OFF: Urban Ledgends

[Brad Dahl]

At 11:09 AM 6/13/96 -0400, you wrote:
>        This sounds like an urban legend to me. Its amazing how
>stories can be passed on and people believe them to be true.
>For example, someone told me the story of how a guy in scuba gear
>was found in the middle of a forest in the Pacific North-West
>lying dead with every bone in his body broken.  It seems that
>there had been a forest fire and helicopters had gone with giant
>scoops to pick up sea water to drop on it.  The unfortunate diver
>was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
>        Now someone in a bar in North Carolina told me this story
>and I believed it.  Then I was talking to someone who was over
>from England visiting and someone had told him exactly the same
>story.  Except that it had happened in France.  He had believed it
>toa.  Then it dawned on us both that this was probably an urban legend.
>        Any basis in fact?  Opinions anyone?
>
>Totally off-topic ramblings over
>
>Martyn
>

This is an urban legend.  It's currently being emailed and faxed all over
the world in various forms.

Too good to be true I guess.

Brad Dahl