SALT LAKE CITY?Public officials were alarmed Sunday when bikers spotted three glow-in-the-dark American Indians near Skull Valley, leading them to believe the U.S. federal government has already deposited hazardous nuclear waste on the indian reservation.

The American Indians, all members of a Goshute tribe within the valley, tested positive at the University of Utah’s Health Science Lab for chemicals radium, plutonium and radioactive isotopes of tellurium.

Gov. Mike Leavitt denounced the glow-in-the-dark phenomenon as “a government travesty” before reporters earlier today.

Meanwhile, Sen. Orrin Hatch plans to petition Congress when its session reconvenes.

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