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This man has allegedly been buying and returning an anvil on Amazon for almost a year

WBUR | By Amory Sivertson,
Ben Brock Johnson, Emily Jankowski, Grace Tatter
Published April 23, 2026 at 12:05 PM EDT

A guy in Illinois claims to be buying and returning anvils through Amazon, as a form of protest, or maybe just performance art.

The Endless Thread team tries to get to the real story.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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Amory Sivertson
Ben Brock Johnson
Emily Jankowski
Grace Tatter
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