The story was so thoroughly believed that a Springfield, Massachusetts, missionary society resolved to send missionaries to the moon to convert and civilize the bat-men, apparently unaware that bat-men have lost all faith since they saw their parents gunned down in that alleyway.

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In an article titled "The Story Was So Thoroughly Believed That A Springfield, Massachusetts, Missionary Society Resolved To Send Missionaries To The Moon To Convert And Civilize The Bat-Men," a reporter tells the story of a town that believed a bat-men story. He was moving on to explain how people believed this story and how it got them to believe something else when he stumbled across this quote: "The story was so thoroughly believed that a Springfield, Massachusetts, missionary society resolved to send missionaries to the moon to convert and civilize the bat-men, apparently unaware that bat-men have lost all faith since they saw their parents gunned down in that alleyway."

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