Friday, October 02, 2009

Sorry, Charlie



You may remember that when baseball legend Ted Williams died in 2002 a couple of his kids had his body frozen at Alcor Life Extension Foundation in Scottsdale, Arizona. People do that so that should future generations find a cure for death, they can defrost loved ones who have been suspended in liquid nitrogen.

Well, all was not kosher at Alcor, according to a whistle blower named Larry Johnson who has been hiding out lest the Alcor heavies put an end to his life. He's written a book called 'Frozen' about what he saw going on with corpses, in particular, that of Ted Williams.

Seems not only was Williams crudely decapitated, but (according to the NY Daily News) Williams' severed head was then frozen, and even used for batting practice by a technician trying to dislodge it from a tuna fish can.

The question that begs to be asked is, why would his head be in a tuna fish can to begin with? And, hey, I'm no cryogenic genius, but wouldn't your head and body really need to be united in order to be resuscitated?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

There's an expression to be a really good hitter you need to keep your head on the ball. Williams was a really good hitter - still has potential.