Bernann McKinney: Stranger Than Fiction
August 15, 2008 by Heather R.
Filed under Pets
This really just gets more and more bizarre.
So, after selling her house to scrape up the $50,000 needed to clone her long-dead pitbull Booger, getting herself to South Korea for the birth of the five puppies, and then admitting that she is the same Joyce Bernann McKinney that kidnapped and raped a Mormon missionary in the 70’s, Bernann McKinney has left South Korea without the cloned puppies.
She’s apparently on the lam yet again after being identified as the mastermind behind a 2004 burglary plot in Tennessee. She supposedly got a 15-year old boy to break into a house to …read more
The Cloned Pet Caper
August 8, 2008 by Heather R.
Filed under Pets
So maybe it’s not so weird after all that the woman who paid for the first commercial pet cloning shelled out so much to have it done: she may have a history of not being able to let go!
She raised some interest this past week not just for the cloning of her dog Booger, but because she bears a striking resemblance (and name) to a woman who kidnapped a Mormon missionary in the 70s and held him against his will for a few days in the UK.
Joyce McKinney was a softcore porn model that jumped bail after being …read more
Woman Spends $50,000 and Loses Her House So She Can Clone Her Dog
August 6, 2008 by Heather R.
Filed under Pets
Five puppies born from the skin cells of “Booger” the pit bull terrier made their debut as the first ever commercially cloned pets at the Seoul National University in Korea this week.
“Booger,” who died in April 2006, belonged to California resident Bernann McKinney. McKinney, who rescued Booger 12 years ago, said the dog had become an indispensable part of her life and that she chose to have Booger cloned because “losing a pet is a terrible, terrible loss to anyone.”
The five puppies, whose names all contain the word “Booger,” cost McKinney $50,000, which she sold her house to …read more




