Pooh Bear opined

Graham Wilson wrote:

On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 11:42:38 +0100, Simon Hobson
wrote:

How about the fishing boat (Japanese IIRC). The insurance claim was that a
cow had fallen from the sky and gone through the boat, sinking it.

I liked this one:

A partially burnt burnt body was found by a search and rescue crew
after a forest fire. The body was believed to be wearing a
scuba-diving wet suit.

A scuba-diver had recently been reported missing having been scuba
diving in a near-by lake.

A fire helicopter with a massive water scoop had scooped up the diver
when collecting water from the lake and dumped the poor diver on the
fire.

Is there any truth to that ?

This tale ( as urban myth ) cropped up in the TV series CSI a while back.

Mythbusters busted this one recently.



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