[Mitchell]

Here's a link to an article on the St. Petersburg letter (scroll towards the bottom of the article). The letter is probably a bogus copycat letter, unrelated to the real anthrax attack. It contained a white powder that tested negative for anthrax.

The letter said:

"Howard Toxler ... 1st case of disease now blow away this dust so you see how the real thing flys. Oklahoma-Ryder Truck! Skyway bridge-18 wheels."

This note, which misspells Troxler's name even though it's spelled correctly on the envelope, appears to be a threat of anthrax and also a truck bomb on the St. Petersburg Skyway Bridge, but it seems to be a fake.

Here's a photograph of the envelope:

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you so much for the link and the picture and your analysis! Hugs!!!

[Mitchell]

I forgot to say that Troxler received this letter on Oct. 9 (coincidentally the same day that the letters to Daschle and Leahy were postmarked). The article I linked to is from the Oct. 13 issue of the St. Petersburg Times.

[daves_brother]

The letter is probably a bogus copycat letter...

I agree. From the look of the envelope and the tone of the letter, it certainly does look like a copycat. It raises a question though: Could a copycat (any copycat) also have anthrax spores and prepare a second wave of anthrax letters?

Good find! Does anyone know of any photos on the web of other copycats/hoaxes? (The ones available on Yahoo of the photos released by the Justice Department are all I've seen.)

[ConservativeLawyer]

The letter is probably a bogus copycat letter, unrelated to the real anthrax attack.

Maybe I'm missing something, but how can this "copycat" letter be dismissed as "unrelated" to the real anthrax attack? If this was received on the same date the real anthrax letters where mailed, then how could the copycat copy something that wasn't yet made public?

Unless they had prior knowledge of what was going to be mailed from New Jersey a few days later.