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Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Metalhead graffiti causes terror freakout

Bioterrorism officials in a small Arizona town responded to police concerns over white powder in a dumpster with the word "ANTHRAX" scrawled on the side. The substance turned out to be flour, and the dumpster graffiti also included the mysterious words "AC/DC" and "Iron Maiden."

We didn’t get the connection with 'Anthrax' the band at first," a county official said. "The other band names were on the back and not on the same side as the Anthrax one was."

Link (thanks, Tom Marcinko)

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