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>> is he dangerous? what's he up to? >> what are you trying to pull, man? >> why are people scared? >> remember all the y2k scares? weren't we told that our very society was about to collapse because somebody forgot to type in a couple of digits on the computer? >> there's going to be mass chaos and confusion. >> tonight the countdown begins. all day store director rick smith watched consumers get y2k ready. >> batteries, lamp oil, generators. >> after sending the country into a panic, the clock struck midnight. and nothing happened. how about those killer bees that were going to attack americ...

>> all day the store director watched people get ready. >> batteries sold well, lamp oil, generators. >> after sending the country into a panic, the clock struck midnight and nothing happened. or how about those killer bees that were going to attack america? >> we're almost certain they will arrive this year. >> they expect the africanized bees to reach texas this year, crossing into arizona, in about two to three years. and the killer bees, it is overly aggressive. >> they will follow you for a half a mile. >> the bees never came. >> remember the first time you heard that someone had hidden a...

Killer bees to shack up across the street. >> i'm terribly allergic to them and so are my grandkids. >> they're originally in south africa and brought to brazil in 1956 and tried to mate with the european bee. kind that we're used to but they got loose, and took over and moved all the way to the southern united states. the main difference between the traditional honey bee and an africanized bee is the bee's aggressiveness. and to do this to an africanized bee hive, i could have several hun stings in a matter of minutes. >> danny raises the kinder, gentler european bees and has done the researc...

>> and i told him, i loved them and i hollered i loved them. >> and it is just a tragedy. >> the anonymous urban, which means usually black, male, comes by and does this, it is the excuse for all kinds of things. >> charles stewart the lawyer in boston kills his pregnant wife and says a black guy did it and everybody buys it. >> the suspect described as a black male 6 feet tall. chuck and carol stewart were robbed at gunpoint as they left a lamaze class. it seemed the ultimate urban nightmare. >> the thing i love about this country of mine, whether you're a psychotic killer or running for pres...

We turn to a situation out in southern california. dangerous one and even a deadly one. >> yeah, that's right, because the landscaper's recovering from critical injuries that he sustained when he was attacked by thousands of bees. unfortunately, another man died from the same attack. >> this happens more than you think, as abc's clayton sandell reports. >> reporter: these firefighters are not fighting a fire. they're spraying foam and pesticide where swarming bees attacked a landscaping crew. one person was killed. >> apparently, one of the workers was very close to the actual bees. >> reporte...