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Ever heard the one about a Navy officer who left a bar and needed to bypass a Breathalyzer on his vehicle, so he used a raccoon to do the job?
If you've been on Twitter or Facebook at all in the past 24 hours, you almost certainly have.
The report, posted on Imgur.com and Reddit, involved a Navy petty officer at Camp Pendleton using a raccoon to blow into the Breathalyzer to start the vehicle, rendering said raccoon unconscious from squeezing it, then later suffering a sneak attack from the suddenly conscious animal, all leading to man, beast and vehicle crashing into an in-ground swimming pool.
Spectacular, right? How could you not share that with everyone? Turns out, it's also simply a terrific tall tale.
"I called police records, and while they were highly entertained, they confirmed (the story) is absolutely a hoax," 1st. Lt. Savannah Frank, a public affairs officer at Camp Pendleton, told the San Diego Union-Tribune.
Eric Durie, a spokesman for Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, also told the New York Daily News, "while humorous, it's not real."
Too bad. But it's still a pretty good story.
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