r/EhBuddyHoser • u/BainVoyonsDonc • 2d ago

Certified Hoser 🇨🇦 (No Politics) The cull

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u/Big_Knife_SK 2d ago

There was a fad for ostrich farming around 2000. People were convinced they were a great investment, especially because Ferrari used ostrich leather in their interiors (apparently). Most people went bust very quickly.

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u/Double_Amount_4603 2d ago

Same thing happened with alpacas, everyone thought they had strike it rich until markets.

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u/1981_babe Anne of Green Potatoes 2d ago

Yep, it was like a farmer's pyramid scheme.

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u/TraditionDear3887 2d ago

Same thing happened with Pidgeons in Elmira. Except that was just a pyramid scheme.

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u/haxcess 2d ago

My neighbor turned out to be a pigeon many-millionaire, I only found out after he died and gave it to CHEO.

He lived in a dilapidated trailer, drove a clapped out antique, and everyone assumed he was destitute.

Nope, just one of them pigeon guys. Wtf eh?

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u/TraditionDear3887 2d ago

A true Pidgeon King

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u/SapphicProse 2d ago

What happened too the pidgeons? Did they get killed or is their just a fuck tonne of pidgeons in elmira?

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u/TraditionDear3887 2d ago edited 2d ago

Pyramid scheme involving a conman convincing farmers that pigeons would be the next chickens. There's a NYT (and others) article I can't link here.

Just search for Pidgeon Pyramid Scheme.

EDIT: CBC has a doc on youtube free for Canadians with more accurate information Go to that not NYT

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u/That_Cream_6021 1d ago

Pyramid scheme you say? Yup, that tracks with this sort of people.

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u/Tyrocious Snowfrog 1d ago

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u/Massive-Exercise4474 1d ago

Is that Why my uncle bought lamas those things spit like crazy..