Several weeks ago, Geektime reported that businessman Jon Schultz was selling the domain name Ebola.com for $150,000.

Despite accusations of cybersquatting and profiting from others’ misery, it now appears that Schultz’ price was too modest.

On October 20, Schultz sold Ebola.com for $200,000 to a Russian company called Weed Growth Fund. The company is paying $50,000 in cash and the rest in stocks of the  Mesquite, Nevada based Cannabis Sativa company, which sells recreational and medical marijuana.

Medical marijuana? Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

Flipping Ebola

But how is Weed Growth Fund planning to earn a return on its investment?

A quick perusal of the site on Sunday morning reveals several generic and informative articles about Ebola, but nothing overtly marijuana-related.

Is marijuana to cure Ebola the company’s pot of gold? If so, they haven’t revealed it yet.

Off to the side, perhaps as an advertisement, a post reads “Could the Relatively Inexpensive Compound BHT be Useful in the Fight against Ebola?” reads a post on the site.

“We don’t know, but we think the following ‘freeware’ book should be carefully considered by healthcare professionals, government healthcare agencies, and everyone who is interested in protecting themselves and their families from lipid-coated virus infections (including flu, herpes and Ebola).”

But BHT appears unrelated to marijuana. One post in a forum of International Cannagraphic [sic] even suggests that “this chemical, BHT reacts in an extremely negative way when combined with THC in the bloodstream.”

So the intention of the buyers of Ebola.com remains unclear. It wouldn’t be surprising if they plan to tout marijuana as a cure for Ebola. After all, the Cannabis movement tends to view the psychoactive substance as a cure-all for everything from cancer to HIV/AIDS.

In an even stranger twist, Weed Growth Fund was until very recently known as Ovation Research and specialized in stainless steel pots and pans. On September 19, they apparently decided to focus on a different kind of pot, and filed with the Nevada Secretary of State to change their name to Weed Growth Fund.

Hmmm…a lot to hash over here.  Stay tuned to Geektime for the dope on this ripening story.