Wyoming rancher spoofs dating lab?

A fundamentalist emailed me the following as part of a discussion we
are having.

A Rancher in Wyo buried a sheep 20 yrs ago and for a kick, dug it up and sent
it in for carbon dating. ....It came back that it was several million years
old!

I explained that the story was garbled at best, and I expressed my
skepticism. He replied:

Brian I might have mistated the years on the carbon dating...in honesty, I
don't remember the exact years, but I knew the rancher and when I attended
the University of Wyo, it was kind of the laugh on campus.


(I'm not at all sure about when this took place. We are in out 60's, so
if he attended college at a normal age, the dating would have been in
the 1960's, and the "ago" in the first quote is a mistake.)

Does anybody have any information on this incident?

Brian

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    ... Brian Badenoch wrote: ... it in for carbon dating. ... if he attended college at a normal age, the dating would have been in ...
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    ... it in for carbon dating. ... if he attended college at a normal age, the dating would have been in ... It sounds like a story that passes from cult to cult every Sunday. ...
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    ... On Tue, 05 Sep 2006 04:27:36 GMT, Brian Badenoch ... if he attended college at a normal age, the dating would have been in ... Carbon dating could not be used to give ages in the millions of years. ...
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    ... Brian Badenoch wrote: ... if he attended college at a normal age, the dating would have been in ... Carbon dating is only good for between a few thousand and up around ...
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