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Freak's a million, and now the troubled cremation of Stevie the Cat.

A few months back, we got an email from a fellow named John Remkas in Willa Brook, Illinois,

just outside of Chicago.

He wrote, quote, hello, this is kind of a long shot in a bit out of left field, but I was

curious to see if there would be any interest in trying to prove that the cremated remains

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