One of those breathing tornados.

[jibbsey]

Narrowly missed a 6.9 earthquake south of Athens, but I'm told nobody was actually killed by it

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[calibros]

Why can't people just understand that people died that day, ethicity aside...People died, and it was horrible for all?

[jibbsey]

this is really just one of many local conspiracy theories of no credibility that serve to cause nothing but harm.
however it's one of the more poignant examples I've found
and it shows the complete LACK OF LOGIC evident in these crazy assed rumors. I don't know where they come from. But I'm told this one is actually very widespread in the middle-east.

Note: english speakers are MUCH more common in Turkey (than in say, Ukraine)- particularly in the major cities - so the fact that we were speaking to him in English doesn't really say that he was well educated.