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On 9224 day of my life Stefan Monnier wrote:
>>   (setq-default enable-multibyte-characters nil)
>
> If you have problems that seem to be fixed by the above, please use
> M-x report-emacs-bug RET to report them.

It is not bug, it is misfeature.  If file contains garbage, Emacs
attempts to select another encoding.  Best way to fix it is to remove
garbage from file or add file cookie (see info://(emacs)File+Variables") :) 

-- 
Ivan Boldyrev

              "Assembly of Japanese bicycle require great peace of mind."