Ike uncovers sunken ship in Alabama

[Shellie]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080920/ap_on_re_us/ike_mystery_ship

[one love]

that is to cool you are going to give Rambo a big smile

[dolfan]

When I was in law school, a farmer in middle Alabama was plowing and turned up what turned out to be a sea turtle's remains. Carbon dating put it way, way back (not debating that here, just pointing out what the story said). I learned that it has happened on other occasions in Alabama that farmers or excavators have discovered sea turtle remains far inland. Interesting stuff.

When I was in high school, I heard the legend of the dumped cannon. One of the local high schools had a cannon they fired at football games. In the early 60's, the rival cross town school supposedly dumped it over the bridge into the Tennessee River. Never knew if it was true. Then, about 10 years ago, they were getting ready to build a replacement for the lift-bridge that's been there since the early 1900's, and in erecting the pillars, they discovered (gasp) a civil war cannon. I thought, "That's no civil war cannon, that's the school's cannon!" Sure enough, about 3 days later the guilty parties admitted they'd done it and identified the cannon as the one they dumped almost 50 years ago into the river.