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SCIENTIST VANISHES WITHOUT TRACE [Chalk River Nuclear Facility, Canada]
THE STAR.com - THE TORONTO STAR (Ontario) ^ | Adrian Morrow

Posted on 02/21/2010 3:14:44 PM PST by Cindy

NOTE: Photo included.

SNIPPET: "On Jan. 18, Lachlan Cranswick left the Chalk River nuclear facility, where he worked, and took a bus to Deep River, the small town on the Ottawa River where he lived.

The 41-year-old physicist, whose job entailed running experiments for the National Research Council, had just finished some work for a researcher overseas and left his findings on his desk, to be mailed later.

Sometime that night or the next morning, he took his garbage bins outside for pickup.

Then, he vanished without a trace.

When he didn't show up for work for several days and missed a game with the local curling club, of which he was a devoted member, his friends went looking for him."

(Excerpt) Read more at thestar.com ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Canada
KEYWORDS: 201001; 20100118; australia; britain; bus; canada; chalkriver; cranswick; curling; curlingclub; deepriver; lachlancranswick; melbourne; missingphysicist; missingscientist; missingscientists; nrc; nuclear; nuclearfacility; nuclearphysicist; ontario; ottawariver; physicist; scientist; stevenquayle
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1 posted on 02/21/2010 3:14:45 PM PST by Cindy
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To: All; fanfan

Hat Tip: Freeper Fanfan.


2 posted on 02/21/2010 3:15:48 PM PST by Cindy
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To: Cindy; a fool in paradise; Slings and Arrows

Dude discovered the invisibility formula, is my bet!


3 posted on 02/21/2010 3:17:38 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: Oorang; Velveeta; Godzilla; MamaDearest; Squantos; naturalman1975

ping


4 posted on 02/21/2010 3:17:54 PM PST by Cindy
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To: Cindy

ON THE TEHRAN EXPRESS.

Yep.

Good post.


5 posted on 02/21/2010 3:19:06 PM PST by gaijin
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To: Revolting cat!

Radiation may have rendered him invisible and he’s having with it; or maybe he is now trans-dimensional and has broken through to the other side?


6 posted on 02/21/2010 3:23:24 PM PST by ntmxx (I am not so sure about this misdirection!)
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To: All

http://media.thestar.topscms.com/images/3d/19/85cfcdb54bdd90716eed26216873.jpeg

The link above is a the url/photo link of missing scientist, Lachlan Cranswick.

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Note to Mr. Cranswick, I am praying for you sir.


7 posted on 02/21/2010 3:23:33 PM PST by Cindy
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To: Cindy
He Blowed up REAL GOOD....
8 posted on 02/21/2010 3:25:39 PM PST by jakerobins
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To: All; fanfan

http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20100204/470_ott_lachlan_cranswick_100203.jpg

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http://ottawa.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100204/OTT_Deep_River_100203/20100204/?hub=OttawaHome

“OPP search for missing Deep River man”

Updated: Thu Feb. 04 2010 11:00:20

ctvottawa.ca

SNIPPET: “Lachlan Cranswick, 41...”

SNIPPET: “Cranswick is described as a white male who is about five feet 10 inches tall, with a slim build. He has hazel eyes and dark brown hair with a receding hair line. He may be wearing glasses and a dark brown or grey winter parka.

Anyone with information about his whereabouts is asked to call Ontario Provincial Police at 613-584-3500.”


9 posted on 02/21/2010 3:27:15 PM PST by Cindy
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http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5idIOZeSeMmuS1NlTs3_ZhXWGHhSQ

“Sudden disappearance of Deep River scientist mystifies colleagues”
(CP) – 3 hours ago
TORONTO —

SNIPPET: “His job involved collaborating with visiting scientists from across Canada and around the world who would come to the lab to use its specialized equipment.”

SNIPPET: “One of those interests was curling, Banks said, adding Cranswick was on the local club’s executive.

In fact, the scientist had taken some vacation days and was only reported missing when he failed to show up for a tournament.”


10 posted on 02/21/2010 3:30:46 PM PST by Cindy
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To: Cindy

http://lachlan.bluehaze.com.au/index.html


11 posted on 02/21/2010 3:32:01 PM PST by EBH (The warning bell of Freedom is ringing, can you not hear it?)
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To: Cindy

Too many rivers.


12 posted on 02/21/2010 3:33:40 PM PST by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast (STOP the Tyrananny State.)
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To: EBH

Thank you very muche EBH.


13 posted on 02/21/2010 3:33:51 PM PST by Cindy
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http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Scientist+disappearance+baffles+investigators/2520106/story.html

“Scientist’s disappearance baffles investigators
Brother, friend fear foul play”

BY MEGHAN HURLEY, THE OTTAWA CITIZENFEBRUARY 4, 2010

SNIPPET: “”I’m personally thinking some misfortune fell on him. Either he got hit by a vehicle, or someone took him away,” Knight said. “I just can’t think of anything else. I just can’t see him running off.”

Knight and friends put up missing-person posters all over the town and beyond, reaching out to anyone who might have information. Police have also interviewed everyone who has had contact with Cranswick in the last few months.

Cranswick has worked for the NRC’s Canadian Neutron Mean Centre for seven years, examining the structure of chemicals.

“His collaborators from universities across Canada praise his effectiveness in supporting their research,” said Daniel Banks, a spokesman for the centre. “He was a driving force in developing our scientific tools to the leading edge.””


14 posted on 02/21/2010 3:35:36 PM PST by Cindy
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To: gaijin

I hope not.


15 posted on 02/21/2010 3:36:00 PM PST by Cindy
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To: Cindy

He looks like Sheldon!

Hope they find him unharmed.


16 posted on 02/21/2010 3:36:18 PM PST by fred2008
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To: All

Interesting discussion; more photos ON THE INTERNET:

www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=95134


17 posted on 02/21/2010 3:37:59 PM PST by Cindy
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ON THE INTERNET:

tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sdpd/message/2476

www.iucr.org/__data/iucr/lists/compcomm-l/msg00187.html


18 posted on 02/21/2010 3:40:39 PM PST by Cindy
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To: Cindy

Another theory: Some terror group has an interest in the Charles River nuclear facility as a TARGET. They abducted him to get information regarding facility entry protocols, layout of the factiliy, location of sensitive materials....something like that.

That’s another THEORY.


19 posted on 02/21/2010 3:41:00 PM PST by gaijin
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To: Cindy

The photo the article used is old. 2002ish.

Why wouldn’t they have used his photo ID from the lab or something more recent?


20 posted on 02/21/2010 3:41:51 PM PST by EBH (The warning bell of Freedom is ringing, can you not hear it?)
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