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Hikers May Have Found Fossett Items

An Anonymous reader writes "CNN is reporting 'A weathered sweat shirt, cash and a pilot license with Fossett's name were found Tuesday near Mammoth Lakes, police Chief Randy Schienle said.' The license did not have a photo. '"We're not certain that it belongs to Steve Fossett, but it certainly has his name on the ID," Schienle said.'"

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  1. The body? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    The body is being kept in a cooler offsite, for a conference tomorrow in California

  2. Re:It's a hoax, people. by TheMidnight · · Score: 5, Funny

    In other news, a salon discount card with Amelia Earheart's name and picture was found floating in the South Atlantic by a passing schooner.

  3. Re:It's a hoax, people. by tekrat · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's 'cause the ALIENS took 'im.

    And they kept the plane.

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  4. Re:It's a hoax, people. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    The ALIENS saw his flight around the world and thought, "hey we can take this human and make him fly our space ships!"

  5. Re:What is a pilot's "license?" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    He's an equally amazing pilot.

    Except for this one time...

  6. Re:It's a hoax, people. by Inner_Child · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nonsense! Everyone knows that aliens use video games to determine the worth of a pilot.

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  7. Re:It's a hoax, people. by plasmacutter · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ok, so a world-renowned pilot takes off in 2,000 pounds of airplane, steel, fuel, and glass, What's found? A partially burned piece of some of the most flammable things on the plane,

    Have you seen the remains of the towers on 9/11? It's bizarre what can come out of a catastrophic event.

    I'm not saying it's genuine or fake, but your criteria doesn't prove anything either.

    Stewart: "how do you know the twin towers collapsed there?"
    Joe: "Well, I found a little plastic card and some chewing gum"
    Stewart: "noo.. concrete chunks? no steel fragments?"
    Joe: "nope"
    Stewart: "with all due respect sir, this structure was several hundred meters tall"
    Joe: "It's bizarre what survives a catastrophic event.

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  8. The money is mine. by SlashSnot · · Score: 2, Funny

    Listen, the plane was going down. I took his money. I lost a backpack on the landing, so I just need to get that money back. You can keep the shirt. Thanks, DB Cooper

  9. Good Samaritan takes stuff by Walkingshark · · Score: 4, Funny

    15 minutes later old man comes out of lake after a refreshing swim and says, "Hey, who the fuck took my wallet and my shirt!?"

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  10. Re:Too bad my flash version isn't compatable by Gavagai80 · · Score: 2, Funny

    You must be using the binary 10 (2).

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  11. I bet Hans Reiser would know where the remains are by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    He has a knack for that sort of thing.

  12. Re:Which department? by east+coast · · Score: 2, Funny

    She's Amelia's second cousin who has been missing since an odd, but hilarious, kite flying mishap on the shores of the Outer Banks, you insensitive clod.

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  13. Re:It's a hoax, people. by Cormacus · · Score: 2, Funny

    The hiker, Preston Morrow, said he found an FAA identity card, a pilot's license, a third ID and $1,005 in cash tangled in a bush off a trail just west of the town of Mammoth Lakes on Monday.

    I wonder if the hiker bothered to look *up* ?

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  14. Re:I bet Hans Reiser would know where the remains by elrous0 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Reiser said Fossett went back to Russia with "some Puerto Rican guy."

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