Somebody in My Town Went Full Send Last Night.

"HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo) 10/31/2020 at 23:01 • Filed to: None

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This morning an abandoned Tahoe was found in the Chequamagon Bay. At approximately 3:00 Am last night someone tried to go straight north at an intersection where that isn’t an option.

Here’s a satellite image of the intersection. The vehicle was headed north on Sanborn Avenue, blew through the intersection, up an embankment, over some trees, and right into Lake Superior about 50 ft below. They must have been FLYIN’. Rough estimate, they flew a good 125-150’.

And here’s the shots you want to see. Said Tahoe in said body of water. These pictures were shared on the Ashland Small Town News FB page. A few people in the comments have joked that it’s a bit early to be driving out on the ice lol.

And evidence of why you get huge fines when you dump a car into water. Look at that trail of oil. Probably doesn’t help that the oil pan was most likely damaged when they hit the embankment. Also notice that in this shot you can’t even see the road. That’s a walking path. Which is why the embankment is there. To prevent cars from crashing into people on the walking path.

As I mentioned the car was abandoned when found. So no report of anyone being injured in the crash. I’m sure once the police get the VIN, an plate # they’ll be arresting someone. I do plan on running over there in the morning to check it out myself. Gonna bring the boy with me and show in first hand how dangerous drunk driving is, as that’s a pretty safe assumption of what happened here. Hopefully get a video to share with you guys as well. I couldn’t do it today cuz I was working.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 10/31/2020 at 23:33

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Stolen, I’d wager.

I wonder how the liability for the enviro damage works there... does the state try to pin it on the owner for not securing the vehicle?

Or, does JK Simmons step in and make it all OK?

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 10/31/2020 at 23:33

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Aww that poor GMT400 Tahoe 

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 10/31/2020 at 23:33

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Damn pelicans again

ranwhenparked > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 10/31/2020 at 23:34

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Damn pelicans strike again

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 10/31/2020 at 23:37

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That is an impressive leap. Odd that they made it out the back door. 

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 10/31/2020 at 23:38

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That was my first instinct, it it’s also happened shortly after bar  close (2:30am) so it’s just as likely that the guy didn’t want add a DUI the the list of charges he’s going to get. 

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > ranwhenparked 10/31/2020 at 23:39

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How did two people end up posting this? Is this quote a reference I don’t get? I tried googling it and got nothing. 

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 10/31/2020 at 23:39

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How did two people end up posting this? Is this quote a reference I don’t get? I tried googling it and got nothing

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 10/31/2020 at 23:40

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https://jalopnik.com/the-guy-who-crashed-a-bugatti-into-a-lake-has-been-sent-1748158995

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/31/2020 at 23:40

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I’m thinking the frame  bent enough to stop the front doors from opening, or at least make it harder.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/31/2020 at 23:41

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It’s also possible that they went out that door because it’s the closest to land. 

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 10/31/2020 at 23:42

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Oooh  yeah

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 10/31/2020 at 23:42

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Hitting water at a shallow angle at that speed could easily have done so. Could have even broken a window so I'm  surprised I don’t see much damage.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 10/31/2020 at 23:42

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Since then anyone who crashes a car into the water was pelican’ d

Beefchips > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 10/31/2020 at 23:43

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F

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 10/31/2020 at 23:43

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Keep us posted— even blotto the guy (and I’d be certain this is a guy) would surely know that the VIN was going to give him away.

I guess he waded to shore? Have no idea how cold it is, but having followed some college FB teams around your neck-of-the-woods in October a few years back? I’d assume it was cold enough to make his stipples nick out. My coldest recent winter was an early October snow squall in Appleton.  From the stands.  Of a football game.  don’t ask.

MM54 > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 10/31/2020 at 23:44

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Them duke boys are at it again...

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 10/31/2020 at 23:45

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This is like an Automotive Version of the Concentration Home Game...

shop-teacher > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 10/31/2020 at 23:45

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Definitely drunk driving, abandoned to avoid DUI.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 10/31/2020 at 23:47

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That video is still... awesome. I love the roostertail of water shooting up.

“I think it’s a Lambo, dude”.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 10/31/2020 at 23:47

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Last time I jumped into Lake Superior in October I, and I’m not exaggerating, thought I was gonna die. There’s a trail north of here that leads to a cliff that’s great for diving. A huge areas of 20ft deep water under little  20ft cliffs. Me an a few buddies all did it. We all regretted it. 

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Beefchips 10/31/2020 at 23:48

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HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 10/31/2020 at 23:49

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It was most likely rusted to hell anyway. 

ranwhenparked > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 10/31/2020 at 23:50

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Its from that famous Bugatti Veyron lake crash incident back in 2009 - also the source of the “pretty sure its a Lambo, dude” meme. Owner intentionally crashed his car into a lake for insurance fraud, tried to claim he was started by a pelican.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/12/18/man-who-drove-1m-bugatti-into-lake-goes-jail/77561978/

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 10/31/2020 at 23:50

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The Legend Lives On From Chequamagon on Down,
In the Big Lake They Call Gitchee Gumee

The Lake It is Said, Backs Up “Stop Sign Ahead”,
When The Tahoes From Last Call Come Zoomin’

ranwhenparked > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 10/31/2020 at 23:53

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Also, referencing Cobb shifters a ny time someone wrecks a Subaru, or manages to escape injury in a Subaru crash.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 10/31/2020 at 23:53

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Yeah.  I hate that.  Really hate it.  Like daggers straight into every muscle in your body.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/31/2020 at 23:55

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I like this one

ttyymmnn > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 11/01/2020 at 00:31

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A few years ago three guys in some small car came at an extreme rate of speed and hit the jersey wall at the end of this road. This is an overpass, and o n the other side of the impact point is a wall that drops down about 30 feet to the road behind a restaurant. The guys hit the wall, flipped over and fell down against the restaurant, and the car caught on fire . Yeah, they all died.

CB > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 11/01/2020 at 00:37

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Stolen, impaired driver, or both would be my bet.

CB > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 11/01/2020 at 00:39

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Wasn’t expecting a Gordon Lightfoot reference today.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 11/01/2020 at 00:41

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That's some serious speed and air!

BaconSandwich is tasty. > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 11/01/2020 at 00:42

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I didn't think Lake Superior ever got warm.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 11/01/2020 at 00:43

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This deserves more stars. :P

BaconSandwich is tasty. > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 11/01/2020 at 00:43

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Well, if it wasn't before, it will be now!

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > BaconSandwich is tasty. 11/01/2020 at 01:04

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It’s pretty impressive, that thing flies by the camera . How high up is that camera? 

facw > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 11/01/2020 at 01:50

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VIN gives you away, but it probably gives them a much better shot at avoiding a DUI.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 11/01/2020 at 02:20

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Red Bull make give you wings but if you add vodka then you only fly like a turkey.

One wonders whether this is a drunk accident or a drunk suicide attempt that ended up being a drunk accident...on the other hand, no-one yet knows it the driver made it to shore.

Jayvincent > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 11/01/2020 at 03:17

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I -can’t- believe there’s 38 responses posted including 3 references to the “ Pelican made me do it” and no one has pointed out the “KWIK TRIP” convenience store on the corner... It was a kwi k trip and and a sudden stop I’ll bet! (Glad the fool lived, but the police are going to catch up with him, either at home or at the hospital )

shop-teacher > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 11/01/2020 at 04:41

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Blotto guy knows he's busted, but wants to sleep off the booze before the cops come a-knockin'.

OPPOsaurus WRX > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 11/01/2020 at 07:48

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Sme did that near me but there was a porch on the other side of the grass mound

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Jayvincent 11/01/2020 at 09:07

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Also I just noticed the Kwik Trip isn’t even there. I guess Google hasn’t updated their photos of Ashland Wo for a few years. It’s there on Apple Maps.

AdverseMartyr > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 11/01/2020 at 10:32

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I’m pretty sure this happens when someone is trying to view a lunar eclipse while driving. It’s hard to notice little things like roads ending when you are looking up at the stars.