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"Matt Clonfero" ] wrote in message ... In article , Mary Shafer wrote: I love this story. So British (a compliment, not a snipe). SNIP I think that one is an urban legend. In a similar vein, though: The local constabulary near one of the Harrier stations had received reports of cars driving fast at night without headlights - well, more so that the local population of 18 year old boys could sustain. So they set out to catch the villains. And they did - harrier pilots with their new helmet-mounted NVG, out to see how well it worked before they had to fly with it. On that note, here's a story I heard while in the USA 5 years ago. After a new highway was built somewhere near a border, Police patrols got into the habit of visiting a local cafe for a takeaway snack and taking their breaks parked on an unlit stretch of the old highway. One night the cops were surprised by the sound of a car screaming past at high speed but couldn't see anything go past in the pitchblack moonless night. This happened a few times over the next few months leading to ghost stories of the 'Haunted Highway'... When it was found by chance one night that this 'ghost car' registered on a speed camera at 140mph it was decided that it might not be a phantom. A few weeks later, one high speed helicopter chase and a roadblock later revealed it was a blacked-out sports car (with taped out reflectors, lights, matt paint etc) driven by a pair of young drug smugglers wearing NVG's! Nick |
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