Scientist Missing for over 30 years Found Living Inside Secret LSD Drug Lab

[lester1/2jr]

http://www.iflscience.org/missing-scientist-found-hiding-in-secret-lsd-drug-lab/

"When the Officers moved the large metal cabinet they uncovered an entry way to a large hidden room in the basement.  The room was full of various science equipment along with a terrified, elderly man.  The 83 year old man was identified as Dr. Winston Corrigan, a chemistry professor from the University of Minnesota who went missing in the fall of 1984 and was a previous resident of the home.

"He had clearly been living down there for a long time and had suffered severe psychological trauma.. probably from not socializing with anyone for a while...or from ingesting a lot of the drugs...  I don't know if he had been living down there since the 80's but I wouldn't doubt it" Said EMT personnel Landon Choler."

[indianasmith]

That has "B Movie Plot" written all over it! LOL

[lester1/2jr]

eating army rations and taking LSD for 30 years he's been all around the universe down there. forward and back in time

[LilCerberus]

Bomb Culture joke in there somewhere..........

[Rev. Powell]

Aww... story's fake. http://www.snopes.com/media/notnews/missingscientist.asp

Would make a good B-movie plot though.

[Jack]

Yeah, "50 years' worth of military grade rations" would fill a small warehouse I think.  And he'd need one heck of a quiet toilet.

[Trevor]

And he'd need one heck of a quiet toilet.

He can move in with me. 

[Jack]

And he'd need one heck of a quiet toilet.

He can move in with me.  

If he hasn't ventured out to buy clothes in 30 years, and his laundry facilities and soap supplies are presumable rather limited, his undies may be a rival for yours Trevor  

[Trevor]

And he'd need one heck of a quiet toilet.

He can move in with me.  

If he hasn't ventured out to buy clothes in 30 years, and his laundry facilities and soap supplies are presumable rather limited, his undies may be a rival for yours Trevor  

Poor man... 

[lester1/2jr]

I was totally fooled and in retrospect it makes no sense. hahaha

[etmoviesb]

Yeah, "50 years' worth of military grade rations" would fill a small warehouse I think.  And he'd need one heck of a quiet toilet.

For only one person it is not so much actually. It is large, but not extreme.

Assuming 2 meals per day, for 50 years, and each is about 1/3 of liter you have:
2 * 50 * 365.25 * (1/3) = 12175 liter

That is 12~13 cube meters. The story is a fake, but it would be possible to have a bunker with such a size. Of course he needed some soap and a bathroom too to get water.


However the real problem is: how long does it guy needed to store all this food? He bought a bit every month for years?

[Jack]

This is kind of fun to figure out lol    According to this place:  http://www.mre-meals.net/wholesalers.php A pallet of MRE's is 40" X 48" X 48", and that contains 48 cases with 12 meals per case.  So for 30 years at 2 meals a day he'd need 21,900 meals, so 1,825 cases or about 38 pallets.  Stack them 2 high I guess that's 19 pallets on the floor at 4' X 4' each, So in a 4 X 5 arrangement, that's 16 by 20 foot. 

You'd need kind of a large hidden room to still leave room for a drug lab and whatever other stuff you'd need to live for 30 years, plus some living space to enjoy the LSD trips, but I guess it's doable 

[Rev. Powell]

What about replacement lava lamps? If one broke he's be up a creek!

[Jack]

What about replacement lava lamps? If one broke he's be up a creek!

That's probably the "severe psychological trauma" they were talking about