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