Falling dishwasher part origins a mystery

upi ^ | Feb. 24, 2011

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MOUNTLAKE TERRACE, Wash., Experts identified a metal plate that fell onto the second-floor roof of a Washington state fourplex as a dishwasher part, but its origins are a mystery.

Mark Kauffmann, who heard the object land on the roof of his Mountlake Terrace building about 7 p.m. Feb. 9, said he called officials at nearby Paine Field, who took the panel and determined it did not drop from an airplane, The (Everett) Herald reported Thursday.

Kauffmann said the mystery only deepened when workers at the Appliance Recycling Outlet in Snohomish recognized the object as the reversible front panel from a dishwasher.

"Dishwashers don't fly. At least I'm pretty sure of that," he said.

Kauffmann said he does not believe the panel was simply thrown onto the roof due to the volume of the sound from the impact.

"It sounded like it was coming straight down," he said. "I'll bet we heard it coming from at least 100 yards."

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[svcw]

Weird

[Sacajaweau]

Sounds like “The kids and the catapult”.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

[Yo-Yo]

Whatever the source, I bet it blowed up real good...

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[STD]

Aliens, aliens

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[donhunt]

OH.... That’s where it went.

Hmmmm.......

[jaz.357]

Yard-a-pult

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[righttackle44]

Hmm. Pacific Northwest. Washington State.

Has to be thrown by Bigfoot.

[Paladin2]

My first thought.

Maybe Bammy could give up on the 19th century rail stuff and start delivering on some REAL good old technology.

[MHGinTN]

My guess is it rode the jetstream from somewhere a tornado picked it up, perhaps going all the way around the globe?

[ErnBatavia]

It’s a little known detail that D. B. Cooper also had a dishwasher with him when he jumped.

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[Eepsy]

HEADS UP!

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