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On Tue, 21 Nov 1995 sadavis@ib*.ne* wrote: > Everybody else wrote... > > Re: > > > > "A.Appleyard" <A.APPLEYARD@fs*.mt*.um*.ac*.uk*> wrote:- > > > ... I heard that once when a water-bomber plane was used, a dead snorkeller > > > was found in the remains of the fire afterwards. > > > > John Gibbons <jgibbo@ph*.lo*.ac*.uk*> wrote:- > > > I heard that one too, I think it was in the south of France???? > > > > sadavis@ib*.ne* wrote:- > > > A.A. Yeah that happened in Austria. They found this dead diver laying on the > > > side of the mountain, miles away from any water. They had figured it out > > > before it came to press, but I bet they took a while to get to that idea. > > OK now I admit the "Bild Zeitung" is not one of the more respectable newspapers > around, however they do sell quite alot, every day, and in that paper, was this > story, > So.... This is an urban legend. Like the choking doberman and the vanishing hitchhiker and the cactus that explodes and hundreds of trantulas come out and so forth. It is a story that sounds good, and gets spread as fact. Those of you who are interested should read the newsgroup alt.folklore.urban. And it certainly doesn't belong on techdiver. Nick Simicich - njs@sc*.em*.ne* - (last choice) njs@bc*.vn*.ib*.co* http://scifi.emi.net/njs.html -- Stop by and Light Up The World!
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