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alcibiades_mystery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-29-07 08:41 AM
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Pre-Cog Wikpedia posting on Nancy Benoit's death a "terrible coincidence," claims author
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Chris_Benoit_mystery_editor_confesses:_Claims_%22terrible_coincidence%22

Here's the actual confession:

Hey everyone. I am here to talk about the wikipedia comment that was left by myself. I just want to say that it was an incredible coincidence. Last weekend, I had heard about Chris Benoit no showing Vengeance because of a family emergency, and I had heard rumors about why that was. I was reading rumors and speculation about this matter online, and one of them included that his wife may have passed away, and I did the wrong thing by posting it on wikipedia to spite there being no evidence. I posted my speculation on the situation at the time and I am deeply sorry about this, and I was just as shocked as everyone when I heard that this actually would happen in real life. It is one of those things that just turned into a huge coincidence. That night I found out that what I posted, ended up actually happening, a 1 in 10,000 chance of happening, or so I thought. I was beyond wrong for posting wrongful information, and I am sorry to everyone for this. I just want everyone to know it was stupid of me, and I will never do anything like this again. I just posted something that was at that time a piece of wrong unsourced information that is typical on wikipedia, as it is done all the time.

Nonetheless, I feel incredibly bad for all the attention this got because of the fact that what I said turned out to be the truth. Like I said it was just a major coincidence, and I will never vandalize anything on wikipedia or post wrongful information. I've learned from this experience. I just can't believe what I wrote was actually the case, I've remained stunned and saddened over it.

I wish not to reveal my identity so I can keep me and my family out of this since they have nothing to do with anything. I am not connected to WWE or Benoit at all in anyway. I am from Stamford as the IP address shows, and I am just an everyday individual who posted a wrongful remark at the time that received so much attention because it turned out to actually happen. I will say again I didn't know anything about the Benoit tragedy, it was a terrible coincidence that I never saw coming.

I hope this puts an end to this speculation that someone knew about the tragedy before it was discovered. It was just a rumor that I had heard about from other people online who were speculating what the family emergency Chris was attending to. I made a big mistake by posting this comment on his page, since all we had were what we thought was going on and nothing about what actually was going on yet, and sadly what happened turned out to be my speculation at the time. I assumed wiki would edit out my information, which they did, so thats why I didn't go back to edit it out myself.

I know I keep repeating it but I feel terrible about the mainstream coverage this has received, since it was only a huge coincidence and a terrible event that should of never happened. I am not sure how to react, as hearing about my message becoming a huge part of the Benoit slayings made me feel terrible as everyone believes that it is connected to the tragedy, but it was just an awful coincidence. That is all I have to say, I will never post anything here again unless it is pure fact, no spam nothing like that. Thank you, and let this end this chapter of the Benoit story, and hopefully one day we will find out why this tragedy ever actually happened.

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myrna minx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-29-07 08:45 AM
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1. ?
So this poster edits wiki with a rumor that he/she heard on the internets and is stunned when it turns out to be true, but calls it a coincidence? Huh?
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alcibiades_mystery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-29-07 08:51 AM
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3. The rumor couldn't have possibly been knowledge-based
Unless we assume Benoit was out there telling people he'd killed his wife. All this happened before the bodies were discovered.
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myrna minx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-29-07 08:57 AM
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5. Thanks. n/t
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NaturalHigh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-29-07 08:47 AM
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2. I just read about this a few hours ago.
This is a bizarre situation.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-29-07 08:52 AM
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4. Sounds a bit well written for a moron who spams a wiki site with rumors
and a bit lawyerly
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alcibiades_mystery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-29-07 08:59 AM
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6. Doesn't seem well written or lawyerly to me
Of course, I refuse to characterize anything that says "could of" instead of "could have" as well written. Call me a stickler.
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-29-07 09:03 AM
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7. Things that make you go "Hmmm..."
Edited on Fri Jun-29-07 09:05 AM by supernova
curiouser and curiouser.

I'm not sure what to make of this, except to notice the repeated "It was just a coincidence!" meme. It seems a bit.... strained.

"The lady doth protest too much .... methinks."

</Lady Macbeth>
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