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[Previous entry: "Congress Abandons WikiConstitution."] [Main Index] [Next entry: "Penguins co-opt minefield."] 09/28/2005 Entry: "Oddest missing persons story ever." Oddest missing persons story ever. Odder still was that he was wearing a makeshift doctor's uniform consisting of a stethoscope, a pager-like gadget and latex gloves stuffed in his back pocket. But then things started getting really strange when they saw a dead deer, fully stretched out and wedged in the back. Some said there was an intravenous line attached to the animal and there was evidence a defibrillator had been used. Also: "Piano Man" faked his amnesia for fame. Remember this guy? He just washed up on shore and drew little pictures of pianos. Grassl eventually got a column in a local newspaper in which he dwelt scornfully on the instant fame of pop stars and reality TV contestants and said he would "so love to be a millionaire". He achieved a different kind of fame during four months of psychiatric treatment in Britain. He refused to speak, expressing himself only by drawing and playing pianos. The mystery prompted a hunt across Europe to identify him.