Correction 
2003 Reader Submission
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I'm afraid I have to disagree with your "false" distinction of the following story: http://www.snopes.com/critters/cruelty/dynamite.htm
We first heard about this when it actually happened in 1995 (it may have been 1996). I worked for AAA Michigan Auto Insurance from 1994-1998, at the Macomb Office (now on Hall Road and Card, in Chesterfield, Michigan). I can personally verify that this claim did come through our office during a time I was employed there, as our office manager Alex Girard reported the events in a staff meeting. When I saw a very close version of the claim on the "Darwin Awards" years later, I was happy to know that the Darwin people did, in fact, get it right.
I no longer work for AAA but I can attempt to get proof on this if you like; at the very least, I can probably find out which agent took the claim and perhaps he or she will agree to set the record straight with your office.
I love the site and keep up the good work! I was just shocked to read that a story I know for a fact to be true (at least a very close variation of it) is listed on your site as false. At the very least, you may want to list this one as "suspect" until I can get you harder evidence.
John Addis Submitted on 12/06/2002
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