Man Shoots Down Blimp With Shotgun

[matcom]

Thanks to my CRACK CUB REPORTER (DS1) for this breaking news story!

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Someone fired a shotgun blast and hit a remote-controlled advertising blimp Saturday as it flew in a field next to Team Chevrolet-Cadillac-Geo on South Jake Alexander Boulevard.

The blimp was advertising Cloninger Ford-Toyota.

Police gave this account of the shooting:

Shortly before 4 p.m. Saturday, officers responded to 404 S. Jake Alexander Blvd. after someone reported a shooting nearby. Tim Wyatt with Huntersville's Carolina Airships told police that a man had pulled up in a black Chevrolet pickup near the car wash at Team Chevrolet.

The man stepped out of the truck, shotgun in hand, and fired at the blimp.

http://salisburypost.townnews.com/articles/2004/04/20/news/20-1_blimp_shot_from_the_sky.txt

[sniffa]

1. i've aLways wanted to do that

[htuttle]

2. Probably thought it was some kinda Eye-racki Blimp of Death..

I bet he's pretty proud of himself right now, too

[freetobegay]

3. I have a friend that lives there!

Have to call him to see if he's been drinking again.

[Dolomite]

4. "a man had pulled up in a black Chevrolet pickup"

Come on!

Clearly, this
Incident was purely
Anecdotal, and not worthy of any mention on the news!

[DS1]

5. Sounds like a Ford v Chevy Fuedin's about to start!

Yeee-haw!

[gulfcoastliberal]

6. Hmmm Blimp Advertises Ford-Toyota Next to Chevy Dealer...

Black Chevy pickup used in the crime... There are many clues in the article.

[TX-RAT]

7. Shooting blimps out of season

The bastard

[GOPisEvil]

8. My own blimp tragedy.

One year, some friends of mine and I decided to buy a mini-package of San Antonio Spurs season tickets. One of the perks was a free ticket to see the Chicago Bulls game that year. (Of course that was the year of Jordan's first "retirement". :eyes:) Anyway, since we all paid for our tickets separately, our free tickets (which were not in our usual seats) were scattered around the arena. Once we figured out how to get tickets all together, we found we were tucked away in a corner of the arena with all the other malcontents. :D So, we're up there laughing it all, when the motorized blimp cruises nearby with tickets to something or another dangling from it (to be dropped). The blimp operator can't see what's going on, and he gets the blimp too close to the crowd. One genius stands up and grabs the tickets, and in doing so, tears the motor off the blimp. (It looked like it was velcroed on.) So, now the blimp has no motor, and no weight to keep it from floating into the rafters. Of course, some smartass (me) had to yell out "OH, THE HUMANITY!!" when the blimp contacted the rafters. No explosion though.

[DS1]

9. LOL! Great line

:toast:

[Amaya]

10. Another great story brought you by Matcom n friends

God love ya :D

[DS1]

11. Btw, I'm the Senior Aerial Advertising Analyst

Thank you very much!