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.

[John123]

a pterodactyl caused him to drive his car into a light pole

I believe you man!

I STILL remember the nightmare I had when I was a kid 30 years ago. I dreamt that a T-Rex was peeking into my bedroom window. It was so real that I woke up petrified with fear.

[Larry Lucido]

Used to get that excuse all the time.

[do the dhue]

Is there a new drink called pterodactyl?

[dayglored]

> Booze consumption is caused by global warming...

NO, no, no... Booze consumption CAUSES global warming. Haven't you ever downed a shot and felt the "global warming" running through your body?

[Route66]

Hint to law enforcement:

It wasn’t alcohol.

[alice_in_bubbaland]

One problem, you’ll also need a really really big grill to cook it on.

[Non-Sequitur]

Or....it could be another sighting of Batsquatch.

[alice_in_bubbaland]

Got pics? :0)

[dayglored]

> Ron Paul supporter

I was thinking it was a fan of Dennis "UFO" Kookinutcase.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G980aLrAwoM

[gitmo]

I keep one of those devices on my hood that makes a whistling sound as the wind passes through it. Since I started using it, I’ve not had a single near-accident with a Pterodactyl.

[dayglored]

> Is there a new drink called pterodactyl?

I dunno, but I'll bet it'd be popular.

[FormerACLUmember]

Man blames car wreck on prehistoric winged reptile (Pterodactyl)

Sounds like a Kennedy family drunk driving excuse.

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

And the charcoal!

There goes the rainforest!

[do the dhue]

This is the oldest excuse in the book. Fred Flintsone and Barney Rubble first used it after a long night of drinkin’ back in the day?

[advertising guy]

my dad is the most honest person I ever met and a 1000 others will tell ya the same.........when he was 19 in Killeen Tx “on the river” he said a huge ,really huge bird swooped at him.......I asked just how big...........he said, son it looked like a cow with wings.....

[LibFreeOrDie]

[Larry Lucido]

http://www.laattorneyvideo.com/nonlegal/pterosaurs/

[Rocky]

Pterodactyls: Are They Still Alive?

http://www.laattorneyvideo.com/nonlegal/pterodactyl/

[hellbender]

Didn’t Ted Nugent have a song called “Batsquatch Fever?”

[Phsstpok]

Ummmmm

There really have been large pterodactyls flying in the US, as recently as 20 years ago.  The Smithsonian had an Imax film about it in 1985...

 

The Quetzalcoatlus Northropi, on the wing over Death Valley, CA. 

Maybe Paul MacReady's ghost was having a little New Years fun. It is his first "free" New Years, after all.  He was rather unique (MacReady, not the QN).