How the f^(k does someone submerge their full-size van...
...in a lake when they're trying to load their boat on the ramp? That was the question one deputy asked the responding officer last night after hearing the call on the radio. We got to Dixon Lake in Otsego County a little before midnight expecting to find some drunk idiot scratching his head and a big conversion van in the water. We found neither. The guy wasn't drunk and the van was no where in sight. It couldn't be seen even w/ 3 flashlights shining on the area.
The guy claimed he was backing up his van so he could load his 12 ft boat on top of it when the brakes went out. Somehow the 6,000 pound van managed to find its way nearly 50 yards past the shore. And as if this guy wasn't already having the worst day of his life, he explained to the deputy that he had just left his wife that day and everything he owned was in the van. Well, immediately everyone was wondering if perhaps wifey was in the van chopped up in the cooler along with the walleye he caught. So he got to spend a couple hours in the back of a patrol car 'til everything was figured out. The wife was contacted to make sure she was okay and she apparently had no idea he was leaving her. He left her a note that she hadn't found yet. I hope he was able to get home before she found that note 'cause he had nowhere else to go. That van was gonna be his home for a little while so he had just cleaned it all out that day and polished it up nice. Perhaps he should have spent a little time checking it out mechanically and maybe he would have seen all the brake fluid leaking out.
The Charlevoix County dive team came out to find the van and hook up the lines so a wrecker could pull it out. That poor guy is gonna have a $1,200 tow bill at least. They brought out the big semi wrecker and two flat beds, one for the van and one for the teeny boat. Perhaps the funniest thing of all was that when they pulled the van from the water it was in park. Before the guy rolled down the window to escape with his life from this sinking vehicle he was courteous enough to throw it in park so it wouldn't roll away and hit any of the other submerged vehicles.
The guy claimed he was backing up his van so he could load his 12 ft boat on top of it when the brakes went out. Somehow the 6,000 pound van managed to find its way nearly 50 yards past the shore. And as if this guy wasn't already having the worst day of his life, he explained to the deputy that he had just left his wife that day and everything he owned was in the van. Well, immediately everyone was wondering if perhaps wifey was in the van chopped up in the cooler along with the walleye he caught. So he got to spend a couple hours in the back of a patrol car 'til everything was figured out. The wife was contacted to make sure she was okay and she apparently had no idea he was leaving her. He left her a note that she hadn't found yet. I hope he was able to get home before she found that note 'cause he had nowhere else to go. That van was gonna be his home for a little while so he had just cleaned it all out that day and polished it up nice. Perhaps he should have spent a little time checking it out mechanically and maybe he would have seen all the brake fluid leaking out.
The Charlevoix County dive team came out to find the van and hook up the lines so a wrecker could pull it out. That poor guy is gonna have a $1,200 tow bill at least. They brought out the big semi wrecker and two flat beds, one for the van and one for the teeny boat. Perhaps the funniest thing of all was that when they pulled the van from the water it was in park. Before the guy rolled down the window to escape with his life from this sinking vehicle he was courteous enough to throw it in park so it wouldn't roll away and hit any of the other submerged vehicles.
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"Dear Jane" letter. Nice.
Posted by
Jessica |
June 23, 2008 2:31 PM
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Posted by
Jessica |
June 23, 2008 2:32 PM
Well... at least that day will be memorable to him!
Posted by
Myron Davis |
June 24, 2008 12:23 PM
I can't believe the Gaylord Herald Times posted nothing about this. He hasn't been charged w/ anything yet, so it wasn't in the police blotter, but it's definitely more interesting than some of the other stories they're reporting for the most recent issue.
Posted by
Teriana |
June 24, 2008 6:05 PM