The Conservative Cave
The Bar => The Lounge => Topic started by: Ptarmigan on July 15, 2008, 11:09:56 PM
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It started with a news report in January of 1983 of 40 teenagers and 7 adults, who were members of a gang called The Smurfs. They committed petty crimes. Hysteria spreaded throughout middle and high schools in Houston. At the peak, many students stayed home out of fear that the Smurfs might attack them. Anyone from the Houston area living at the time might remember it.
http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=9555
http://books.google.com/books?id=MO-TWKwyEh0C&pg=PA113&lpg=PA113&dq=smurf+houston+1983&source=web&ots=8EHMcYcEr5&sig=QKQLw3vBZyCFx00DXSsO0mhDG4U&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result
http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2008/07/the_year_the_smurfs_attacked.php