Earl of Bronze

I wouldnt joke about it too much. I remember watching a program about scientiests going to a remote island in the North Sea. During the flu pandemic of 1918 - 1919 several miners died of Spanish Lady and where interned in graves that where deep enough to penetrate the permafrost. So the scientists decided to take try to extract samples of the flu virus from the miners frozen bodies.

Off they went with all the haz-mat gear, got to the island, dug up the graves, only to find that someone had knocked all of them (eight I think). In the end they reckoned the Russians took the bodies some time during the Cold War. Prolly in an attempt to genetically engineer a ''Biological Agent'' that was even more deadly than the original.

Bad enough that the original Spanish Lady killed 30+ million (mostly healthy young men), but a genetically engineered version that could be even more deadly is horrific. Seeing what a mess Russia is in these days, especially for hard cash, you better hope no-one buys some.

All said and done, the thing that really freaked me out about this program was the fact I'd just finished a novel that delt with the same subject. Syncronicity or what????