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Article #75Re: Diver in the Forest
From: Tim Bruening
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 20:12
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 20:12
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Rowland Croucher wrote: > Diver in the Forest > > Fire Authorities in California found a corpse in a burnt out section of > forest whilst assessing the damage done by a forest fire. The deceased male > was dressed in a full wetsuit, complete with a dive tank, flippers and face > mask. A post mortem examination revealed that the person died not from burns > but from massive internal injuries. Dental records provided a positive > identification. Investigators then set about determining how a fully clad > diver ended up in the middle of a forest fire. It was revealed that, on the > day of the fire, the person went for a diving trip off the coast - some 20 > kilometers away from the forest. > > The firefighters, seeking to control the fire as quickly as possible, called > in a fleet of helicopters with very large buckets. The buckets were dropped > into the ocean for rapid filling, then flown to the forest fire and emptied. > You guessed it. One minute our diver was making like Flipper in the Pacific, > the next he was doing a breaststroke in a fire bucket 300m in the air. > Apparently, he extinguished exactly 1.78m (5'10") of the fire. > > Some days it just doesn't pay to get out of bed. In which newspaper can I read about this bizarre incident?
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