Oregon trucker missing for days emerges from wilderness

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  1. supersnackbar

    supersnackbar Road Train Member

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    Is the Pope catholic, does a bear poop in the woods? All Prime drivers are lost...that's how they became Prime drivers
     
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  3. lovesthedrive

    lovesthedrive R.I.P.

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    It says in the article he was walking through snow. That grass is awful green for recent snow.
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  4. UsualSuspect

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    Let me get this right, his GPS took him the wrong way, he gets stuck, but is familiar enough with the area to figure out how to hike to a place where he can get home? Something smells about this, and it isn't the potato chips.
     
  5. Hoofbeats

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    Makes you wonder if he has a mental ailment or if he really is that stupid.
     
  6. supersnackbar

    supersnackbar Road Train Member

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    Here is the GPS he must have

     
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  7. eek111

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    Sooooo.... he got a 34 hour reset? Win!
     
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  8. KillingTime

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    On the Shoe-leather Express.
     
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  9. All4Safety

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    He's nothing but a bad ###!!! Good for him! We need more of his type driving. Just get yourself our of your mess!
     
  10. Hoofbeats

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    He's nothing but a dumb ###. There are so many ways he screwed up. As people have pointed out,he lives local but needed a GPS. He also started walk at midnight right after he got stuck. He should have stayed with the running truck where he had shelter in warmth. He should have waited until daylight to get a better assessment of the situation. He more than likely would have been able to simply disconnect the tractor from the trailer.

    This quote sums it up:

    "He took his cowboy boots off and put on flip flops," Henry said.

    Oregon truck driver missing for 4 days emerges from wilderness
     
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  11. Concorde

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    Personally If it was me, I'd have disconnected from the trailer and bobtailed into town.

    I'd also have taken a couple bags of chips and left an IOU..

    Perhaps I'd have used the chips to mark my trail.
     
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