THE DIVER
Added on: 26th Jan 2016
FIRE AUTHORITIES IN CALIFORNIA
FOUND A CORPSE IN A BURNT OUT
SECTION OF FOREST WHILE ASSESSING
THE DAMAGE DONE BY A FOREST FIRE.
THE DECEASED MALE WAS DRESSED
IN A FULL WET SUIT,
COMPLETE WITH A DIVE TANK,
FLIPPERS, AND FACE MASK.
A POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION REVEALED
THAT THE PERSON DIED NOT FROM
BURNS, BUT FROM MASSIVE INTERNAL
INJURIES.
DENTAL RECORDS PROVIDED A
POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION.
INVESTIGATORS THEN SET ABOUT
DETERMINING HOW A FULLY-CLAD
DIVER ENDED UP IN THE MIDDLE
OF A FOREST FIRE.
IT WAS REVEALED THAT,
ON THE DAY OF THE FIRE,
THE PERSON WENT FOR A DIVING
TRIP OFF THE COAST - SOME 20 MILES
AWAY FROM THE FOREST.
THE FIREFIGHTERS,
SEEKING TO CONTROL THE FIRE AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE,
CALLED IN A FLEET OF HELICOPTERS
WITH VERY LARGE BUCKETS.
THE BUCKETS WERE DROPPED INTO
THE OCEAN FOR RAPID FILLING,
THEN FLOWN TO THE FOREST
FIRE AND EMPTIED.
YOU GUESSED IT.
ONE MINUTE OUR DIVER WAS MAKING
LIKE FLIPPER IN THE PACIFIC,
THE NEXT HE WAS DOING A BREASTSTROKE
IN A FIRE BUCKET 300 FEET IN THE AIR.
APPARENTLY,
HE EXTINGUISHED EXACTLY 5'10" OF THE FIRE.
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