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-**Early Chameleon:**
+**Introducing Chameleon:**
-I didn't do formal dates in H.S. However, at the end of the Summer just before I entered my senior year, I had a short encounter with a woman who was to have an impact on my adult life.
+There was a woman who had a significant impact on my early adult life.
+This was Cham(shy)e(shy)leon Aconitum.
-This was Cham(shy)e(shy)leon Aconitum. I was 17 and she was 24.
+I was 13 on our first encounter and Chameleon was 20. I was 17 during
+our first real interactions and she was 24. We were lovers during my
+ages 20 and 27 after that. Not much between, but those two years were
+memorable.
+My brother Ray was Chameleon's lover very briefly before she and I got
+together. They had a one-night stand on September 11, 2001. Chameleon
+was devastated by the attacks on that date and said that bedding Ray
+that night helped her to feel grounded. Ray, for his part, wasn't
+exactly a hard catch.
+Chameleon was a short but beautiful part-Italian woman who came
+across as intel(shy)li(shy)gent, charm(shy)ing, and ener(shy)getic.
+Her look could be described as 90s Club Girl. She always moved and
+spoke in a sensual manner. Looking back, this part seems to have been
+intentional.
+Chameleon frequently hugged young male associates and sometimes
+she'd hug strangers as well as long as they were young and male.
+At 17, I found Chameleon to be captivating and I wasn't the only
+one. This was primarily about the boys and men. Women seemed not
+to like her as much.
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-Ray and I attended Faith BC. However, we went to some events at 1BC as part of encouraging inter-church relations and promoting a less isolationist worldview at Faith BC.
+Ray and I attended Faith BC. However, we went to some events at 1BC as
+part of encouraging inter-church relations and promoting a less
+isolationist worldview at Faith BC.
-In the Summer of 1999, I attended a Rubens Ghenov Bible Study that 1BC hosted and sat next to Cham(shy)e(shy)leon in a prayer circle. Note: The Bible Study had been held at the Ghenov home but had moved to 1BC due to growing in size.
+In the Summer of 1999, I attended a Rubens Gh*nov Bible Study that 1BC
+hosted and sat next to Cham(shy)e(shy)leon in a prayer circle. Note:
+The Bible Study had been held at the Gh*nov home but had moved to 1BC
+due to growing in size.
 I'd seen Chameleon at the Bible study before, but we'd never talked.
-On this occasion, we held hands as we prayed. I thought there was a spark, i.e., we both seemed to be interested in the contact and gripped tighter.
+On this occasion, we held hands as we prayed. I thought there was a
+spark, i.e., we both seemed to be interested in the contact and
+gripped tighter.
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-Cham(shy)e(shy)leon was a striking figure in general. She was assertive but talked, and even prayed, rather sensually.
+Cham(shy)e(shy)leon was a striking figure in general. She was
+assertive but talked, and even prayed, sensually as I've mentioned.
-When we held hands in August 1999, she prayed that I'd "bring light" to the legal(shy)ism at FCA. Note: 1BC was less legalistic than FCA at the time.
+When we held hands in August 1999, she prayed that I'd "bring
+light" to the legal(shy)ism at FCA. Note: 1BC was less legalistic
+than FCA at the time.
-I never forgot the occasion, but Cham(shy)e(shy)leon told me, a few years later, that she didn't remember it herself.
+I never forgot our first meeting, but Cham(shy)e(shy)leon told me,
+a few years later, that she didn't remember it herself.
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-Mark Allard, a former member of the Ghenov Bible Study, was a D.J. during that period. He says that people would buy a club and make millions of dollars in less than a year, then sell it, and somebody else would try to repeat the success.
+Mark Allard, a former member of the Gh*nov Bible Study, was a D.J. during that period. He says that people would buy a club and make millions of dollars in less than a year, then sell it, and somebody else would try to repeat the success.
-Each time, the club would take on a new name and theme, like "Red" or "Cloud" or something like that.
+Each time, the club would take on a new name and theme, like "Red" or "Space" or something like that.
 Mark adds people "paid for the lifestyle and sense of belonging" and that while he was there, he was trying to have "Christianity without Christ" as in, a drug-fueled sense of unity.
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 **A dramatic story:**
-Around 1995-1996, Chameleon claimed, she became a drug mule.
+Circa 1995, Chameleon claimed, she became a drug mule.
 A drug dealer came up to her and pitched it to her as easy money, and something one could do without getting caught. She agreed, she said, to take the job.
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-Whether or not the Jamaica story is true, circa 1996, Chameleon came back to Pennsylvania. It may have been to live with her mother, who was still in the State at the time.
+Whether or not the Jamaica story is true, circa 1995, Chameleon came back to Pennsylvania. It may have been to live with her mother, who was still in the State at the time.
 She shaved her head and started to use her biological father's surname instead of her legal surname. The reason for the changes isn't clear.
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 Chameleon refused to come to Church services, but she agreed for Rubens to read the Bible to her in her home.
-She visited the Ghenov Bible Study as well. I saw her for the first time on one of those occasions. I was just 14.
+She visited the Gh*nov Bible Study as well. I saw her for the first time on one of those occasions. I was just
+.
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-The Old Coder says, "The Jamaica story is made-up. This didn't happen or key incidents were omitted. Sure, they shrugged and let her go without explanation because God sent a lawyer angel in a white suit. Too bad the Catholic girls didn't get one."
+**The Old Coder says:**
-I can't say that the story sounds entirely believable. But she sold it really well to Church groups later. In fact, it led to a full-ride scholarship to Baptist Bible College, an institution in Clarks Summit, PA that is now known as Clarks Summit University.
+The Old Coder says: "The Jamaica story is pure fiction. It's made-up. This didn't happen or key incidents were omitted. Sure, they shrugged and let her go without explanation because God sent a lawyer angel in a white suit. Too bad the Catholic girls didn't get one."
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+**Jake comments:**
+Jake comments: I can't say that the story sounds believable. But she sold it
+quite well to Church groups. In fact, it led to a full-ride scholarship to Baptist Bible College, an institution in Clarks Summit, PA that is now known as Clarks Summit University.
 People were fascinated and captivated by Chameleon's sordid past. She said that she wanted to become "a single missionary to Africa" to demonstrate her commitment to her new life. In the end, 1BC offered her the scholarship and she took it.
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+**The mundane truth:**
+Chameleon was born in 1975. She attended Souderton High School circa
+to 1993. Rubens Gh*nov was acquainted with her there.
+Chameleon moved to New York City or the area at about age 18. She was
+inconse(shy)quential there. She said later that she'd worked as a
+pros(shy)ti(shy)tute. Also that "Moby", an Electronic Dance Music
+artist, got her a job at a clothing store named "Manic Monday".
+She might have worked as a bar(shy)rista. In her spare time, she was
+a "raver".
+At the end of her time in New York City, Chameleon shaved her head
+because, she said, she believed that she was a space alien. She'd
+fallen into this state of mind due, she added, due to "all the drugs".
+She roomed with two gay men during this period. She had sex with
+both of them at once, she claimed, while on Ecstasy.
+It's difficult to be sure if any of this is true. Rubens Gh*nov once
+said, "I wouldn't trust anything that she said. If she said that she
+was white, I'd assume that she was black."
+I encountered Chameleon at First Baptist Church at my age 13
+shortly after she left New York City. Her hair had grown back
+but only to a quarter of an inch, so at least part of her story
+is probably true.
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+If Chameleon was ever a drug mule that God rescued by way of angels
+dressed in expen(shy)sive clothes, there is no evi(shy)dence of this.
+The reality is that Chameleon seems to have been a pros(shy)ti(shy)tute
+whose primary skill was that she was just post-High School and men
+found it attractive to get on top of such types. However, she didn't
+do that well at the pro(shy)fes(shy)sion.
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+Chameleon returned to the Souderton area circa 1995 after a couple of
+years in the big city. She con(shy)tact(shy)ed Rubens Gh*nov but there
+wasn't much to talk about.
+Chameleon became further associated with Rubens over time.
+It should be noted that Rubens is known for "knowing every(shy)body
+every(shy)where he goes". He tends to befriend even strangers. Chameleon
+took advantage of this.
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+Subsequently, the young woman came up with the angels-drug mule scam as
+a pos(shy)si(shy)ble ticket to a future that was to be funded by
+Fundies who were eager to believe her story.
+Fundies then sent her to college; specifically, to BBC.
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+**Jake says:**
+Jake says: I first met Chameleon in 1995 shortly after her return
+from New York City.
+I was just 13 years old, but I still remem(shy)ber a
+wild-eyed creature with her head shaved.
+She'd shaved her head and started to use her biological father's surname
+for reasons that weren't clear. It seemed to be some sort of New York City
+legal issue.
+Her core position was that she was the center of all things and
+the world needed to do her bid(shy)ding. If nothing else of her story
+is true, it's true that she was a striking figure.
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