is necess= ary to debunk the sensationalistic newpaper accounts of the elephant who died f= rom using LSD. In actuality, a zoo got rid of a surplus elephant by offering i= t to any scientist who wanted it for experimental purposes. Jolly West was a psychiatrist at UCLA. Leary claimed that West also did secret psychedelic research for the CIA, although he lied about this involvement whenever anyb= ody asked him about it in public. Jolly volunteered to shoot a giant LSD-laden hypodermic dart into the elephant. The missile penetrated the poor creature's jugular vein. The unfortunate beast collapsed in convulsions. It died before the LSD could even take effect. Upon publicizing this tragedy, the news reports neglected to mention that the elephant had really been mortally wounded by the traumatic impact of a projectile weapon. While this so-called "experiment" lacked any genuine scientific merit, it made Jolly famous. Exploiting his reputation as "The Elephant Killer", he infiltrated a rural hippie commune by pretending to be sympathetic with their "back to nature" philosophy. To establish rapport with people, he patted his enormous corpulent belly, chortling "I have become quite elephantine myself!" He took photographs and made reports about the counterculture community over several years. He also ingratiated himself with bearded long-haired artists so he could photograph them standing next to psychedelic paintings. Later, during his lectures at conventions of law enforcement agents, the Jolly Elephant Killer used this evidence to portray psychedelic users as brain-damaged degenerates. Jolly bragged "Even though I had a crew-cut at the time, those hippies loved me because I was known as the dude who killed the elephant with LSD." =20 DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
