Plum Island

            Have you ever seen something that you couldn’t explain? Something that you have never seen before, and maybe something that you never want to see again? Plum Island has a dark history during the period of World War Two. Since then, the island has pretty much stayed off of the radar. However, several strange creatures have been found not far from the island. History is a great learning tool, the problem with history is that sometimes it repeats itself.    

Kenneth King is an expert on bio-warfare. He believes that a major bio-weapon threat is among us. There were 200 high containment facilities in 2001, now there are at least 1,356 facilities. These facilities are supposed to be used if there is a bio terror threat. However, King states that the facilities are very dangerous because proper precautions are not being followed.

              Plum Island is officially called Plum Island Animal Disease Center. The island is run by Homeland Security. They claim that the island is not used for biological weapons, however the government accountability office indicated a report in 2003 that they were doing a project for the department of defense to manipulate camel pocks so it would be similar to small pocks. Since then, there have been several outbreaks on the island itself. The Montauk Monster was found washed up on the shores of Long Island in July of 2008. The creature looked to be a mix between a sheep and a raccoon. Scientists couldn’t explain exactly what species the creature was. There was a second creature that washed up on the shore of Long Island not too long after the first. Many people believe that this creature was cross bread. This means that two animals were combined, in attempt to create one.

              In 1978 there was a serious accident on Plum Island. There was some type of screw up with the negative pressure system at the main laboratory. This caused a foot-mouth disease virus to spread out. There have been reports of contaminated raw sewage flushed into Long Island as well. Even after 911 there have been several serious outbreaks of foot and mouth disease. Experiments preformed on ticks are a big issue at Plum Island. Scientist inject ticks with different diseases. This practice started during World War Two, as an alternative on eliminating the Jews. This practice is said to still be performed today. People believe that the infected ticks are the reason behind lime disease. Because of this speculation people demanded to see the records of the ticks, dating back to Work War Two; they were told that no such records existed. Doesn’t that sound strange? It is standard procedure for the government to record everything. Also the Nazi party is known to have keep unbelievable records throughout World War Two. It seems very convenient that there are no records or traces of the ticks.

              Plum Island is not only a dangerous facility, it is also frightening. The idea that a disease could get out of containment so easily is scary. Some people speculate that this will be the cause of a catastrophic event involving bio warfare. Others say that an event like the movie Contagion is bound to happen. The question isn’t whether it will happen or not, it’s whether the contagion is by accident or if there is a more sinister plot behind Plum Island.