October 7, 2002

5:10 PM

Who is Sergei Konovalov? Healer or crook?This email came through a mailing list I subscribe to. I found it fascinating but was unable to dig up any more information about this guy. It sounds like what he is doing is similar to the faith healers in America, however there seems to be no reports of him online or in any newspapers that I can find. Perhaps the MeFi collective can debunk (or authenticate!) this guy.
posted by camworld (5 comments total)

But when his drinking and lusting and his hunger for power became known to more and more people, the demands to do something about this outrageous man became louder and louder.
posted by Catch at 5:50 PM on October 7, 2002

What Catch said.
posted by kate_fairfax at 6:04 PM on October 7, 2002

Someone sends an unverifiable tale/urban legend/spam-like message to a mailing list and you feel compelled to post it on MetaFilter? Why, so that others may find answers to questions you're not able to find for yourself? "This is why I never visit Metafilter anymore."

Or, in the immortal words of Mr. Evan Izer...
posted by Danelope at 6:23 PM on October 7, 2002

Give me a break Dan. It's a legitmate request. If it's urban legend I could find no trace of it. And it's hardly spam. I did the obligatory Google search and came up with nothing.
posted by camworld at 7:29 PM on October 7, 2002

But when his drinking and lusting and his hunger for power became known to more and more people, the demands to do something about this outrageous man became louder and louder.

I so want to make a Dave Winer joke right now. But that might be mean, so I won't.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 11:59 PM on October 7, 2002