List Members,
I've been thinking that there might be some similarity between the Pied Piper of Hamelin episode
http://www.holloworbs.com/piper_of_hamelin.htm
and the behavoir of lemmings.
There has to be some action over distance that calls the lemmings to race towards the cliffs and fjords and run off. I'm thinking that there might be some kind of frequency or vibration that mesmerizes them. It must come from the North and be attractive somehow. The children of Hamelin were also mesmerized by the frequency emitted from the piper's flute and they followed him. The piper was also able to open up the side of the mountain by playing a sequence of notes on his flute.
It was a long time ago, wasn't it?
Dean