Well guys! I'm real pleased with myself for having remembered the sketchy
details of a story that I heard several years ago. So I consider myself
very fortunate for remembering at all.
I'm working on remembering my wife's birthday, our anniversary and a few
other simple dates.
If I foul up again this year you may send flowers to any veterans
hospital, parts of my body will be distributed among them.

Stan Wilder

On Sun, 30 Sep 2001 08:02:23 -0700 Michael Snow <mwsnow@HOME.COM> writes:
> This is a slightly modified version of the incident that won the 1995
> Darwin
> Award.  It was later determined to be a hoax.  Check out
> http://www.darwinawards.com/darwin/index_darwin1995.html
>
> Mike Snow
>
> >
> > There was a memo put out the employees at the General Dynamics
> plant in
> > Grand Prairie Texas about two years ago, I'm going to try to
> repeat as
> > best I remember what the memo said.
> >
> > Recently the authorities discovered a large grey stain on a rock
> face of
> > ,,, Mountain rock face. After further investigation it was
> discovered
> > that the stain was comprised of a 64 Chevrolet and the remaining
> parts of
> > the same vehicle.
> > Upon further investigation the authorities discovered that the
> owner of
> > the vehicle had recently attended a US Air force auction and
> purchased a
> > surplus JATO cartridge. His friends said the man that purchased
> the JATO
> > cartridge spent several weeks modifying the 64 Chevrolet to mount
> the
> > JATO cartridge as a means of propelling the car to around 200
> miles an
> > hour.
> > Air force officials speculated that the Chevrolet weighed
> approximately
> > 3500 pounds and the JATO cartridge provide boost in excess of
> 50,000
> > pounds. They further predicted that the Chevrolet became fully
> > uncontrolled at approximately 140 miles per hour and shortly
> afterwards
> > at about 235 miles per hour became fully airborne and crashed into
> the
> > 800 foot rock face at the 500 foot altitude causing the grey stain
> on the
> > rocks.
> > Skid marks on the highway indicate that the vehicles driver tried
> to gain
> > control and reduce his speed repeatedly approximately five miles
> from the
> > impact point. It is estimated based on the thrust produced that
> the
> > vehicle was traveling in excess of 1000 miles per hour at the
> point of
> > impact on the rock face.
> > The vehicle owner or any remains of his body have never been found
> and it
> > has rained recently in the area causing the grey stain to rust and
> blend
> > in with the colors of the natural stone color of the rock face.
> > The wife of the deceased driver of the 64 Chevrolet said that her
> husband
> > had purchased two of the JATO capsules and the remaining cartridge
> had
> > been stolen from his barn.
> > If any person currently working for this facility has any
> information on
> > the location or the whereabouts of the missing JATO cartridge,
> please
> > come forward or drop a note in any of the suggestion boxes so we
> can
> > recover the JATO before another unfortunate accident occurs.
> >
> > Now that is supposed to be a true story.
> >
> > Stan Wilder
>
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