X-Message-Number: 2745
Date: Thu, 12 May 94 00:38:00 CDT
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Subject: CRYONICS: CNN Report

Stephen J. Van Sickle:
 
> At about 7:35 PM on May 11, CNN Headline News reported two "bodies"
> were found packed in dry ice in a storage building in Colorado.
> They reported that the "bodies" died of "natural causes" and were
> frozen by a relative "in hopes of being returned to life".
 
        Oh, God.  This sounds like the work of Trygve Bauge.  Mr. Bauge 
is a Norwegian national who several years ago went to great lengths to 
have his grandfather frozen and brought to the U.S. for storage.  He 
recently completed construction of a new home and "cryonics storage 
facility" in Colorado, and may have taken on another patient in 
addition to his grandfather (I don't remember for sure).
 
        In any case, the INS recently caught up with Mr. Bauge (he was 
here illegally after his visa expired some years ago) and ordered him 
deported.  Last I heard, he was hiding and attempting to organize a 
court callenge.  Now it looks like the worst has happened.  
 
        Several years ago there was a debate on CryoNet about the 
merits of "do-it-yourself" cryonics storage.  Somebody was actually 
suggesting that relatives keep their loved ones on ice in their 
basements, and that cryonics could work this way.  The INS 
notwithstanding, cryonics CANNOT work this way, and the Bauge debacle 
is a case in point.    
 
                                                --- Brian Wowk

[ I think that Brian is referring to the "Proposal for Cheap Freeze"
  thread in messages 235 236 237 238 239 247 248 252 254 255 256 279 282
  which started in Oct. 1990.  To retrieve those messages, send email
  to me with the Subject line:
    CRYOMSG 23[5-9] 24[78] 25[2456] 279 282
  - KQB ]

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