Maybe it was the hot weather today? This is about the weirdest headline we’ve seen in awhile. From 9News.com:
Car Crashes Into Elk, Bursts Into Flames
Interstate 70 was closed for more than an hour as firefighters worked to put out a car fire, which started after an accident involving an elk Friday morning.
A spokesman with the Colorado State Patrol says the car was traveling westbound on I-70 approaching the Genesee exit shortly after 5 a.m. Friday when it struck the elk, killing the animal. The car ended up in the median of the highway and caught fire.
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I was hoping for a video.
There’s lots more weird and lurid detail in the lengthy story by Denver Post reporter Kieran Nicholson.
Who stole a guy’s truck – with a concealed permit gun inside – and wrecked it. On a foot chase she circled back and got into the sheriff’s car and wrecked that one, too.
Don’t recall where it was, some rural county in the SW, I sorta think.
Officers taser 86-year-old disabled woman in her bed: lawsuit:
Nude Woman in Utah Steals Two Cars in Year’s Weirdest Chase
Great version of the story from The Gawker.
live in Utah. No shit.
(apparently)
burning as I type this. Off Cow Creek trail about 6 miles east of Glen Haven, right behind Twin Owls. 100 acres, 2 slurry bombers on it and no containment so far.
Oh, and a Buck ad running as I watch the news–America for Jobs Security appears to be running a new ad. Why does everyone look like a bad photoshop job in it?
If so, then this is going to be a loonngggg summer.
that’d be a whole lot of elk. Of course, the upside would be less elk which would make everyone happy here…
hitting a large elk is pretty much like hitting another car. The elk can take you with him.
Which does not explain the ensuing fire. Perhaps the elk was already on fire.
Fracking fluid doesn’t burn. It’s harmless. Stays right where you put it. Doesn’t get into the groundwater. You can drink it every day and it won’t hurt you. Just like water. I promise. Trust me.
bumped in the movies bursts into cinematic flames. Maybe a lost special effects crew was involved? Really was only pointing out that while this sounds funny, having lived along killer 82 between Carbondale and Aspen back in the day,I know that hitting a big elk is no joke and can be every bit as dangerous for the people in the car as for the elk. That was some highway. Lost several friends in coke and booze fueled accidents back in the late 70s and spent some time picking deer hair out of the grill.
Deer kill more people in the US than any other animal – via car accidents. Elk are worse to hit but not as common on the road.
People kill more people in the U.S. than any other animal. Followed by e coli.
The wife saw the news, but we could only guess at the location based on the pictures.
But how did they discover beer?
Egyptians carelessly leaving bread outside in a pot. Rain. Airborne yeast. Your earliest form of beer, as a result.
Giving away cooked elk to the underclass must be even more mangnanimous than the freezer-ready stuff. Maybe call it meals on wheels…
Nah, that name’s taken.
Sorry, as those accidents aren’t too funny. BlueCat’s right, you haven’t lived until you’re scraping deer guts off your firewall, let alone your grill.
wasn’t it just something less than two weeks ago when everyone on this site was pissing all over JaneNo for suggesting that mexican-boder-crossing terrorists had training camps all over the mountains in Colorado??
Now we know what JaneKnows!
It was State Representative Joe Rice’s opponent, Kathleen Conti.
It’s gotten to where one absolutely needs a scorecard to keep track of all the different wackos this year.
(And, still, I can’t help but think that Jane wishes she’d been the one to issue the warning.)
And to Ms. Conti — thanks a bunch!
Fortunately, Fox (Houston) filled in the important details, namely that the glass bottle held Smirnoff Ice:
Does John Stewart know about this? Best headline ever!