A Talented Drunk
The engineer of a train moving through B.C., Canada, suddenly saw something on the track in front of him, and slammed on the brakes. “It was unable to stop and went right over top of this gentleman,” said the investigating officer from the RCMP, Sgt. Dave Dubnyk. “By the time the train stopped they were actually at the 26th car.” The engineer was afraid to look as he was sure the man was dead — he “was still laying underneath the train.” The train crew from the Canadian Pacific Railway “grabbed this gentleman and seemed to rouse him out of his state of intoxicated unconsciousness,” Dubnyk said. “And he got up, grabbed his beer, and was on his way,” completely uninjured. (RC/CBC) ...Alcohol: it got him into the mess, and it got him out of the mess. Is there anything it can’t do?Original Publication Date: 24 June 2012
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 18.
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 18.
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