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ORIGINAL SUBMISISON:

(from my archives, 30 years in the ER. You cannot make this up).

Cold weather, deep snow, snowmobiles and alcohol. Normally, this combination would be dangerous. Then came the rabbit.

After a day of partying, racing, and riding their snowmobiles in the wilderness, a group of snowmobilers started back to their cabin. Up comes a jackrabbit. The snowmobilers gave chase. Then, all snowmobiles except one backed off, as several collisions were narrowly averted.

One snowmobiler kept his eye on his quarry and rapidly closed in. The rabbit darted to save himself from being ran over. The snowmobiler closed in again. The rabbit ran toward the road.

The snowmobiler must have reasoned that the rabbit was going to run up on the road, where the snow was much less deep than in the field. Trying to get his rabbit before it crossed the road, the snowmobiler accelerated to mach 1.

But the rabbit had other ideas. At the base of the road, the rabbit chose to escape through the culvert.

Witnesses related that the snowmobiler accelerated, and never braked. There was a metallic crunch as the snowmobile impacted itself into the culvert, followed by a blast that disimpacted the snowmobile into many bits.

Apparently, this brand of snowmobile has its fuel tank mounted in front, ahead of the engine. The culvert admitted the tip of the snowmobile then cut into the machine's cowling. The fuel tank spilled its contents onto the hot engine, and blew.

The snowmobiler was blown about 20 feet back into the field. He exited this world either on impact, or during the blast.

The rabbit's whereabouts is unknown.

Submitted on 02/07/2008

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Chip said:
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Gosh, I surely wish that there was collaborating documents! This is a gem! Thanks, doc


Bruce said:
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I'm guessing that the rabbit was related to Bugs Bunny and the snowmobiler was related to Elmer Fudd. Such a humorous story could only come from the likes of those two! Thanks for sharing this with us.


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