"DEAD HEADS" AWAIT RESURRECTION 

SILICON VALLEY, CALIFORNIA -- POLITICIANS OFTEN REFER TO THIS OR THAT "IMMORTAL CANADIAN". BUT IT MAY TAKE A 22-YEAR OLD YOUTH FROM HAMILTON, ONTARIO TO GIVE THE PHRASE REAL MEANING.

HERE IN CALIFORNIA, THE STATE THAT IS LEADING AMERICA INTO THE HIGH TECHNOLOGY OF THE 21ST CENTURY, A YOUTH BY THE NAME OF DOUG QUINN SPENT LAST SUMMER WITH AN ORGANIZATION CALLED TRANS-TIME, A PRIVATE STOCKHOLDER-OWNED SERVICE CORPORATION DEDICATED TO MAKING CYRONICS WORK.

CYRONICS IS THE STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF LOW TEMPERATURES ON BIO- LOGICAL SYSTEMS. SIMPLY PUT, THIS CASE MEANS FREEZING YOU NOW FOR REJUVENATION LATER. HOPEFULLY ....

ONLY IN CALIFORNIA, YOU SAY. APPARENTLY, MANY PEOPLE HERE DON'T MIND GOING OUT ON A LIMB OVER THIS RELATIVELY NEW FIELD. "OUT ON A LIMB IS WHERE THE FRUIT IS", THEY SAY.

ADMITTEDLY IT SOUNDS BIZARRE. IN AN OAKLAND WAREHOUSE THERE ARE TWO HEADS - THAT'S "HEADS" ONLY, IN CYRONIC SUSPENSION -- FROZEN AT MINUS 320 DEGREES FARENHEIT INSIDE A STAINLESS STEEL CANNISTER? THEIR BODIES HAVE BEEN CREMATED. ANOTHER NEARBY CYCLINDER CONTAINS THE BODIES OF AN ELDERLY COUPLE. THERE ARE AT LEAST SEVEN CORPSES IN SUCH FROZEN STORAGE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THERE ARE OTHERS -- INCLUDING ONE IN BARCELONA, SPAIN. THE TOTAL ELSEWHERE UNKNOWN.

ALL ARE AWAITING A TECHNOLOGICAL MIRACLE THAT WILL RESTORE LIFE.

CANADIAN DOUG QUINN IS SO SOLD ON THE POSSIBILITIES HE WAS HERE STUDYING THE SYSTEM ON HIS OWN TIME AND MONEY. UPON RETURNING TO HAMILTON, ONTARIO HE SET UP THE CANADIAN CYRONIC SOCIETY TO DO FURTHER RESEARCH.

HE HAS ALREADY SIGNED UP FOR THE DEEP FREEZE HIMSELF. WHEN I ASKED WHY HE REPLIED, "I DON'T WANT TO DIE. I FIGURE IT'S THE BEST METHOD OF SURVIVAL." HE CLAIMS THAT TWO OTHER PEOPLE IN CANADA, ONE IN ONTARIO AND ONE IN MANITOBA, ARE READY TO JOIN.

SINCE THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO SUCH COMMERCIAL FREEZING FACILITIES IN CANADA, BODIES HAVE TO BE SHIPPED TO THE UNITED STATES. THIS IS BUREAUCRATIC PROBLEM NUMBER ONE. CANADA SAYS NO SHIPPING OF BODIES PRIOR TO EMBALMING. THAT DAMAGES THE BODY CELLS AND DESTROYS THE VALUE OF THE CYRONICS PROCESS, ACCORDING TO QUINN. SO HE IS LOBBYING ONTARIO OFFICIALS TO CHANGE THE LAW.

QUINN CLAIMS HE IS MAKING HEADWAY. "THIS WILL BE A COMMON POST- MORTEM PROCEDURE, MUCH LIKE CREMATION TODAY" HE EXPLAINS. "THE PUBLIC'S VIEWS CHANGED ABOUT THAT AND SO THEY WILL ABOUT THIS". MORE INFORMATION: DOUG QUINN, BOX 1501, STATION "A", HAMILTON, ONTARIO CANADA L8N 4C3.

TEL 416/525-1365.

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