admiring his decision to stand up for himself. Who’s laughing now?
OREGON MAN TRAPPED FIVE DAYS IN SUV WITH HIS DOG SURVIVES ON TACO SAUCE PACKETS Jeremy Taylor’s four-wheel-drive vehicle got stuck Feb. 24 in snow on a U.S. Forest Service road as he headed to do some off-road driving in the wilderness outside the central Oregon city of Bend. As night fell, Taylor, 36, decided to sleep in his SUV with his Australian shepherd, Ally, and hike out the next day, his aunt, said in a telephone interview. Taylor fashioned some snowshoes from pieces of the roofrack he uses for his kayak and started off the next day. But after a mile (1.6 kilometers), he had to return to the truck because the dog was sinking in the deep snow and could not continue. Taylor carried Ally back to the car and the two hunkered down there, sharing a sleeping bag to keep warm. Taylor had a full tank of gas and was able to blast the heat briefly when it got unbearably cold and ate a few packets of taco sauce he had with him, she said. He and the dog drank melted ice, but his aunt said does not think Taylor fed the 20
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dog hot sauce. “That’s his world right there, that dog. She goes everywhere with him,” Tremaine said of the dog. “He would never, ever leave that dog in the car.” What Taylor did not know is that by Feb. 27, his friends had realized that the self-employed building contractor was missing. He had not shown up to work and no one had heard from him, so friends reported him missing. Search and rescue crews combed the forests outside Bend by snowmobile, airplane and drone and as word spread on social media, friends and acquaintances searched on their own using snowmobiles. On Friday afternoon, a snowmobiler found Taylor and he and his dog were brought out of the woods on a snowcat, a type of snow tractor, and they were reunited with family and friends. He returned home to find his roof was damaged from heavy snow and his water pipes were frozen, Tremaine said.
come back to life after being underground for over a year. But how far can it go after taking a bottle of Coke? The people at Garage 54 on You tube spared a little of their time and made this a reality. Using an old, rusty Lada, some guys poured a bottle of Coca-Cola into the fuel tank and then drove it around to see far it can go. The car went through the first kilometer without any problems at all. However, after hitting the 1.7 km (1.05 miles) mark, the Lada’s engine started to act up. The driver tried to salvage the car and keep it running but to no avail – the car stalled shortly. He even tried jump-starting the vehicle while being towed but then again, there’s only so much a Lada can take, especially if it’s not really designed to use Coke as its fuel. As expected, the Lada’s oil filter was drenched in Coca-Cola, as well as its carburetor. We’re guessing all the hoses are filled with Coke, too.
THAT’S A LOTTA LADA
NIGHTMARE: MAN’S CAR STOLEN WHILE HE’S ASLEEP IN THE BACKSEAT
Attempts to murder a Lada have been attempted before. It has ingested vegetable oil, sugar, salt, and only to see it live for a bit and then die. They have also
Autoblog reported about how a New Jersey man’s nap in the back of his car