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TRUTH REALLY CAN BE STRANGER THAN FICTION!!
Posted by
PEGASUS
(moderator) 18 May 2006 11:37pm
ABSOLUTELY TRUE STORY HEARD ON A
RADIO STATION REPORTING ON THE INCIDENT.
A guy buys a new Lincoln Navigator for $42,500.00 (with
monthly payments of $560.00).
He and a friend go duck hunting in mid-winter; and of
course all of the lakes are frozen.
These two guys go on a lake with their GUNS, a DOG,
and of course the New NAVIGATOR.
They decide they want to make a natural looking water
area for the ducks, something for the decoys to float
on. Now making a hole in the ice large enough to invite
a passing duck, is going to take a little more power than
the average drill auger can produce.
So, out of the back of the new Navigator comes a stick
of dynamite with a short 40 second-fuse.
Now our two Rocket Scientists, afraid they might slip on
the ice while trying to run away after lighting the fuse (and
becoming toast, along With the Navigator), decide on the
following course of action: they lite the 40 second fuse;
then, with a mighty thrust, they throw the stick of dynamite
as far away as possible.
Remember a couple of paragraphs back when I mentioned
the NAVIGATOR, the GUNS, and the DOG...???
Let's talk about the dog: A highly trained Black Lab used
for RETRIEVING. Especially things thrown by the owner.
You guessed it: the dog takes off across the ice at a high
rate of speed and grabs the stick of dynamite, with the
burning 40-second fuse, just as it hits the ice.
The two men swallow, blink, start waving their arms and,
with veins in their necks swelling to resemble stalks of
rhubarb, scream and holler at the dog to stop.
The dog, now apparently cheered on by his master, keeps
coming.
One hunter panics, grabs the shotgun and shoots the dog.
The shotgun is loaded with #8 bird shot, hardly big enough
to stop a Black Lab. The dog stops for a moment, slightly
confused then continues on.
Another shot, and this time the dog, still standing, becomes
really confused and of course terrified, thinks these two
geniuses have gone insane. The dog takes off to find cover,
under the brand new Navigator.
The men continue to scream as they run.
The red hot exhaust pipe on the truck touches the dogs rear
end, he yelps, drops the dynamite under the truck and takes
off after his master.
Then """"""""""BOOOOOOOOOOOOM""""""""""!!!!
The truck is blown to bits and sinks to the bottom of the lake,
leaving the two idiots standing there with...... "I can't believe
this just happened" looks on their faces.
The insurance company says that sinking a vehicle in a lake
by illegal use of explosives is NOT COVERED by the policy.
He still had yet to make the first of those $560.00 a month
payments...The dog is okay...
??
Posted by
Edward_92
25 Oct 2006 2:45am
is this really true
Have NO idea lol
Posted by
PEGASUS
(moderator) 25 Oct 2006 9:30am
I'd like to know that myself Edward  I got it as a forward so who knows? Anyone know how to research these things?
Think it is a Myth
Posted by
AKAkopa
26 Oct 2006 10:55pm
I do believe this falls under the heading of an Urban Myth. I heard this same story YEARS ago but it was with a brand new 4 wheel drive truck. Lincold Navigators had not even gone into production the first time I heard (and must admit LMAO) this tale of the anglers gone wild.
A myth, but a good one
Posted by
noodleshahn
(VIP) 30 Oct 2006 6:59pm
There are actually a couple of web sites that investigate stories that sound like urban legends. I just checked one of them, snopes.com, and it says that this story is an urban legend.
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