Man blames car wreck on prehistoric winged reptile (Pterodactyl)

HeraldNet ^ | 12/29/2007 | Rachel Schleif

[dayglored]

WENATCHEE -- A 29-year-old Wenatchee man told police a pterodactyl caused him to drive his car into a light pole about 11:30 p.m. Thursday.

Wenatchee police cited the man with first-degree negligent driving. A breathalyzer test showed "a minimal amount of alcohol," said Wenatchee police Sgt. Cherie Smith. ...

When police asked the man what caused the accident, his one-word answer was "pterodactyl," Smith said. A pterodactyl was a giant winged reptile that lived more than 65 million years ago.

[dayglored]

Clearly this fellow is the product of a modern government-run public school education. Or else he's been reading too much Calvin and Hobbes...

[Doogle]

Ron Paul supporter

[Spktyr]

At least the excuse was entertainingly original.

[mtbopfuyn]

Did the police look for funny little cigarettes in his car?

[alice_in_bubbaland]

Or he’s been listening to Coast To Coast way too much.

[muawiyah]

Not at all like that “I was carjacked” thing by that Dem politician Parata in California.

[capt. norm]

Let me know if you want to be on the “pterodactyl attack” PING list. We can round up all these pterodactyl stories in one place.

[andy58-in-nh]

LOLOLOLOL

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

Those pterodactyls are getting to be a nuisance. Perhaps it’s time to extend the pterodactyl season a few weeks and thin the flock.

[ditto h]

I hate when that happens.

[Kuksool]

Don’t be surprised if George Noory books him for the show.

[alice_in_bubbaland]

Hmmm...the start of an epidemic.

[edcoil]

Pterodactyl sighting in modern America tend to involve mass quantities of booze.

Booze consumption is caused by global warming and upsets muslims so it will need to be banned.

[Moonman62]

A breathalyzer test showed "a minimal amount of alcohol,"

I thought you had to be over .1 to start seeing pterodactyls.

[alice_in_bubbaland]

Yep, on the same night that RuPaul and Alex Jones are scheduled to appear.

[KarlInOhio]

A breathalyzer test showed "a minimal amount of alcohol," said Wenatchee police Sgt. Cherie Smith. ...

When Ted Kennedy gets down to a minimal amount of alcohol he starts seeing flying pterodactyls. The P in DTs is silent.

[dayglored]

> I thought you had to be over .1 to start seeing pterodactyls.

Hey, at .2 you can start TALKING with them...

[moehoward]

“WENATCHEE”

A lot of meth labs out in them parts.

[festus]

Yes I’ll definitely give him points for creativity.

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

What we need is a pterodactyl recipe book.

Tastes like chicken, a really, really big chicken.

Wonder where I can get a 55 gallon drum of cheap beer for my famous Beer can pterodactyl.