gyrtrash
Justified & Ancient
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I was in idle conversation with a journalist from my local 'paper today (the Yorkshire Evening Post), and the subject of macabre stories came up...
He recalled an incident from his early days, "..about 30 years ago..", when a pot-holer had got himself stuck underground and could not be moved. This was somewhere in the NW, perhaps Cheshire (or Peak District?).
He told how various plans to free him were put into practice, but to no avail...A bore-hole was sunk but was unsuccessful.
He died there after several days....
The journalist was amazed that the poor guy couldn't be rescued, and said that the days of waiting were horrific.
Surely in these modern times the pot-holer wouldn't be just left, even if the worst scenario occured surely he could be 'put out of his pain'...not left to his fate...
Don't suppose anyone can fill in the details?
Or am I the hapless victim of a 30-year old Urban Legend?....
He recalled an incident from his early days, "..about 30 years ago..", when a pot-holer had got himself stuck underground and could not be moved. This was somewhere in the NW, perhaps Cheshire (or Peak District?).
He told how various plans to free him were put into practice, but to no avail...A bore-hole was sunk but was unsuccessful.
He died there after several days....
The journalist was amazed that the poor guy couldn't be rescued, and said that the days of waiting were horrific.
Surely in these modern times the pot-holer wouldn't be just left, even if the worst scenario occured surely he could be 'put out of his pain'...not left to his fate...
Don't suppose anyone can fill in the details?
Or am I the hapless victim of a 30-year old Urban Legend?....
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