[meteorite-list] More threats from Mr Gregory.

From: Michael Farmer <meteoriteguy_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 18:10:12 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <633481.12484.qm_at_web33113.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

This is what I get from Mr Gregory, he now insults me
and my wife, and my lack of children. This is one
standup type of guy!
Sad, what a sad comentary on the greed of someone who
thinks he owns the place.
--- Randall Gregory <randall_gregory at yahoo.com> wrote:

> You're still here! When are you going to be at the
> embassy. I would like to be there to explain the
> damage you caused in Carancas. You don't know where
> I live and I happened to have a residence in the
> United States.Flee to this place, now that's funny.
> I love exploring SA. I am a long distance commuter.
> I go back to the United States to visit my children.
> I just returned to Peru from a 3 month stay in at
> home. Children, Mike are something you know
> absolutly nothing about. What's the problem, is
> little Mike not working. Or has Melody left you and
> traded up.
>
> Randall
>
> Michael Farmer <meteoriteguy at yahoo.com> wrote:
> your information is as faulty as your judgement.
> Advise your friends, that I have contaced the
> embassy
> and have a meeting scheduled to discuss the money
> they
> tried to extort from me.
> What a dump, why do you live down here? What did you
> do to make you flee to this place. Most of the
> people
> were great, and I will discuss this with the list,
> but
> much more information to come.
> Mike
> --- Randall Gregory wrote:
>
> > Hi Mike,
> >
> > Welcome to Peru! I knew you couldn't resist. I
> > also had a report that some Americans were
> visiting
> > the crater and I figured you were probably there.
> I
> > know that you're in Puno waiting for the trip to
> > Juliaca. No secret there. How's the altitude
> > sickness? I hope you didn't drink any water in
> > Desag. Oh, by the way, Desaguadero means "place of
> > dirty water" in Spanish. You did get vaccinations
> > for Yellow Fever, Hepatitis, and Typhoid? I sure
> > hope so. Every good meteorite hunter should.
> >
> > Consider yourself lucky that you were not arrested
> > and thrown in jail by my friends in Desaguadero. I
> > think you'll recognize a few of your new friends.
> > Major Victor Anaya Barrientos, police chief and my
> > personal drinking buddy Sargent Enrique.
> >
> > You threatened to fuck me up, Mike. Remember?
> >
> > I could have had you arrested and held in jail on
> > various charges. But I'm not vengeful guy, more of
> a
> > peace-loving kind.
> >
> > I offered to end this war and you failed to
> > respond to me. I gave you the chance for us to
> work
> > together on this, yet you chose to go it alone.You
> > took my invitation as a threat. A gun in your face
> > in Columbia. Get the picture? Leave South America
> to
> > me, but work with me if you want. There a 4 more
> > falls in Peru that haven't been tapped and others
> in
> > Bolivia and Ecuador.
> >
> > I'm enclosing some pictures to remind you of your
> > trip. You went with 2 other guys, yet I went there
> > alone. Just another day in the life of a meteorite
> > hunter, huh? Toughen up Mike! BTW, I've got a
> > little over 4,700 gms, not including the dust and
> > small pieces. But I'm only selling around 300 gms.
> > The large piece will be donated to a museum or
> other
> > scientific institution.
> >
> > I appreciate the fact that you enlightened me
> > about meteorites 'rotting'. I'm going back to
> Desag
> > very soon to work with the local officials. I'm
> > taking mining engineers to create a plan for
> > extraction. If you want to be a part of it, I
> invite
> > you to participate. As a meteorite dealer, you can
> > also appreciate the value of what might come out
> of
> > the ground. You have a real appreciation for this
> > meteorite now and you could contribute to this
> > project, but please don't criticize these people.
> > The have there jobs and probably do them well.
> They
> > are venturing into unknown territory with little
> > information or experience.
> >
> >
> > Hasta La Vista, Baby! or my associate. Your
> > choice.
> >
> > Randall
> >
> > Michael Farmer wrote:
> > Hi everyone, I am writing from an undisclosed
> > location, but will be home tomorrow night from
> Peru.
> >
> > Robert Ward, Moritz Karl, and myself have been in
> > Carancas for the last 4 days. When I say craphole,
> > Desaguadero is the definition that would come up
> > first! More on that later, we had to get creative
> > today to leave town as the corrupt police had us
> all
> > staked out all night, including visits to my hotel
> > room last night and at 5 am this morning demanding
> > payment for protection and permision to leave the
> > country.
> >
> > We toured the crater for days, bought and found
> some
> > nice material, and will post photos in a couple of
> > days. The crater is huge, the meteorite inside
> must
> > weigh in excess of 4000-5000 kilos. Compared with
> > the
> > 1700 kilogram Jilin main mass which made a crater
> > less
> > than half the size of the Carancas meteorite.
> > Unfortunately, the government of Peru in all it?s
> > wisdom, wants the meteorite to rot in the water,
> as
> > they see dollar signs in bringing tourists to the
> > crater which in one month will be nothing more
> than
> > a
> > mudpit as the rains are about to begin. Yesterday
> we
> > had the entire village present and pumped out the
> > water from the crater, and the locals were about
> to
> > dig, then at 1 pm, the mayor decided that was
> enough
> > work for the day, and would let the crater fill
> with
> > water again, so they could start from scratch
> again
> > today! The wisdom of the local mayor really
> > impresses
> > me. He felt that 1 hour of labor yesterday was
> > sufficient, and ignored my advice that every day
> > sitting in fetid water was not doing the meteorite
> > any
> > good.
> > All of the meteorite fragments that were blown out
> > of
> > the crater have been sold off to people, and taken
> > by
> > locals, very little is there, mostly crumbs and
> > dust.
> > We got some nice pieces, all pristine, not rusted
> > crap, and I will offer some for sale when I get
> > home.
> > The meteorite is a high-metal chondrite, highly
> > brecciated, and most fragments have shock veins on
> > the
> > outside, where they broke apart, at first we
> thought
> > that it was strange fusion crust, then realized
> that
> > they black crust is actully shock vein where the
> > clasts seperated.
> > More later, we are tired, and have been travling
> the
> > dangerous Peruvian roads all day.
> > I will add more to the story soon, but rest
> assured,
> > the meteorite is mostly lost/rotted away because
> the
> > people from the universities in Peru are clueless.
> > We
> > had a meeting/interrigation at police headquarters
> > for
> > some hours last night, and it seems that they know
> > more about meteorite than I do. IE, they are
> > dangerous, they are contaminated, they bring
> > diseases,
> > they kill livestock and poison the village water.
> > Thus
> > it cant be dug up!
> >
> > Michael Farmer
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