Show Bizarre Insurance Claims Heard about the Case of the Wrathful Watermelon Watcher HE WAS A key figure in one of the zaniest of bizarre insurance claims cases collected collected collected col col- col- col quarterly by the Western Western Western West West- ern Insurance information Service Spotting some youthful poachers skulking through his ripening melons the Southern California farmer began firing rock salt at them with his shotgun A pellet glanced off a water pump and struck the farmers farmer's barking dog Fido promptly bit a neighbor who had run to the excitement up see while the kids skipped with more than a dozen sweet logs 6 L L. L L ANOTHER canine was in involved involved involved in- in in a Colorado caper reported This pup scooted out into the street to escape a pursuing dogcatcher A truck driver swerved to miss the pooch and rammed into you guessed it the dogcatchers dogcatcher's paddy wagon Then there was the beekeeper beekeeper beekeeper bee bee- keeper who took a truckload of sick bees to the University of Washington for an examination examination examination exam exam- and arrived while a student demonstration was taking place The bees got loose and swarmed over students students students stu stu- stu- stu dents and faculty stinging at will So effective were the bees in helping end the demonstration demonstration demonstration dem dem- that some students claimed the beekeeper was in cahoots with school authorities authorities authorities author author- AND IN New Mexico a well- well digger complained that he al almost almost almost al- al most drowned because he struck water 15 feet ahead of where the geological report said he would while a Texas rancher shot up the airplane of a rainmaker who had promised promised promised prom prom- April showers but produced none A burglar who stole six suits from a Hollywood home whined to the home owner via post card from San Diego that he had spent 35 having the suits altered to fit him In La Jolla another house breaker left a note chiding the owner for his poor taste in wine and a religious felon carved the first verse of Genesis on ona ona ona a San Francisco kitchen table an antique before departing departing departing depart depart- ing with pounds of frozen meet and an apricot pie WACKIEST explanation for foran foran foran an accident was this offered by a Sacramento citizen Coming home I drove into the wrong house and collided with a tree I dont don't have r 1 None of these however tops last years year's case of the driver who plowed into a fence when he was distracted by a woman in topless attire chasing a aI small boy down the street I A POLICEMAN parked across the street confessed he didn't see the accident |