I will have to look it up. I saw the article on the police report. I will have to see if I can find it on line on the Mythbusters.
The Mythbusters episode in question is the very first one. It was the pilot episode:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_MythBusters_episodes
The original urban legend placed the incident in Arizona. The Arizona Highway Patrol. In 1996, after numerous inquires, the Arizona Department of Public Safety issued a news release posted on their website concerning the story. It termed the story "an Arizona myth."