Garbled http test.

For the http test on just one of my hosts, on a red condition, I'm getting a
garbled display:

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Seconds:     0.18


Note that it is the Hobbit generated error message that is confused.
Has anybody else seen something like this?
Any idea what is causing it?

Thanks,
Larry Barber