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True Stories
And you
thought YOU were having a bad Day!!!
A fierce
gust of wind blew 45-year old Vittorio Luise's car into
a river near Naples, Italy in 1983. He managed to break
out a window,climb out, and swim to shore where a tree
blew over and killed him.
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Mike
Stewart, 31, of Dallas was filming a public service
movie in 1983 on "The Dangers of Low-Level Bridges" when
the truck he was standing passed under a low-level
bridge killing him.
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Walter
Hallas, a 26-year old store clerk in Leeds, England was
so afraid of dentists that in 1970 he asked a fellow
worker to try to cure his toothache by punching him in
the jaw, the punch caused Hallas to fall down, hitting
his head, and he died of a fractured skull.
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In 1983, a
Mrs. Carson of Lake Kushaqua, NY was laid out in her
coffin, presumed dead of heart disease. As mourners
watched, she suddenly sat up! Her daughter dropped dead
of fright.
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A man hit by
a car in New York City in 1977 got up uninjured, but
laid back down in front of the car when a bystander told
him to pretend he was hurt so he could collect insurance
money. The car then rolled forward and crushed him to
death.
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Suprised
while burgling a house in Antwerp, Belgium, a thief fled
out the back door, clambered over nine foot wall,
dropped down, and found himself in the city prison.
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Two German
motorists had an all to literal head-on collision in
heavy fog near the small town of Guestersloh. Each was
guiding his car at a snail's pace from opposite
derections but both near the middle of the road. At the
moment of impact, their heads were both out of the
windows where they smacked together. Both men were
hospitalized with severe head injuries. Their cars
weren't scratched!!
And you
thought YOU were having a bad day!!
Seems that a
year ago, some Boeing employees on the field decided to
steal a life raft from one of the 747s. They were
successful in getting it out of the plant and home. When
they took it for a float on the Stilliguamish River,
they were quite surprised by a coast guard helicopter
homing in on the emergency locator that is activated
when the raft is inflated. They are no longer employed
there.
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A police
officer had a perfect hiding place for watching for
speeders. But one day, everyone was under the speed
limit, the officer found the problem: a 10 year old boy
was standing on the side of the road with a huge hand
painted sign which said "RADAR TRAP AHEAD." A little
more investigative work led the officer to the boy's
accomplice, another boy about 100 yards beyond the radar
trap with a sign reading "TIPS" and a bucket at his
feet, full of change.
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A carpet
layer had just finished installing carpet for a lady. He
stepped out for a smoke, only to realize he'd lost his
cigarettes. In the middle of the room, under the carpet,
was a bump. "No sense pulling up the entire floor for
one pack of smokes," he said to himself. He proceeded to
get out his hammer and flattened the hump. As he was
cleaning up, the lady came in. "Here," she said,
handling him his pack of cigarettes. "I found them in
the hallway. Now, "she said, "if only I could find my
parakeet. "
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