Jkphlyers said: I got these pictures probably 15 years ago off of MessyFun. I believe it was a story about a girl named "Laura". These pictures (especially the last one) was the first WAM photo i had even seen. I'd love to know if there's any more to them or if there's a video along with it. Is anyone aware of anything?

Sweem said: "Naturebabe" and her "Tell Laura.." story tested my heart muscles' resilience back in 1995 when I first read it. I had a shirt-pocket computer (the kind journalists were starting to carry around) connected to a 2,400 baud modem. Most of what I could see on the Web was text, but I did at least get the thumbnails included in the article. I was enthralled at her connection to mud - so blatant and honest, just a year after Woodstock II.

Eventually, I managed to chat with Laura a few times over AOL Instant Messenger (as I was seeking a "messy hug"). The impression I got (other than the fact that she was friendly and warm) was that her money was made satisfying private clients with pictorials. She was pretty cagey about letting photographs out. I have maybe one or two which haven't been shared here - along the same themes. The last thing I remember was a story she'd written about being humiliated, down on the farm. She was edging toward scatology, moving into "severe WAM" in my view. That was the end of the trail (perhaps around 2002). She certainly knew how to keep herself under wraps when not under mud.

Here's to Laura, just the same, one of the great WAM liberators.