Eels on wheels

Out in Oregon, a truck carrying hagfish overturned.
In case you don't know (and why would you?), hagfish are eel-like creatures that secrete a thick load of mucus when disturbed. Needless to say, they made a mess of things.

Truck full of eels overturns on U.S. 101, dousing sedan with slithering sea creatures

 

Police say the driver was on Novocain...






For the Soul.

 

I thought that was the Vombiemobile.

 

An episode of Dirty Jobs featured these things. I only remember that because of how disgusting they were.

 

"That's Messed Up - even by my standards."

I was driving through Portland one Friday afternoon and saw a truck heading in the other direction jam on the breaks and his load came up and spilled all over his cab and surrounding traffic. It was chicken "remains" - some kind of liquid concoction headed somewhere, and I could smell it at 40 MPH and was glad I was going the other direction. It ended up being pretty close to a hazmat scene.

 

Great thread title.

 

That should buff right out.

 

JFC, I really have become a parody.

 

"He he he he he. WOW! I mean, that was close. We can laugh about it now because we're alright. Ya know..."

 

The best part of all of this was that it led me to the story of the exploding whale.

TheExplodingWhale.com

 

Oregon made national headlines for bizarre stories twice last Thursday. Here is the second story:
Mom arrested for using car to tow kids

 

That is whack. In a roundabout? Now if she'd been doing it in a cul de sac, maybe. Sounds like she's off her meds or in need of some