"Matt Clonfero" ] wrote in message
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In article , Mary Shafer
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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