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All righty, let’s talk Weird Winds and jumping garages. The "Binghampton Press," April 11, 1964:
ALBANY, N. Y.--UPI--Teddy Bix of 56 O'Dell Street just stood there gawking at the flying garage.
Mr. Bix told authorities he was raking leaves yesterday when he looked up at the rear of 13 O'Connell Street and saw a neighbor's galvanized tin garage:
Climb straight up in the air.
Level off at about 15 feet.
Execute two graceful turns.
Bank slightly and take off due east.
Skim over a snow fence, and
Crash-land at least 50 feet from where it took off.
The U. S. Weather Bureau said there was only a slight breeze at the time and that the garage must have been tossed by "a freak gust."
"I have property insurance," said garage owner Michael Keaveney of the O'Connell Street address, "but I don't really know whether it covers a jumping garage."
I like the “two graceful turns”; they’re what make the image memorable.
ReplyDeleteThat line made me think of the hippo ballet in "Fantasia."
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