When Michael Hatfield, of Lee's Summit, accidently dropped his car keys to the bottom of a lake, he used a common garden hose rather than common sense to try to reach them. Using the hose as a snorkel and a twenty pound anchor to aid in the descent, he tried twice to locate the keys. On his second attempt the hose slipped from his mouth, and he became disoriented. A spotter, holding a rope that had been tied to Hatfield's waist, sensed trouble and hauled him to the surface. Hatfield was not breathing and non-responsive for a short time, but eventually began breathing on his own.
Now if they were the keys to the Universe........
Stranger than Fiction Magazine is your premier source for tales of the bizarre and extraordinary. Published quarterly. Established 2004.
Summer 2004 issue (here)
