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How on Earth did you arrive at the conclusion "probably real" from that link?

by reading the conclusions contained in the article it links to

That conclusion?

> Whatever the case may be, the available evidence behind this tale appears to be purely anecdotal and not verifiable at this point.

no, the others

I literally quoted the conclusion of the linked snopes article.

the article i linked to wasn't by snopes or on her web site; it was a 'straight dope' column from the chicago reader