Talk:Clairvius Narcisse

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[edit] Claptrap

This article shouldn't be so credulous about this guy's story. --Mr. Billion 05:28, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

Do you have reason to believe that this isn't truthful? It's not magic, apparently it's a combination of poisons. Sounds perfectly plausible.

I imagine that Mr. Billion has not read the book by Wade Davis, nor has he looked into other accounts.

--This case has been reported in scientific magazines and other reputable sources http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/feature_tea.html?id=f216b244f00511d6e2f06ed9fe800100

Poisons don't work after you are already dead, 4 minutes after death irreversible brain damage occurs, 10 minutes after death their brain is almost completely gone. The only exception is in certain extremely cold circumstances known to lengthen the time of brain damage from 4 minutes, to a little over 10. However since these cold circumstances do not exist in Haiti, and because burial, and unburial takes more than 10 minutes, this story is inaedvertantly false. -An Anonymous Coward

That's irrelevant, a combination of poisons could "simulate death" (i.e. lack of responses, diminished pulses) without causing cardiac arrest or brain damage. Fastspinecho 20:44, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Clairvius is referenced in "Supernatural Science // Buried Alive // Thursday, January 18, 3:00am [GMT-05] // CHANNEL 12 (WHYY)" http://www.pbs.org/modules/tvschedules/includes/programinfopopup.html?display_format=ep_description&title_id=59217&display_date=2007-01-18&display_time=%203:00am&display_feed=247&feeds=247,9856,15985,17699&station=WHYY&zipcode=19106&transport=&provider=&supersite=stations 68.45.162.65 08:24, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Maybe he faked his own death?

Yes, I'm aware of the theory that he was poisoned with tetrodotoxin, etc. I'm not saying it's not possible, but isn't it more likely that he faked his own death? Haiti, after all, is notorious as a mecca for poeple desiring to fake their deaths in order to claim life insurance payout. We can discuss the purely hypothetical application of drugs and poisons that have highly inconsistent results, but other theories seem more probable.

Also, who was the alleged sorcerer? Did they ever find his plantation or his body? What about the other "zombies?" Any evidence of their existence or who they may be? If so, all of that should be in the article. It seems to me that the whole story hinges on (among other things) this idea of some shadowy assailant willing to go through all this trouble to kidnap and enslave someone. -Sarcen1174 (talk) 22:41, 30 April 2008 (UTC)