A coworker of mine recently sent me a link and said “Cool, I didn’t know the Germans had a walking tank!”

After a few seconds of conversation, it became clear that he was serious. To his credit, Kottke linked to this, and the stuff he posts is usually trustworthy. I’m not sure if Kottke was also fooled, or if his post is meant to be tongue-in-cheek.

Not to pick on my coworker (or Kottke), but use your common sense, people. Just ask yourself what are the odds that A) Nazi Germany built a 40 foot tall walking tank, and B) 30 years later George Lucas put an exact duplicate of a Nazi war machine intoStar Wars, or that C) the only web site mentioning this incredible feat of engineering lists its statistics for a table-top role-playing game?