I originally posted this on advrider - but I'm cross posting it here in hopes that someone knows the story? :drinks:
For years, during the Jekyll & Hyde Ride, we would stop at the James Peak overlook and you could see a pickup truck that someone had (apparently) driven off the cliff and crashed/stuck half way down.
We'd look and ponder how on earth it got there, how many beers were involved, and whether the person was still with us, etc..
Here's Opie on July 13, 2008 on the 2nd Jekyll & Hyde Ride at the James Peak overlook.
You can see The Mystery Truck glistening in the late afternoon sun...
I just discovered Google Earth has historical images - here's a satellite capture of that truck on 10/2/2011 - note the path near the truck I've highlighted with an orange arrow for a common reference between the following images:
Here's another image from 2011:
Going back with historical satelite data, we can see the truck has been there quite some time - you can even see it in January 17 imagery from 2005 in the snow:
We even have a window of when the accident occured: It was not there on or before 10/11/2004 - so sometime between October 11, 2004 and January 17, 2005.
Fast forward to October 9, 2015 and the truck is gone!!?!
Where did it go?
Did the greenies lobby and whine until the taxpayer footed the bill for a retrievel?
How would you even retrieve it?
I'd love to know the story of this truck... how it got there.. how it got removed.
One of the mysteries of life I guess...
For years, during the Jekyll & Hyde Ride, we would stop at the James Peak overlook and you could see a pickup truck that someone had (apparently) driven off the cliff and crashed/stuck half way down.
We'd look and ponder how on earth it got there, how many beers were involved, and whether the person was still with us, etc..
Here's Opie on July 13, 2008 on the 2nd Jekyll & Hyde Ride at the James Peak overlook.
You can see The Mystery Truck glistening in the late afternoon sun...
I just discovered Google Earth has historical images - here's a satellite capture of that truck on 10/2/2011 - note the path near the truck I've highlighted with an orange arrow for a common reference between the following images:
Here's another image from 2011:
Going back with historical satelite data, we can see the truck has been there quite some time - you can even see it in January 17 imagery from 2005 in the snow:
We even have a window of when the accident occured: It was not there on or before 10/11/2004 - so sometime between October 11, 2004 and January 17, 2005.
Fast forward to October 9, 2015 and the truck is gone!!?!
Where did it go?
Did the greenies lobby and whine until the taxpayer footed the bill for a retrievel?
How would you even retrieve it?
I'd love to know the story of this truck... how it got there.. how it got removed.
One of the mysteries of life I guess...