Yeah, this one is definitely a doozy. And before we go any further, I should tell you that there's some things that might squick you about this, particularly in the medical details about the baby and some people's lack of sensitivity about it. Be aware of that before reading on, and think twice before clicking on certain links. That includes Wikipedia!

Myah Walker is a Born Again Christian and single mother to Faith Hope, now twelve weeks old, and born without a brain (and a significant portion of skull).

Before Faith's birth, Walker was seriously dubious of medical professionals' opinions on Faith's condition.

I said to him, "Look... I know this is the current 'body of knowledge' and this is what's in your text books, but I do not believe it. I just don't buy it." ...I knew the neonatologist would probably try to impress me with his textbook knowledge and I knew he would probably offer Faith nothing."

She exhorts her blog readers,

You can read all the text books and medical journals you want, but the truth is revealed in babies like Faith. This is real life, not a text book. When you see the pictures and watch the videos, you can't deny that this life is precious and worth protecting.

As for baby Faith, she seems to have settled into a daily routine.

Apart from a sterile dressing on her head that needs to be changed once a day, Faith lives a completely normal life. She isn't suffering or sickly, like you would expect. With no tubes and no machines supporting her life, she continues to thrive. She seems to function at the same level as any "normal" baby. In fact, she may be a little more advanced for her age. How many babies smile before they are born, start cooeing at one day old, and can sit up by 5 days old? I'm just saying!

Something Awful finds out about the whole deal, and wonders, who is the father and where is he? And so they find out:

Dan Lirette is a married preacher associated with a Baptist church in Moncton, Canada, where Walker had gotten involved in youth ministry and was eventually hired on as staff. He took her under his wing and along for the ride with "open air preaching." At some point, their relationship became intimate (some sources allege Lirette got Walker drunk in order to take advantage of her). According to Encyclopedia Dramatica (bastion of journalistic integrity that it is), Dan Lirette admitted:

I became involved in an adulterous affair with a summer student staff member at our church and she became pregnant.

Supposedly he had posted about this all over the internet (like maybe here), but started deleting things when he realized people were actually paying attention and putting two and two together. (I guess this was actually originally discovered by SA folks and posted in their thread there, but I can't see it.)

For his part, Lirette thinks SA is clearly possessed by demons:

There have been individuals from a vile secular site from the USA who have exploited my testimony and have spoken vile evils against myself and others; I have been harassed and maligned falsely by these unknown individuals and have felt the need to remove all posts online in an effort to at least stop, partially, their postings of outright lies.

Please do pray for these people; they operate on a site called "Something Awful" and exploit individuals worldwide for reasons unknown, saying such things as cannot be posted here as they are far too vile. (Please do not visit such a vile site; it was given for reference only)

These individuals are, for the most part, demon possessed, as their words on that site are filthy and clearly demonically inspired; may God have mercy on them.

While one hand prays, the other one threatens. Lowtax of Something Awful received this email:

Hi guys.

You may want to have your goons take down the dan lirette thread.

Your home address is being posted all over youtube, blogspot and forums.

Not me mind you, but I'm not stopping it.

Presumably, Lowtax responded with what amounted to, "Who the fuck are you and why should I give a shit?" Lirette wrote again:

You're about to find out rick. you see, your goons thought I was someone to laugh at. Now, there are some locals who are stirring up debate and two individuals in the USA who'd like to meet you. Your home addy is going up all over the place rick and I'm making sure of it. Try getting yuor SA pals to delete the thread located here: http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Myah_Walker and here http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Dan_Lirette

The links at the bottom show the SA forum thread.


I'm not an internet tough guy. I'm in canada but two USA residents are coming for you rick. To talk. Call (XXX) XXX-XXXX sometime. Someone is looking for you rick. Not for violence. Just to talk. I promise.

Thankfully it's not a crime to post addresses online or to have another individual closer to you than I am pay you a visit.

I'm 32 years old Rick, and own a small business. If your forum posts are not down by Tuesday, I'm never writing you again. I'm coming for you, Rick.

After that, Lirette (or a friend? I'm not sure) created Youtube accounts (now deleted) seemingly for the purpose of intimidating Something Awful users. Simultaneously, the forums of moncton.net were overrun with what seem to be sockpuppet accounts "locals" decrying Something Awful "stirring up debate":

Something Awful is a cult that supports drug use, rape, racism, illegal use of firearms, harassment, piracy and child pornography. We exist to expose the cult that is Something Awful and the mastermind behind it Richard Kyanka.

Sources assume Lirette was behind this, especially considering the next few emails he sent to Lowtax claiming that he wasn't. Lowtax didn't feel compelled to take him very seriously at all.

For more on that particular aspect of the situation, you can visit Autoaim to view screencaps and mirrored videos of the stuff Lirette has taken down. There's also an ED article on Myah Walker (warning: some images may be disturbing).

Walker says she has been getting hate* email for her decisions regarding her baby, and she has received both publicity and criticism as well. There's also an extensive thread on Reddit.

*Image warning: sidebar ad depicts an aborted fetus.

For the record, the longest-lived anencephalic person I can find is Baby K, who died at two and a half years.

ETA 1: Walker did give a testimony at at least one right-to-life conference,

Myah Walker gave an eloquent testimony about choosing life for her unborn baby
whom she has named Hope. Six months pregnant, Myah has been told by doctors
that Hope is handicapped. She has had to resist repeated pressure to abort. She hopes
her story can inspire others about the God-given dignity of every child's life.

Sort of feels like they're leaving some things out.