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| − | The '''Wapakoneta Triangle''' is an area around Wapakoneta, Ohio, where many [[fans]] experienced mysterious automotive breakdowns during the 1970s while en route to or from [[cons]] in [[Cincinnati]], [[Columbus]], Sandusky, [[Ann Arbor]], [[Detroit]] and [[Indianapolis]]. It didn't matter which way you were going, or where | + | The '''Wapakoneta Triangle''' or '''Ohio Triangle''' is an area around Wapakoneta, [[Ohio]], where many [[fans]] experienced mysterious [[Automobiles|automotive]] breakdowns during the 1970s while en route to or from [[cons]] in [[Cincinnati]], [[Columbus]], [[Sandusky, OH|Sandusky]], [[Ann Arbor]], [[Detroit]] and [[Indianapolis]]. It didn't matter which way you were going, or where — one way or another, you were doomed to spend some extended period each year in Wapakoneta, waiting for a tow and car repairs. |
| − | It happened so frequently that fans began wonder whether local mechanics put a hex on area roads or if denizens of the Armstrong Air and Space Museum had perfected a car-destroying ray. | + | It happened so frequently that fans began wonder whether local mechanics put a hex on area roads or if denizens of the Armstrong Air and Space Museum had perfected a car-destroying ray. Members of the [[CFG]], notably [[Bill Cavin]], often volunteered to rescue stranded fan travelers, a two-hour drive each way from Cincinnati. |
[[Bill Bowers]] and [[Rusty Hevelin]], reasoning that if [[fen]] were doomed to a stretch in Wapakoneta anyway, they might as well enjoy it, sited [[Spacecon]] there beginning in 1979. | [[Bill Bowers]] and [[Rusty Hevelin]], reasoning that if [[fen]] were doomed to a stretch in Wapakoneta anyway, they might as well enjoy it, sited [[Spacecon]] there beginning in 1979. | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:04, 4 March 2023
The Wapakoneta Triangle or Ohio Triangle is an area around Wapakoneta, Ohio, where many fans experienced mysterious automotive breakdowns during the 1970s while en route to or from cons in Cincinnati, Columbus, Sandusky, Ann Arbor, Detroit and Indianapolis. It didn't matter which way you were going, or where — one way or another, you were doomed to spend some extended period each year in Wapakoneta, waiting for a tow and car repairs.
It happened so frequently that fans began wonder whether local mechanics put a hex on area roads or if denizens of the Armstrong Air and Space Museum had perfected a car-destroying ray. Members of the CFG, notably Bill Cavin, often volunteered to rescue stranded fan travelers, a two-hour drive each way from Cincinnati.
Bill Bowers and Rusty Hevelin, reasoning that if fen were doomed to a stretch in Wapakoneta anyway, they might as well enjoy it, sited Spacecon there beginning in 1979.
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