Aussie Bloke goes mainstream...

Caught in a comet's tale
By SAMELA HARRIS
June 7, 2004

A RETIRED Adelaide physicist has been dragged into an Internet hysteria � about a comet hitting Earth � by an imposter who has cast him as a doomsayer.

The drama has been unfolding around the world for a month, but has only just come to the attention of an angry Dr Grant Gartrell, a victim of identity theft and, as a result, the man credited with the end-of-the-world predictions.

"I am very displeased to be caught up in a hoax," he said.

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