February 23, 1997

Posted on February 23, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1997, Scottish scientists announced the successful cloning of Dolly, a sheep. The Welsh magazine “Natural Husbandry” asked for and received permission to film Dolly and interview the scientist involved in this wonderful breakthrough. On the day of the photo-shoot and interview, the Scottish scientists became very concerned when the Welsh photographer asked if he could get a ‘playful’ pose of Dolly while she wore some of the costumes he had brought with him.

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About Joel Byers

Born in North Georgia and educated at some very fine public institutions. Real education started after graduating from college and then getting married and raising two boys. Has the ability to see the funny and absurd in most things and will always remark on it, even if it means getting the stink-eye from his victims.
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One Response to February 23, 1997

  1. Mr. Nonsequitur says:
    February 24, 2014 at 4:18 am

    Have you ever noticed that Hollywood, spelled backwords, looks like it could almost be a Welsh word? :

    DOOWYLLOH

    This has nothing to with your post. I just thought it was weird.

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