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\u00a0 \u00a0 I\u2019ve lost count of how many stories similar to this one \u2014 which is by no means the most spectacular of the lot \u2014 I\u2019ve heard and read. \u00a0Many hundreds, I expect. \u00a0 Although there are, no doubt, false memories and outright fraudulent poseurs, I\u2019m strongly disposed to credit these accounts generally: \u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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