Ghost drivers arrive late for Obon

[Taro Toporific]

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Skeletons found in car in Japanese reservoir
AFP-Jiji-Japan Times | Wednesday, Sep. 12, 2012
A pair of skeletons have been found in a car at the bottom of a reservoir in Fukuoka Prefecture, 17 years after two brothers disappeared while out for a drive in the area, police said Tuesday.
Highway workers found the remains when they drained the reservoir during a land survey in the town of Koge.
"We are trying to confirm if the accident was related to the disappearance of two brothers in 1995"...more...

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This headline made me piss myself laughing (or, maybe I'm just getting old and losing bowel control?)
Classic! Thanks Taro.

I wonder if they have anything to do with Futoshi Matsunaga, any mention of whom seems to have become taboo in Japan? (I doubt it because Matsunaga operated in Kitakyushu, but you never know...)

[FG Lurker]

"In October 1995, a 20-year-old man and his 18-year-old brother went missing after they went for a drive from their parents' home in the nearby city of Usa."

Ah, good ol' Usa, the land of "Made in USA" Japanese products.

[BigInJapan]

A pair of skeletons have been found in a car at the bottom of a reservoir in Fukuoka Prefecture, 17 years after two brothers disappeared while out for a drive in the area, police said Tuesday.
Highway workers found the remains when they drained the reservoir during a land survey in the town of Koge.

I hadn't seen the news today, but this is my neck of the woods.
They probably drained the reservoir for construction of a new highway that is being built.

English signs in Usa are popular with visiting foreigners - "USA, Japan".

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[Russell]

So, they were transported to the hospital, where they were declared dead?!?

[Russell]

I hadn't seen the news today, but this is my neck of the woods.
They probably drained the reservoir for construction of a new highway that is being built.

It is not a drinking water reservoir, isn't it?

Just asking...

[BigInJapan]

I hadn't seen the news today, but this is my neck of the woods.
They probably drained the reservoir for construction of a new highway that is being built.

It is not a drinking water reservoir, isn't it?
Just asking...

No, all the reservoirs around here are for irrigating mostly the rice fields.
I don't know this particular reservoir, but for most of them, it would be pretty hard to drive a car in and not leave a trace.
The only thing that comes to mind is the car must have flown off the road at high speed.
And, all the reservoirs around here that I know of partially dry up, so this one must have been quite deep.

[yanpa]

According to news reports the reservoir in question is 皿塚池 (at a guess Sarazuka-ike?). Can't find it on a map mind. Google image search has some pictures, it looks fairly small.

[Russell]

The only info I can find is this web site, which contains a pic of their car (anyone knows what type of car it is?)



and a map.



And then there is this pic, the website of which which has apparently disappeared.



Good to know they were accompanied by some pretty birds those 17 lonely years...

This all got me in a philosophical mood.

I mean, just imagine how different Japan would be if they would not have disappeared...

[Coligny]

Looks like a Honda CRX...

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English signs in Usa are popular with visiting foreigners - "USA, Japan".

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And for urban legends, which Lurker has already touched upon in this thread, too...

[yanpa]

Someone else who's been spending time in a car in the wet part of a body of water:

ため池に元市議遺体＝汚職事件で7年前失踪—高松

高松市でため池に沈んだ車から男性の遺体が見つかり、香川県警高松東署は30日、遺体は汚職事件で捜査を受け、7年前に行方不明になった元市議会議員＝当時（55）＝と確認したと発表した。
　同署によると、29日午後6時ごろ、同市西植田町の神内池で、軽自動車が沈んでいると通報があった。同署は司法解剖の結果や所持品などから身元を特定した。死因は不明だが、事件の可能性はないという。

...

http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20120 ... 9-jij-soci

[matsuki]

Looks like a Honda CRX...

I concur....



Yeeeeehaaaaaaaa!

[Coligny]

Let me guess...

Your baby cart ?

[matsuki]

Let me guess...

Your baby cart ?

No, I have nothing to do with "Gaylord's Garage"

I need to get some wheels soon though. having to rent cars and take the shinkansen so often lately...have my eye on one of these bitches:

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

One of the last of the V-8 Interceptors....


* Probably not, but it's the only petrolhead turn of phrase I know, so I use it all the time.

[matsuki]

2.5L Inline 6 but it comes in manual, is fun enough for the track, yet big enough for cargo/kids/dead bodies/etc.

[Coligny]

Let me guess...

Your baby cart ?

No, I have nothing to do with "Gaylord's Garage"

I need to get some wheels soon though. having to rent cars and take the shinkansen so often lately...have my eye on one of these bitches:

D00d... factory pre-riced:

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[matsuki]

Let me guess...

Your baby cart ?

No, I have nothing to do with "Gaylord's Garage"

I need to get some wheels soon though. having to rent cars and take the shinkansen so often lately...have my eye on one of these bitches:

D00d... factory pre-riced:

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...and apparently made out of rice when hit. I wouldn't want to be in one of those considering the local driving habits.