In BARlines, BAR 16:06, we reported tongue-in-cheek that hell had been discovered nine miles under Siberia, as reported in a prophecy magazine called The Midnight Cry. A number of readers took us seriously and wrote us critical letters (see Queries & Comments, in this issue.).

So we’re taking no chances this time: we don’t for a minute believe the report in the supermarket checkout tabloid Weekly World News (published in Lantana, Florida) that “Noah’s Ark [Has Been] Found in Pennsylvania.” According to a screaming frontpage headline, the ark “looks exactly like [sic] the Bible says.”

The discovery is attributed to “a French archaeologist” named “Dr. Gene Chevalier” who is not otherwise identified. The ark is supposedly 475 feet long and is “still in one piece.”