How do you get rid of a 2000lb bomb that's stuck in a south east Asian village too remote for vehicles to reach?
Rope in an elephant to do the heavy lifting, of course.
The bomb pictured above was found in the village of Phanop in Laos a few days ago by a team from MAG.
The roads were too narrow to drive through, so the MAG workers recruited Bounmar the elephant to drag the device out of the village and across a river, where it could be dealt with safely.
Ten other bombs were found by MAG teams in and around Phanop within a week.
(Thanks to Sean Sutton for the pictures.)
posted by Stuart at 19:15
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Stu,
Sorry for the unrelated post - feel free to delete it after you read it.
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"How do you get rid of a 2000lb bomb that's stuck in a south east Asian village too remote for vehicles to reach?
Rope in an elephant to do the heavy lifting, of course...the elephant...drag the device out of the village and across a river, where it could be dealt with safely."
:-) :-) :-)
I should not be laughing, but it sounds so funny. That's an adventure anyone should ask for.
Thank you for sharing, Mr. Blogger.
wait - wasn't there some danger that dragging a bomb around like that might cause it to blow up?!?!
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