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Owsley moved to Australia because he was convinced a super cyclone was going to freeze all of north America and that would be the safest spot.

He also pretty much ate only 100% meat, and blamed the cancer that formed in his throat in his later years on the few vegetables his parents made him eat as a child.

But no woo woo crap =)

Interesting thoughts by Owsley: http://www.thebear.org/essays.html

Info about the storm he predicted: http://worldnewstrust.com/ice-ages-cause-of-glaciation-a-the...




For those unaware, Owsley was the focus of the Steely Dan song "Kid Charlemagne".




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