It is a good story, but I am sorry to tell those who want to believe it that this is indeed just a story.

How many times when you are telling a recalling a real conversation do you say, "as I spoke to members of my family, in English..."

Never in my life, as I am recounting a conversation I have had with someone have I ever felt a need to explain what language we spoke in. That's like saying, 'I spoke with my mother today. She is not happy with what I have done with my life. She began yelling at me, in English, that I should go back to school"

See the problem there?

The way this is written says hoax to me - and, in fact, it has been identified as such on other threads.

Originally posted by camaro68ss
I call BS. If the earth was on a elliptical rotation around the sun we would have two hot seasons ( when earth is close to sun) and two very cold seasons every year (when earth is farthest away.) this story makes no since to me. the reasons we have seasons is because the earth is at a tilt that’s why the northern hemisphere is cold right now and the southern is hot. If we were at an elliptical rotation I would assume the whole planet would experience cold and hot weather at the same time.

I call BS

You're correct in stating that our seasons are a result of our axis, but I feel the need to chime in and add that the Earth's distance to the Sun does not affect the seasons the way you describe. We do have an eliptical orbit around the Sun, and in the Northern hemisphere the Earth is closer to the Sun in Winter. That said..........I call BS too. .