Looks like they already use eval() to convert JSON to JS. I saw the JS-to-JSON "stringify" code and must have assumed there were equally ugly conversions in the other direction.
Shown here is a tranquil scene in the north woods. A beaver has just completed its dam, two black bears forage for food, a swallow-tailed butterfly flutters in the foreground, a loon swims quietly by, and a kingfisher searches for a tasty fish.
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