Apparently,
it happens...and more often than I would have expected.
I recently took a roadtrip with a friend to Southern
Arizona, to spend a few days with my good friend, Cheyenne McCray. On the way, we spied a space capsule out in
the middle of a field, next to I-10. Yep,
you read that right...looked like a space capsule fell out of the sky and came
to rest in the Arizona desert. How did
it get there? Did they lose track of
it? Can that even happen? Was there a momentary black-out on their
radar systems?
Thank
God it didn’t fall on my house!!!
Being
your basic Doubting Thomas, I decided it had to be a hoax and drove on by. But then when stumped for a blog topic, my
friend reminded me of the strange space capsule we had seen. So, I decided to research it. Because who leaves a perfectly good space
capsule laying in a field in Arizona, anyway?
That must create national security issues. Isn’t there a department responsible for
picking up lost space capsules?
Okay,
here’s the deal. When you have something
that goes bad and is no longer serviceable, but is damn heavy, what do you do
with it? Haul it to the dump and pay
tremendous fees to have them take it off your hands? No! And
how would you load it, anyway? Not gonna
happen!
Alright,
I’m getting ahead of myself. The item I’m
talking about is a cement mixer.
Yep...you heard that right...a cement mixer from a big ‘ol cement truck has something in common with a space capsule.
Apparently, the cement mixer thing had outlived its
usefulness and the wife of the guy who owned it wouldn’t let him bring it
inside the house. So, there it sat, until
some clever mind (an artist named Jack Millard) was creative enough to turn it
into lawn art, or in this case, field art.
Be sure to check out and “like” Jack Millard’s
facebook page at:
Because
here is what we saw sitting next to I-10 between Phoenix and Tucson. Great, huh?
Well, apparently, it’s so great that people have actually placed calls
to 911 to report it. Imagine how fun
that first call was to get! LOL
Imagine
my surprise when I start snooping around on the internet and run across another
space capsule in a field in Oklahoma! It
seems Arizona isn’t the only place to have a cement mixer drop from space. Apparently, the lost cement mixer of
Winganon, is reported to have landed in 2011.
Be sure you go to their page and “like”
it!
So...not
just one space capsule sitting abandoned at the side of the road, but two! We have either become the most wasteful
society on the planet, or the most creative...I vote for creative.
Anyway,
if you are ever traveling between Phoenix and Tucson, watch for the space
capsule in the Arizona desert...and be sure to email me if you see it. I’d love to hear about the strange and
unusual sights you have seen in your travels, especially if you’ve seen the
sister capsule in Oklahoma. I’m thinking
about making a trip back there in the spring...so I need an address. LOL
Well,
that’s my story, silly and spacey, and I’m stickin’ to it. Hang on tight now, ‘cuz we’re gonna go real,
real fast!
Love
Ya,
Kayce
That is awesome!!! I've done a lot of driving in Arizona and there's a LOT of weird stuff out there. But I've just always thought that's part of what makes our state so unique and fun! :)
ReplyDeleteCOOL blog, Kayce. The pic of the cow in the astronaut getup made me laugh! Thanks :)
I saw that! He's so cute. :)
DeleteWell, obviously I'm not taking enough road trips.
ReplyDeleteGreat blog, Kaycee. You never fail to disappoint me. Alway interesting and great for a good laugh. Love your stories! Thanks!
Road trip!!!
DeleteSorry friend, Channel 5 beat you to this one, although their sleuth reporter didn't know about the sister capsule in Oklahoma!
ReplyDeleteMaybe they need to hire me before they do their reporting half-assed. LOL
DeleteI wish this had been there back when I was doing the Phoenix-Tucson drive regularly. Of course, now I have another excuse for a return trip.
ReplyDeleteUh...yeah. And if you do, the extra bedroom is always open! :)
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