Man, shorting a stock is the "snuff flick" of pennyland. I have heard a billion stories of supposed traders and hedgefunds that do this shady practice. You want to know what kills most penny stocks... bad finacing, insider graft, incompetence,and of course product failure. I bet some of you here have heard the same stories. This excuse is usually paraded out to explain a drop in the pps by some sucker investor that bought into a pump and dump.