A small misunderstanding.....

Matthew called me this morning and said that a man came in the co-op and told him that a guy had stolen a tank from Fort McClellan and was being chased by the police down the highway. He said I may want to watch the local news to see what was going on.

My mind immediately went to a video that I have seen more than once of a tank that was stolen and driven (out of control) down a busy highway destroying anything and everything in it's path.

I was thinking, "Oh my, this could be really bad!!" I couldn't find anything on the tv or the internet about it so, I called the co-op in Jacksonville (it is located on the highway that the "chase" was on). I asked if they had heard anything about it. The guy there said, "is that what that was?" He said that about 30 min. before that a tank with about 3 sheriff's deputy cars behind it (sirens on) came by the store. He said that he didn't know how fast a tank would go, but that it was moving on.

Well, I felt I had confirmed that yes, this story must be true!! I still couldn't believe there was no news coverage of such an important event!! Where was this lunatic going?? What had he already demolished in his path?? Why did noone care to inform the public of such a happening as this?? (In the meantime I called my friend, Pam, to make sure she wasn't going to be traveling that way anytime soon).

I kept scanning the news channels for any information.....but nothing. A little while later my sister called me with what turned out to be the last update of the pursuit........the tank was heading to JSU......by police escort.....it was heading there to......be displayed during the homecoming festivities at the college......

.......well, atleast noone was hurt, right? Talk about a misunderstanding!

I guess the guy that told Matthew about it had seen the tank with the police escort, or heard someone that had seen it and everything else was an assumption. We all know what happens when you assume things, don't we? Well, I got a good laugh at the end of it all!!