They Stole a What?!
A man early one morning had been called out on a job in a small town in the province of Almería. He loaded his car and went back to pick up something else, unwittingly leaving the keys in the ignition. As he was coming back he heard some boys talking. One of them said, "Either you take it or I do, man. We can go down to the next town." He discovered what they were talking about when he heard the engine turn over and his car leave without him. Now, how could he explain to the bereaved that his hearse, along with the coffin ready to pick up the dearly departed, had been stolen?
If you're going to go for a joyride, there must be more unobtrusive cars to steal. Because a hearse is going to stick out like a tiara on a pig. If you steal a blue hatchback, people are going to be looking for a blue hatchback and will see hundreds. But not many people own a hearse. There are few on the road and are easier to spot. You'll be found fast. Even faster if you suffer a small accident and leave over five thousand euros worth of damage on the hearse.
Because a few hours after denouncing the theft, the hearse was discovered in a ditch with substantial damage. The coffin, at least, was still in the hearse and intact. It was ready for the next call. But, unless the funeral home had another hearse, it was in trouble. There is no information on whether the call early that morning had been answered, or if the family was still awaiting a coffin. Though, one assumes that funeral homes help each other out in emergencies such as this one.
The police collected evidence and discovered that the authors of the theft were local kids. The driver was a sixteen-year-old, helped by a nineteen-year-old friend and another who was fifteen. God knows where the sixteen-year-old got driving experience, because in Spain you can't get a driver's license until you're eighteen. It appears the maturity level of the three was less than that warrented by their ages.
And their short careers as car thieves has hopefully come to an end. Professionality was seriously missing.
If you're going to go for a joyride, there must be more unobtrusive cars to steal. Because a hearse is going to stick out like a tiara on a pig. If you steal a blue hatchback, people are going to be looking for a blue hatchback and will see hundreds. But not many people own a hearse. There are few on the road and are easier to spot. You'll be found fast. Even faster if you suffer a small accident and leave over five thousand euros worth of damage on the hearse.
Because a few hours after denouncing the theft, the hearse was discovered in a ditch with substantial damage. The coffin, at least, was still in the hearse and intact. It was ready for the next call. But, unless the funeral home had another hearse, it was in trouble. There is no information on whether the call early that morning had been answered, or if the family was still awaiting a coffin. Though, one assumes that funeral homes help each other out in emergencies such as this one.
The police collected evidence and discovered that the authors of the theft were local kids. The driver was a sixteen-year-old, helped by a nineteen-year-old friend and another who was fifteen. God knows where the sixteen-year-old got driving experience, because in Spain you can't get a driver's license until you're eighteen. It appears the maturity level of the three was less than that warrented by their ages.
And their short careers as car thieves has hopefully come to an end. Professionality was seriously missing.
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