Ok here’s my ammended reaction.
I think it’s a hoax because there is a complete absence of a verifiable address or phone number for “Donna”.
How did her “co-workers” or neighbors know it was her? We only have her comments on that to to by. With all the publicity that the YouTube video generated, I’m sure that there were plenty of written and TV news organizations eager to do an interview with her. There’s a total absence of any interviews other than the radio station clips. In this day and age, it’s hard to believe that no newshound has been able to locate her.
Another interesting tidbit is that about a year ago, a real verifiable man wrote a letter to his local newspaper with the exact same complaint (obviously tongue in cheek) as he said he just wanted to get a rise put of people.
His letter was features on The Jay Leno show in a segment reading various small town news oddities.
George Takei gave it further exposure on his Twitter feed.
The guys at the radio station are very media savvy so it’s highly likely they encountered this story and just gave it a little twist as a caller named “Donna”.
And when it’s done well, it is indeed hilariously funny. I loved it.
It definitely garnered a lot of publicity for them and I’m sure they added some listeners.
So, she is a really good deadpan comedian. As was the late great Gracie Allen of Burns and Allen fame. She was one of the smartest and most believable “ditzheads” and set the gold standard for the category.