Chenango County businesswoman Denise LaTourette debunks a silly tale that appeared in her local newspaper promoting fears about natural gas development.

A hilarious tall tale entitled the “ The ABC’s of Gas Drilling – A Cautionary Fable,” appeared on page 5 of last week’s last week’s Norwich Evening Sun. Reading over Ms. Anderson’s lengthy fable, I wondered if I had missed the Binghamton Rod Serling Twilight Zone Festival’s call for new scripts. Yes, I thought that I was “caught between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man’s fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call the Twilight Zone”.

Ms. Anderson states this is a “cautionary fable” but continues on, that “it is based on actual experiences”.

It is interesting that our opponents really believe the personal stories, without any proof of their validity; to them personal stories stand on firmer ground than studies supported by physical evidence.

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