Cows

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.


Graham

"Pooh Bear" wrote in message
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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.

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 ?

Of course not, no more than there is to the cows story (some joker invented
the cows story and put it on the internet, then journalists reprinted it
from there in newspapers, in the days when journalists were daft enough to
believe what they read on the internet, which is why you can probably find
references to this story being printed in newspapers "proving" that it must
be true).

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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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