[BITList] How do you total a vehicle without scratching the outside?......... with a BEAR

[John Feltham]

There are no scratches on the outside of this car, but the 
vehicle is totaled ! 

A man in Waterton Park , (south of Calgary ), came out to
Find the inside of his 18 month old Toyota Sequoia trashed.

A grizzly bear had somehow got a door open. Once inside it
got trapped when the door shut behind him, probably by
the wind.

The Toyota was the Platinum edition, all the door panels
were ripped off, the head-liner torn to pieces, all headrests,
the leather seats, the dash shredded. The steering column was
twisted Sideways. Two of the six airbags went off, the other
four the bear ripped to pieces.

You can imagine a trapped grizzly being hit with an airbag in
an enclosed space!  He must have figured he was in for the fight
of his life, and by the looks of this car, he won the fight.

When the bear ripped off the door panels he also clawed all
the wiring harnesses out.  Toyota figures every wire he pulled
or clawed at resulted in alarm bells, voices or sparks.

The head mechanic at Calgary Toyota doubted if they had
the expertise to put this vehicle back together, even if they
had enough parts to do it. And, to add insult to injury, the
bear took a big Dump in the back of the SUV . . . and then
broke out the rear window.
(So a bear doesn’t always shit in the woods.)

Fish and wildlife officers have inspected the damage and
Figure it was a 3 year old Grizzly.

The vehicle has been written off by the insurance company.
The cost of this fully optioned vehicle new was over $70,000, and they stopped counting the repair costs at $60,000 plus. 
 
Don't complain about our Kangaroos now!!!!!!



ooroo

Greetings to you from Townsville, where the weather today was beautiful.

Tomorrow it will be perfect.




-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.bcn.mythic-beasts.com/pipermail/bitlist/attachments/20140203/04635876/attachment-0001.htm 
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image001.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 30087 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://lists.bcn.mythic-beasts.com/pipermail/bitlist/attachments/20140203/04635876/attachment-0008.jpg 
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image002.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 34222 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://lists.bcn.mythic-beasts.com/pipermail/bitlist/attachments/20140203/04635876/attachment-0009.jpg 
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image003.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 25820 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://lists.bcn.mythic-beasts.com/pipermail/bitlist/attachments/20140203/04635876/attachment-0010.jpg 
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image004.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 26999 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://lists.bcn.mythic-beasts.com/pipermail/bitlist/attachments/20140203/04635876/attachment-0011.jpg 
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image005.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 26214 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://lists.bcn.mythic-beasts.com/pipermail/bitlist/attachments/20140203/04635876/attachment-0012.jpg 
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image006.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 29825 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://lists.bcn.mythic-beasts.com/pipermail/bitlist/attachments/20140203/04635876/attachment-0013.jpg 
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image007.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 26778 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://lists.bcn.mythic-beasts.com/pipermail/bitlist/attachments/20140203/04635876/attachment-0014.jpg 
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image008.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 30762 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://lists.bcn.mythic-beasts.com/pipermail/bitlist/attachments/20140203/04635876/attachment-0015.jpg