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| ‘Ghost ships’ beach on Malaysian coast |
| 2007-01-03 |
| KUALA LUMPUR: Two huge Singapore-registered barges have been found, empty and abandoned, after mysteriously beaching on the Malaysian coast, a report said Tuesday. Villagers spotted the barges as they approached off the coast of eastern Pahang state in rough seas on Sunday, the New Straits Times said. “I thought they may be mysterious islands which had surfaced unnaturally from the bottom of the sea,” said villager Ismail Mat Taib, who had been herding cattle near the beach. When they settled on the sand, the villagers discovered they were barges each the length of two football fields, and three-story high. A police spokesman told the daily that they were trying to trace the owner of the vessels, which had Singapore markings. |
| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #14 “I thought they may be mysterious islands which had surfaced unnaturally from the bottom of the sea.” Man...if I had a nickle for everytime I thought that... |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2007-01-03 19:38 |
| #13 It seems they barged right in and made themselves at home on the Malaysian coast. The nerve! |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2007-01-03 18:37 |
| #12 I hope they're keeping the barges moist and fending off predators. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-01-03 17:09 |
| #11 Mewonders if this was the beginning (and end) of binny and Zawahiri's infamous navy they were scheming up? Or the latest |
| Posted by: BA 2007-01-03 14:22 |
| #10 These are the same barges that were last observed hovering near O'Hare airport back in November. Nothing to worry about. |
| Posted by: Mark Z 2007-01-03 12:18 |
| #9 Are you sure the beach didn't surface out of the ocean and ground the barges? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2007-01-03 09:48 |
| #8 See! See! See what Global Warming will do! Now we have Barges beaching themselves! |
| Posted by: Al Gore 2007-01-03 08:41 |
| #7 Do ya think the 12th imam could be hiding inside one of them? |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2007-01-03 08:41 |
| #6 Wow. Barges on a beach. It's just like "Close Encounters"... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-01-03 08:34 |
| #5 I thought they may be mysterious islands which had surfaced unnaturally from the bottom of the sea,” said villager Ismail Mat Taib, who had been herding cattle near the beach. AND TAKING ACID!!! |
| Posted by: ARMYGUY 2007-01-03 07:51 |
| #4 I thought they may be mysterious islands which had surfaced unnaturally from the bottom of the sea,” said villager Ismail Mat Taib, who had been herding cattle near the beach. Mr. Taib's take on the event shoud be consdered too. |
| Posted by: RD 2007-01-03 03:53 |
| #3 CHUCK NORRIS in "INVASION MALAYSIAN"??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-01-03 02:24 |
| #2 There's a contender for the Rantburg 'Understated Snark of the Week'! |
| Posted by: Steve White 2007-01-03 00:51 |
| #1 Is this the legend of The Flying Muslim? |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2007-01-03 00:44 |