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Dynamite Defroster

2008 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

I saw on the PBS show Nova a story about looking for the real Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. They had a renown forensics expert go to the town in Bolivia that it was believed that the two died in. The two outlaws did die in a gunfight vaguely similar to the famous one from the movie. That being that they were outnumbered, but the similarity ends there.

When digging in the local cemetery for the outlaws' remains they found from the town records that there were two other Caucasians buried there. This being important because the forensics man could tell the difference between European and native Indian remains.

One of these men should be considered for an award. The city records shows he was a European mining engineer that died when he tried to defrost dynamite in a wood burning stove. Maybe his nickname could be "Butchered Cassidy" or the "Last chance Kid".

Submitted on 02/05/2008

Submitted by: Steve Gilbert
Reference: PBS Nova

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Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: For Darwin's Eyes
I did some searching for a reference to back up this story but haven't been able to find one. If this can be verified through Nova then I'd definitely say its worthy for an award. I'll let this go on to Darwin to take a look. Thanks, Steve!


James said:
Definitely Keep: For Darwin's Eyes
If this WERE true, it would be a classic DA! I imagine stupidity and high explosives have always been bedfellows of sorts...! Do keep us posted!


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