Pumps' Perplexities

We all grew up reading or seeing movies regarding Blackbeard
the Pirate and his ghost that haunted many an island cove
in the Caribbean.....(I know Edward Teach was killed in
North Carolina - but there is no blog in it.)......

Well the modern day ghost is Natallee Holloway and her
haunting of the island of Aruba.......And, indeed, it only took
about one year for the serious haunting to start.......

Natalee's story is no longer the 'lead' for CNN or FOX News......
What little there is to the story is buried in pending court
cases, which will go no where except to buy some good
dinners for the lawyers involved.......

However her ghost has caused an economic disaster for the
island of Aruba......Tourism is down some 15%-20%......The
Carnival Cruise Line will no longer make the island a "pee"
break on it's 2007 tours.....Tax revenues are down and the
local people are beginning to suffer.......When Holland, its olde
Mother Country, asks if everything is all right, the young
Aruban government is saying, "everything is fine and under
control Mom and Dad".....It is not......

I suspect that the story of Natallee Holloway will soon fade
into the 'cold case' files of many news organizations, but today
she still roams the beaches of Aruba at night, when the moon
is full, along with the ghost of Blackbeard.....He looking for
his treasure and her looking for justice......Pumps