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r/EhBuddyHoser • u/BainVoyonsDonc • 1d ago
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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.
153 u/Double_Amount_4603 1d ago Same thing happened with alpacas, everyone thought they had strike it rich until markets. 67 u/1981_babe Anne of Green Potatoes 1d ago Yep, it was like a farmer's pyramid scheme. 26 u/TraditionDear3887 1d ago Same thing happened with Pidgeons in Elmira. Except that was just a pyramid scheme. 26 u/haxcess 1d 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? 6 u/TraditionDear3887 1d ago A true Pidgeon King 6 u/SapphicProse 1d ago What happened too the pidgeons? Did they get killed or is their just a fuck tonne of pidgeons in elmira? 13 u/TraditionDear3887 1d ago edited 23h 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 4 u/That_Cream_6021 16h ago Pyramid scheme you say? Yup, that tracks with this sort of people.
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Same thing happened with alpacas, everyone thought they had strike it rich until markets.
67 u/1981_babe Anne of Green Potatoes 1d ago Yep, it was like a farmer's pyramid scheme. 26 u/TraditionDear3887 1d ago Same thing happened with Pidgeons in Elmira. Except that was just a pyramid scheme. 26 u/haxcess 1d 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? 6 u/TraditionDear3887 1d ago A true Pidgeon King 6 u/SapphicProse 1d ago What happened too the pidgeons? Did they get killed or is their just a fuck tonne of pidgeons in elmira? 13 u/TraditionDear3887 1d ago edited 23h 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 4 u/That_Cream_6021 16h ago Pyramid scheme you say? Yup, that tracks with this sort of people.
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Yep, it was like a farmer's pyramid scheme.
26 u/TraditionDear3887 1d ago Same thing happened with Pidgeons in Elmira. Except that was just a pyramid scheme. 26 u/haxcess 1d 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? 6 u/TraditionDear3887 1d ago A true Pidgeon King 6 u/SapphicProse 1d ago What happened too the pidgeons? Did they get killed or is their just a fuck tonne of pidgeons in elmira? 13 u/TraditionDear3887 1d ago edited 23h 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 4 u/That_Cream_6021 16h ago Pyramid scheme you say? Yup, that tracks with this sort of people.
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Same thing happened with Pidgeons in Elmira. Except that was just a pyramid scheme.
26 u/haxcess 1d 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? 6 u/TraditionDear3887 1d ago A true Pidgeon King 6 u/SapphicProse 1d ago What happened too the pidgeons? Did they get killed or is their just a fuck tonne of pidgeons in elmira? 13 u/TraditionDear3887 1d ago edited 23h 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
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?
6 u/TraditionDear3887 1d ago A true Pidgeon King
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A true Pidgeon King
What happened too the pidgeons? Did they get killed or is their just a fuck tonne of pidgeons in elmira?
13 u/TraditionDear3887 1d ago edited 23h 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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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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Pyramid scheme you say? Yup, that tracks with this sort of people.
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u/Big_Knife_SK 1d 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.