[BigDog]

ABSOLUTELY A TRUE STORY HEARD ON A WISCONSINRADIO STATION
>> REPORTING ON THE INCIDENT. (Newspaper item from Wisconsin...)
>>
>> A guy buys a new LincolnNavigator for $42,500.00
>> (with monthly payments
>> Of $560.00). He and a friend go duck hunting in
>> mid-winter and, naturally,
>> all of the
>> Lakes are frozen. These two guys go on a lake with
>> their GUNS, a DOG and,
>> Of course, the new NAVIGATOR.
>>
>> They decide they want to make a natural looking
>> water area for the ducks,
>> Something for the decoys to float on. Now, making a
>> hole in the ice large
>> enough to invite a passing duck is going to take a
>> little more power than
>> the average drill auger can produce.
>>
>>
>>
>> So, out of the back of the new Navigator comes a
>> stick of dynamite with a
>> short, 40 second-fuse. Our two "rocket scientists"
>> - afraid they might slip on the ice while trying to
>> run away after lighting the fuse (and becoming
>> toast, along with the Navigator) - decide on the
>> following course of action:
>> They light the 40-second fuse then, with a mighty
>> thrust, throw the stick of
>> dynamite as far away as possible.
>>
>> Remember a couple of paragraphs back when I
>> mentioned the NAVIGATOR, the
>> GUNS, and the DOG...???
>>
>> Let's talk about the dog: A highly-trained Black
>> Lab used for RETRIEVING .
>> Especially things thrown by the owner. You guessed
>> it ... The dog takes off
>> across the ice at a high rate of speed and grabs the
>> stick of dynamite ...
>> With the burning 40-second fuse ... Just as it hits
>> the ice!
>>
>> The two men swallow, blink, start waving their arms
>> and, with veins in
>> Their necks swelling to resemble stalks of rhubarb,
>> scream and holler at
>> The dog to stop. The dog, now apparently cheered on
>> by his master, keeps
>> Coming. One hunter panics, grabs the shotg un and
>> shoots the dog!
>>
>> The shotgun is loaded with #8 bird shot - hardly big
>> enough to stop a Black
>> Lab. The dog stops for a moment, slightly confused,
>> then continues on.
>>
>> Another shot and, this time, the dog - still
>> standing - becomes really
>> Confused and, apparently terrified, thinking these
>> two geniuses have gone
>> Insane, takes off to find cover - under the brand
>> new Navigator!
>>
>>
>>
>> The men continue to scream as they run. The re d hot
>> exhaust pipe on the
>> Truck touches the dogs rear end, he yelps, drop the
>> dynamite under the
>> Truck and takes off after his master.
>>
>> Then """"""""""BOOOOOOOOOOOOM""""""""""!!!! The
>> truck is blown to
>> bits and
>> Sinks to the bottom of the lake, leaving the two
>> idiots standing there with
>>
>> "I can't believe this just happened" looks on their
>> faces!!!
>>
>> The insurance company says that sinking a vehicle in
>> a lake by illegal use
>> Of explosives is NOT COVERED by the policy. < BR>
>> ...And he still had yet t o make the first of those
>> $560.00 a month payments.
>>
>>
>>
>> The dog is okay.

[MrX]

Unfortunately, as with almost everything that begins "ABSOLUTELY A TRUE STORY," this is, of course, an urban legend.

link

[BigDog]

Well,it was sent to me by e-mail and I thought it was funny but looks like you're right MrX,probably not true

[Berg]

Hello board! Been a lurker for a while, and now decided to bring the relationship to the next level!

I think I can add some details to whether this story is true or false...
http://www.snopes.com/critters/cruel...te.asp?print=y

Short summary:
Claim: Two men are still making payments on a Jeep Cherokee they sent to the bottom of a frozen lake during a duck-hunting mishap.
Status: False.
Origins: The story of the incompetent hunters and their boomerang dog first made the Internet rounds in early 1997.



EDIT: SORRY - ALREADY POSTED