X-Message-Number: 14655
From: Eugene Leitl <>
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 15:33:13 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FY;) [Pigdog] mummification

From: "h.r.taffs" <>

When News of the Weird first mentioned Summum (in 1988), the Salt Lake
City religious organization had just introduced its mummification
alternative to burials and cremations, charging $7,000 to preserve a
body and an additional $18,000 to create a bronze statue, according to
founder Corky Ra. As of June 2000, according to an Associated Press
story, Summum is still looking to make its first human mummy (it has
done several pets), although 137 people have made deposits toward the
current prices of $12,000 to preserve and $36,000 (and up) for statues
(plus transportation costs and mausoleum space). Corky Ra's
preservation process includes soaking the body in secret fluids,
applying lanolin, polyurethane rubber and fiberglass bandages.

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