[duggy9]

nice

[Rusty666]

[johnleeknoefler]

Thanks for this very interesting piece of history.

[King Herald]

I remember seeing that decades ago and thinking of that last couple of seconds the guys had to make the decision: hang on, or drop, then it was too late.

Horrifying.

[MisterX]

the ship itself looks evil

[TwistedPrincess]

the city of akron is evil. i think that is where the halfbuilt thing called rex's erection was back in the mid 70's or so. rex humbard monument he never finished that i know of. kent state where the 4 were killed wasn't all that far from akron and bath township where jeffrey dahmer lived for a while is very near akron. ohio altogether sucks. but that has to be something to do with the weather in relation to chicago the windy city.

interesting post. i am surprised i never heard about that one. spent my first 15 years in akron and the following three back and forth. maybe its because it isn't a good thing, sorta like how akron dropped the title "the rubber capital of the world" (firestone, goodyear, goodrich). buckeyes, and especially akronites are really into reputations and hiding and covering up the past that is less than something that makes them look good. at least they were that way. don't know how they are these days.

[Brometheus]

That Bob Cowart is such a young guy at that time.. why did he sound like a snaggle toothed old man?

[AlvinKarpis]

Originally Posted by Brometheus ↗

That Bob Cowart is such a young guy at that time.. why did he sound like a snaggle toothed old man?

Because the two hours that it took the Einsteins on the Akron to reel Cowart in added 50 years to his life

[AlvinKarpis]

Originally Posted by TwistedPrincess ↗

the city of akron is evil. i think that is where the halfbuilt thing called rex's erection was back in the mid 70's or so. rex humbard monument he never finished that i know of. kent state where the 4 were killed wasn't all that far from akron and bath township where jeffrey dahmer lived for a while is very near akron. ohio altogether sucks. but that has to be something to do with the weather in relation to chicago the windy city.

interesting post. i am surprised i never heard about that one. spent my first 15 years in akron and the following three back and forth. maybe its because it isn't a good thing, sorta like how akron dropped the title "the rubber capital of the world" (firestone, goodyear, goodrich). buckeyes, and especially akronites are really into reputations and hiding and covering up the past that is less than something that makes them look good. at least they were that way. don't know how they are these days.

Never been to Akron

But when I see or hear the cities name the first thing that pops into my head is home of every major tire company

I dont even know if all the famous tire companies are still there or not, but in my mind thats what Akron is and always will be

[Brometheus]

i have to ask. .what was so horrifying about this to you? why did it deserve to be on ripley's believe it or not?.. you make it seem like its something supernatural.