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| Car crash driver blames pterodactyl |
| 2008-01-02 |
| A pterodactyl, or, as it was once suggested here before, Abdominal Snowman in an hang glider? You decide. Washington man in audacious dino-defence A 29-year-old Washington driver who last Thursday night drifted into the oncoming lane before crashing into a light pole failed to convince police officers that flying dinosaurs were to blame, HeraldNet reports. The 29-year-old Wenatchee man apparently wandered off course "for less than a block" while oncoming traffic obligingly stopped to let him pass en route to said pole. Wenatchee police Sgt. Cherie Smith said that a breathalyzer test showed "a minimal amount of alcohol", although officers' queries as to what had caused the prang were met with the single-word answer "pterodactyl". The man was treated in hospital and later released. He has been charged with first-degree negligent driving. |
| Posted by:anonymous5089 |
| #11 Don't make fun of this fellow. Low flying pterodactyls can be a serious road hazard. The driver sacrificed his car so that the rare pterodactyl would live. Very heroic gesture. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul in Ketchikan, AK 2008-01-02 22:31 |
| #10 MOTHMAN = ANGEL OF EPOCH/CATACLYSM??? *Compare wid C2CAM > Listener-Audience Dream submissions - e.g. Earth killed by a planetoid, OAHU/HAWAII destroyed, Moon explodin', etc. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-01-02 20:30 |
| #9 I was there; it wasn't a Pt, it was a giant Thunderbird Eagle. First heard about them on the Art Bell Show. |
| Posted by: Blinky Omaitle1241 2008-01-02 18:10 |
| #8 "pterodacty"l? I don't think so, Slappy. That dinosaur's extinct. Now, if he said "Helen Thomas", I'd make a few inquiries... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-01-02 17:07 |
| #7 If it was me, and he could spell "pterodactyl", I'd have to let him go... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-01-02 16:33 |
| #6 Give him a break. It would not be all that hard to confuse a flying pink elephant with a pterodactyl. |
| Posted by: Whomong Guelph4611 2008-01-02 16:18 |
| #5 So... this is the demographic that watches the sci-fi channel |
| Posted by: john frum 2008-01-02 14:57 |
| #4 "I didn't tell the poor bastard about the bats. He'd find out soon enough." -- Hunter S. Thompson, "Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas" |
| Posted by: mojo 2008-01-02 14:06 |
| #3 No, I think you're wrong, I don't think that Abdominal Snowman does drugs, especially when he's in his hang glider. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2008-01-02 14:00 |
| #2 Hashish. Should have done the blood test. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2008-01-02 13:50 |
| #1 It doesn't matter, the insurance rates on my hang glider are going to go up again. |
| Posted by: Abdominal Snowman 2008-01-02 13:26 |