Ariana Kelly: "Between 1997 and 2000, when Pacific Bell retired the number at the request of the Mojave Forest Service, the phone received thousands of calls, dozens each day. When asked why they called, most of the callers' answers could be distilled to this: Because there was a chance someone would pick up." [LA Review of Books]
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