Toy run time is just around the corner!!
Posted on 10/24/2003 10:09:10 AM PDT by martin_fierro
ROCKERVILLE, S.D. - Gene Davis went hunting for elk and came home with a motorcycle instead.
While stalking elk on Forest Service land near Rockerville a few weeks ago, Davis spotted what appeared to be a tail light protruding from a mound of dirt. A little digging revealed a 1980 Kawasaki 750-cc motorcycle which, it turns out, was reported stolen in 1982.
Davis, his wife and two daughters returned the next day and dug up the 400-pound cycle.
It had no license plate but it did have an Air Force sticker on it. In a storage compartment they found insurance and title papers with the name of Paul J. Duffy.
An investigation by the Pennington County Sheriff's Office revealed that the motorcycle had been reported stolen in 1982.
Efforts to locate Paul J. Duffy have been unsuccessful. A police report said he had been employed at Ellsworth Air Force Base but apparently left South Dakota.
Davis told police if Duffy can't be found or doesn't want the cycle, he'll keep it.
"If it was pressure-washed, it might look pretty good," he said.
Keys to the motorcycle are missing but it still had gas in the tank and 9,500 miles on the odometer.
Information from: The Rapid City Journal
Toy run time is just around the corner!!
Well, at least the ones you don't field-dress and butcher out right away....
-archy-/-
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