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This is comedy4cast, Episode 807, A Passage to San Isidro.
It's time once again for the Dog Days of Podcasting, a call for podcasters to
try to put out a podcast every day in August.
For more information and to hear all the shows, go to dogdaysofpodcasting.com.
Here at the comedy4cast Studios, we've been working on a new format for this year's Dog Days.
Sure, like in years past, there will be an actual odd news story, but that's not all.
So, let's get started with Odd News Plus.
Here are our odd news stories for Thursday, August 15th, 2024.
First up, a look at your daily horoscope. If you're a Capricorn,
today will find you in a pessimistic frame of mind.
Be sure to take some time to go out for a jog. It will improve your mood.
And that will be very helpful when you come home and find out that a meteorite
has destroyed your home.
Now, let's get to our actual, for real, odd news story.
Last week, on Chacabuco, a cobbled street in the historic district of San Isidro,
Argentina, a delivery driver was sitting in his vehicle waiting for a customer.
Suddenly, the driver heard strange noises under his vehicle.
I think any noise coming from under your car would be strange.
I mean, I don't think anyone ever said, that super loud scraping noise that
started after I ran over that speed bump?
I'm sure it's nothing. Cars be cars.
But back to the story.
Looking under the vehicle, the driver saw a thick metal rod coming up from the street itself.
He immediately notified authorities.
At this point, we bid farewell to the anonymous driver, because his part of the story is done.
We'll never even know if the customer he was waiting for ever arrived.
So let's say, yes, they did. And they gave the driver a big tip.
When police arrived on the scene, they noted that the Banco Marco Bank's Chacabuco
branch was very near the mysterious rod.
Police officials notified bank officials, who notified technician officials,
who checked the bank alarms and determined that everything was secure.
They notified the bank officials, who notified the police officials.
Then, police brought in an investigative unit, and an excavation of the street around the rod began.
Oh, sure, but when I want a pothole fixed on my street, nobody gets here that fast.
Note to self, place mysterious piece of metal in pothole. According to police,
the inconspicuous rod led down three meters to a 150-meter-long tunnel.
What? That's over 490 feet long.
The tunnel began in a nearby unused shed at 567 Chacabuco.
I went and took a look on Google Maps to check this out.
This tunnel started about halfway down one city block, went underneath a busy
intersection, and then down most of another city block to get to the Banco Marco branch.
Ranch, and estimates are it took six to nine months to dig this tunnel.
Upon further investigation of the shed, authorities noticed excavation machines
on the premises and a mountain of dirt on a mattress.
For a 490-foot-long tunnel? That would be some mountain of dirt and a pretty strong mattress.
Serta or Tempur-Pedic needs to jump on this and get it into their ads.
A stairway led down to the tunnel, where wooden planks were used for walls.
There were also electrical lights.
The illicit excavators even spray-painted universal navigation directions on
the wall planks, arrows that pointed towards dollar signs.
The case was immediately compared to the so-called Robo del Siglo,
or Heist of the Century, that took place in 2006.
In that robbery, six robbers breached a Banco Rio branch just 20 blocks away
from the Banco Marco branch.
The thieves entered the bank through a tunnel they had burrowed into the room
holding safe deposit boxes.
The robbers got away with a total of $19 million U.S.
They were found four months later, after the ex-wife of one came forward.
Four of the accomplices were sentenced to prison but are now free. Two were never caught.
I think I know how they might be keeping themselves busy.
And finally, in entertainment news, Jeopardy is reeling from a contestant's
response during a recent taping.
On the episode, when contestant Dieter Watterson asked for the $400 answer in
the potent potables category,
Ken Jennings replied, the answer is, which was immediately followed by an electronic
sound and a special graphic.
Jennings continued, the Daily Double.
Watterson quickly replied, what is the graphic on that screen?
After a pause, the answer was ruled to be correct. What is the graphic on that screen?
The answer is the Daily Double.
Producers are workshopping a new line for Jennings to say.
That about wraps it up for today's odd
news plus a big thanks to the comedy4cast
patrons for helping make this show possible story voices and original music
by clinton alvord copyright 2024 all rights reserved talk to you next time but
for now that's it we're done done done done done bye-bye.
Music.