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my father locked in a trunk

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My father decided to clean his cars trunk on a wiindy day.The carpet in the trunk did not tuck properly into the corner so he decided to climb into the trunk to fix it.Keep in mind that my father is a small guy.Only about 5-2 and maybe 150 lbs soaking wet.Just as he climbed in to tuck the carpet in a heavy gust of wind blew the trunk down and trapped him inside.This happened at about 8:00 in the am and my mother had aready left for work.The only one home besides my father was my lazy brother who liked to sleep in ast noon.My father managed to locate the breaker bar but could not pry the trunk open.He started to panic so he stuck the thinnest part of the pry bar through the small crack between the trunks lid and the cars rear quarter panel.Fortunate for my father,My brother woke up around 10 to get a drink and just so happened to look out the window and saw the pry bar sticking out and moving.My father spent about 2 hours in the trunk and actually had to go to the hospital because he had not only hyperventilated but had also caused serious muscle strains from the lack of space and the fighting to get out...Now had my father known that his car was equiped with an emergency release for the trunk besides the left tail light he could have freed himself! We all got a good laugh at his expense and were happy he was ok.I think this story is very deserving of a Darwin Award! If you descide to print this I will fill in any information I may have missed.

Submitted on 11/12/2006

Submitted by: matt
Reference: sometime back in 2003

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Graham said:
Neutral: Personal Account
It's true that most trunks have an emergency release catch: not much use if you don't know where it is, especially in the dark. Overall, your dad had a VERY lucky escape as he could very well have asphyxiated in the trunk. Thanks for the submission, Matt

James said:
Neutral: Personal Account
I agree! It wasn't quite his fault that a gust of wind should have blown the trunk closed when it did, but it was a bit of deucedly bad luck! I liked this enough to include as a PA, and I'm going to go look for the escape latch on my wife's car right now (though I'm a bit too big to fit in the trunk of that small car)!

Jack said:
Neutral: Personal Account

Jason said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
I like this personal account. It has more Murphy's Law to it than Darwin but it made me laugh.

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