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2005 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

Here's an interesting story I heard about from my family in my old home town of Newport, South Wales, as reported in the Western Mail. A few weeks ago a local lad, who was known as a trouble maker by all the locals and had a string of arrests behind him for car theft, decided that he fancied going for a drive. Walking down a residential road he spotted what I've been reliably informed was a recently renovated and hotted Vauxhaull Nova. Quickly he popped the lock, hot-wired the ignition and was off racing round the sparcely occupied roads on the nearby flood plains. After a few hours he grew bored and ditched the car in a secluded field far away from human habitation, but what about the car? After all, his finger prints were all over it. Quickly he syphoned off some petrol from the tank and climbed back into the cab, popping the central locking so that he wouldn't be disturbed. Soon the interior of the car was soaked and he drew out his lighter to set the fire going, after which he would open the door and make a clean getaway.

The charred remains of the car and its unlucky thief were found the next morning by the owner of the field investigating the smell of burnt rubber.

Submitted on 11/28/2005

Submitted by: James
Reference: Western Mail, November 2005

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Greg said:
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I like this story, but I couldn't verify it. It hasn't appeared in our media archives yet, and we do have the Western Mail. Perhaps it's too new? I'll go "Neutral" pending verifying the article.

Tracy said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
Hi - it's a good story - can you supply a link, so that we can verify it?

James said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
Talk about comeuppance! I definitely like this story! I agree with my fellow mods that a link to the news story would be helpful...

Jack said:
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I'll vote to keep this. While we normally toss "stupid criminal" stories and people playing with fire around gasoline are quite too common for an award, we rarely get a mix of the two.

Jorge said:
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