Delta Green-Lost in the Dark Operation Luck of the Draw

Date: 20.11.1998

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Case Details

Victims:

Spontaneous Human Combustion (SHC) of Benjamin Rusher, ex USMC

20.11.1998

Rusher SHCd when dr. Young was performing an autopsy on him
- The fire was so hot that the steel autopsy table had been badly damaged
- The pathologist, Annie Youg, suffered burn injuries in the process
Rusher's belongings included a condom filled with possible drugs?
Drugs in his hotel room
Rusher had taken a fully clothed cold shower with a Bible
He had died on the hotel room floor and his clothes had had time to dry
Sung was also feeling hot and started to hallucinate fiery reptiles and a ghost at the hospital
- Also a dragon passing the moon, more ghosts and skeletons
- General anxiety
- Caused by some hallucinogenic mushroom dust caught into his eye during the investigation
Two alleged FBI agents had picked up all evidence from the hospital
According to interviews of relatives, Rusher had been calm and religious
Sung found a tracker and a listening device from Esteban's car
- The planted them on a bus heading for Albuquerque
Tanner investigated in Las Vegas
- Friend of Rusher
- No evidence of drug use
- Apparently exceptional luck at the casino
Both had been driving in the Nevada desert
- Several UFO sightings at the area at that time, even a claimed landing
Both possibly abducted
Tanner later stabbed deadly
SHCd in autopsy
Mulligan called and asked for a meeting

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