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08 - Gemeleca™
Item 537808282 - Anomalous Toy Contest
Object was a toy found in possession of several children in São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Goiás. Children aquired object throughout the year of 1989, but the object's anomalous properties only became apparent on 25/12/1989.
The object is an entertainment polymer, a sticky mass that can be manipulated, similar to modeling clay. Object possesses packaging naming it "Gemeleca™" and was similar to other polymers comercially available during that time.
Most units of the object were only anomalous through their acquisition proccess, which in all known cases (numbering over five thousand) included the following:
- Object was aquired for a child aged five to nine, living in a small town in São Paulo, Minas Gerais or Goiás, with no more than five thousand inhabitants.
- Children told researchers they had seen advertisements for the toy in mass media - TV for all children who had TVs, otherwise radio, newspaper ads, comic book ads and even billboards. Reports of these ads are roughly consistent across all children intervewed. All ads stated that some units of the toy were special and would entitle them to a special award on Christmas. No record of such ads exist.
- Children asked their parents for the toy, only to be told it was not sold in their town. Not all parents corroborated this conversation.
- Children aquired the toy when traveling to a city with over 100 thousand inhabitants, at which point they saw it for sale and asked their parents. All children did travel to such a city, and most (but not all) parents corroborated that they bought the toy for them. Parents who were able to inform the exact location of the place where they had purchased it inevitatly pointed to an address that was not being used for commercial purposes.
On 25/12/1989, at least ten of the object units started exhibiting antigravitational behavior when left outside of its can. All affected children are reported to have felt wonder at the fact that they had won the contest. This caused DPA agents to be mobilized, and they replaced the anomalous objects with non-anomalous copies. (The fact that they could not source copies of the same brand and had to use a different brand first suggested anomalous distribution.)
On the early morning of 01/01/1990, all children who had possessed anomalous versions of the object disappeared, as did all anomalous units of the object on DPA storage. No search was able to find the missing children, despite authorized usage of anomalous objects to aid DPA agents.
All non-anomalous versions of the object have also been aquired by the DPA and replaced with non-anomalous copies of other brands. The objects under DPA control have been analyzed and are physically identical to the object of other brands.
Object was a toy found in possession of several children in São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Goiás. Children aquired object throughout the year of 1989, but the object's anomalous properties only became apparent on 25/12/1989.
The object is an entertainment polymer, a sticky mass that can be manipulated, similar to modeling clay. Object possesses packaging naming it "Gemeleca™" and was similar to other polymers comercially available during that time.
Most units of the object were only anomalous through their acquisition proccess, which in all known cases (numbering over five thousand) included the following:
- Object was aquired for a child aged five to nine, living in a small town in São Paulo, Minas Gerais or Goiás, with no more than five thousand inhabitants.
- Children told researchers they had seen advertisements for the toy in mass media - TV for all children who had TVs, otherwise radio, newspaper ads, comic book ads and even billboards. Reports of these ads are roughly consistent across all children intervewed. All ads stated that some units of the toy were special and would entitle them to a special award on Christmas. No record of such ads exist.
- Children asked their parents for the toy, only to be told it was not sold in their town. Not all parents corroborated this conversation.
- Children aquired the toy when traveling to a city with over 100 thousand inhabitants, at which point they saw it for sale and asked their parents. All children did travel to such a city, and most (but not all) parents corroborated that they bought the toy for them. Parents who were able to inform the exact location of the place where they had purchased it inevitatly pointed to an address that was not being used for commercial purposes.
On 25/12/1989, at least ten of the object units started exhibiting antigravitational behavior when left outside of its can. All affected children are reported to have felt wonder at the fact that they had won the contest. This caused DPA agents to be mobilized, and they replaced the anomalous objects with non-anomalous copies. (The fact that they could not source copies of the same brand and had to use a different brand first suggested anomalous distribution.)
On the early morning of 01/01/1990, all children who had possessed anomalous versions of the object disappeared, as did all anomalous units of the object on DPA storage. No search was able to find the missing children, despite authorized usage of anomalous objects to aid DPA agents.
All non-anomalous versions of the object have also been aquired by the DPA and replaced with non-anomalous copies of other brands. The objects under DPA control have been analyzed and are physically identical to the object of other brands.