The Amazing Disappearing Petersons
Category: News Commentary...
Posted Monday, November 05, 2007 at 12:42 PM [GMT-6]

Even though I'm feeling much better, I'm still reserving the right to blame the quality of posts over the next few days on the residual effects of Nyquil.

I'm positively puzzled over the proliferation of Petersons in the news lately. People with that surname seem to disappearing with alarming frequency. Consider:

  • Laci Peterson was the first to make news, with her disappearance around Christmas of 2002.

  • Now, Stacy Peterson has disappeared in Chicago, and is the subject of an ongoing investigation. (The confusion multiplies for me because I have a client with that name. And, no, I haven't heard from her in a while.)

  • Kelsey Peterson is the Nebraska teacher who disappeared last week, along with a 13-year-old student. (She was just arrested without incident in Mexico.)

  • Then there's Minnesota Viking rookie running back Adrian Peterson. Eh, what's that?, you're thinking. He hasn't disappeared. Well, ask any of the San Diego Chargers defensive players before whom he vanished in yesterday's record-setting rushing performance and I suspect they'll correct your misperception.

If your last name happens to be Peterson, you shouldn't be unduly concerned. I'm sure these are all just coincidences. Probably.

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Comments

A lot of people THINK my last name is Peterson. And I was out of town since last Thursday. So yeah, weird.

Posted by: Jimmy at November 5, 2007 01:26 PM

*cue Twilight Zone music*

Posted by: Eric at November 5, 2007 01:32 PM

How about Norm Peterson? Seems like I used to seem him every week, making a grand entry in some bar in Boston. Haven't seen him in quite a bit.

Posted by: Kelly at November 5, 2007 02:16 PM

The plot thickens.

Perhaps he anticipated the writers strike.

Posted by: Eric at November 5, 2007 02:20 PM

Alfred Peterson.

Posted by: jimmy at November 5, 2007 03:30 PM

The whole Laci rhyming with Stacy thing caught me as well; I hadn't caught the story until seeing a link entitled "Volunteers Continue to Search for Stacy Petersen" and I was wondering why, since I was pretty sure she had already found, may she rest in peace, and her idiot/sicko husband not. Sure hope the name is where the parallels stop, but it doesn't seem so at this juncture.

Posted by: Bret at November 5, 2007 04:03 PM

Yeah, and if you're a woman you probably ought to think twice about marrying a divorced cop.

Posted by: Wallace at November 5, 2007 11:50 PM
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