Incredible!! Boat goes under water-under a bridge-comes out other side!

[Whoa_Nelly]

For those of you who may have missed this from 1979.

Take a look at the sequence pics at this site.
http://koti.mbnet.fi/~soldier/towboat.htm


Snopes confirms it's TRUE!
http://www.snopes.com/photos/towboat.asp

[WillParkinson]

1. Wow...

Neat!

[underpants]

2. Good thing it is bouyant and floatee like a boat huh?

Gawd dang that Smokey (slaps knee) he's one crazy mother ain't he!!?!??!

Whew he told those boys he could do that!!!

[LaurenG]

3. Really cool series of pictures

Made my day.

[Whoa_Nelly]

4. Kick

for the cool pics

[Elidor]

5. Amazing!

I didn't think a boat could really do that. I bet the pucker factor on that boat was pretty damned intense! I believe I'd take the rest of the day off and thank my lucky stars.

Nominated, just 'cause it's so cool!

[Elidor]

6. What a great story at Snopes

"What luck you say? Nope, WGN ballasted all their vessels with three to four feet of cement in the bottom. The boat was like a little yellow rubber duckie, and came back up like a duckie oughta do. The boat suffered major cosmetic damages, but little flooding because of water tight doors, except in the pilothouse. Notice the picture where the boat is not quite righted and you can see water pouring out of the wheelhouse door. The chair washes out, and Jimmie told me he was holding on to the controls with all his might to keep from going out the drain and into the river."

[BreweryYardRat]

7. Very cool!

Thanks for posting something this interesting.