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The comedy4cast network. Let's dog ear that for now.

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This is comedy4cast, Episode 807, A Passage to San Isidro.

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It's time once again for the Dog Days of Podcasting, a call for podcasters to

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try to put out a podcast every day in August.

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For more information and to hear all the shows, go to dogdaysofpodcasting.com.

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Here at the comedy4cast Studios, we've been working on a new format for this year's Dog Days.

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Sure, like in years past, there will be an actual odd news story, but that's not all.

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So, let's get started with Odd News Plus.

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Here are our odd news stories for Thursday, August 15th, 2024.

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First up, a look at your daily horoscope. If you're a Capricorn,

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today will find you in a pessimistic frame of mind.

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Be sure to take some time to go out for a jog. It will improve your mood.

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And that will be very helpful when you come home and find out that a meteorite

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has destroyed your home.

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Now, let's get to our actual, for real, odd news story.

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Last week, on Chacabuco, a cobbled street in the historic district of San Isidro,

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Argentina, a delivery driver was sitting in his vehicle waiting for a customer.

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Suddenly, the driver heard strange noises under his vehicle.

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I think any noise coming from under your car would be strange.

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I mean, I don't think anyone ever said, that super loud scraping noise that

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started after I ran over that speed bump?

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I'm sure it's nothing. Cars be cars.

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But back to the story.

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Looking under the vehicle, the driver saw a thick metal rod coming up from the street itself.

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He immediately notified authorities.

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At this point, we bid farewell to the anonymous driver, because his part of the story is done.

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We'll never even know if the customer he was waiting for ever arrived.

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So let's say, yes, they did. And they gave the driver a big tip.

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When police arrived on the scene, they noted that the Banco Marco Bank's Chacabuco

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branch was very near the mysterious rod.

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Police officials notified bank officials, who notified technician officials,

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who checked the bank alarms and determined that everything was secure.

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They notified the bank officials, who notified the police officials.

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Then, police brought in an investigative unit, and an excavation of the street around the rod began.

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Oh, sure, but when I want a pothole fixed on my street, nobody gets here that fast.

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Note to self, place mysterious piece of metal in pothole. According to police,

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the inconspicuous rod led down three meters to a 150-meter-long tunnel.

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What? That's over 490 feet long.

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The tunnel began in a nearby unused shed at 567 Chacabuco.

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I went and took a look on Google Maps to check this out.

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This tunnel started about halfway down one city block, went underneath a busy

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intersection, and then down most of another city block to get to the Banco Marco branch.

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Ranch, and estimates are it took six to nine months to dig this tunnel.

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Upon further investigation of the shed, authorities noticed excavation machines

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on the premises and a mountain of dirt on a mattress.

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For a 490-foot-long tunnel? That would be some mountain of dirt and a pretty strong mattress.

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Serta or Tempur-Pedic needs to jump on this and get it into their ads.

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A stairway led down to the tunnel, where wooden planks were used for walls.

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There were also electrical lights.

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The illicit excavators even spray-painted universal navigation directions on

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the wall planks, arrows that pointed towards dollar signs.

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The case was immediately compared to the so-called Robo del Siglo,

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or Heist of the Century, that took place in 2006.

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In that robbery, six robbers breached a Banco Rio branch just 20 blocks away

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from the Banco Marco branch.

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The thieves entered the bank through a tunnel they had burrowed into the room

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holding safe deposit boxes.

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The robbers got away with a total of $19 million U.S.

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They were found four months later, after the ex-wife of one came forward.

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Four of the accomplices were sentenced to prison but are now free. Two were never caught.

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I think I know how they might be keeping themselves busy.

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And finally, in entertainment news, Jeopardy is reeling from a contestant's

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response during a recent taping.

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On the episode, when contestant Dieter Watterson asked for the $400 answer in

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the potent potables category,

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Ken Jennings replied, the answer is, which was immediately followed by an electronic

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sound and a special graphic.

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Jennings continued, the Daily Double.

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Watterson quickly replied, what is the graphic on that screen?

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After a pause, the answer was ruled to be correct. What is the graphic on that screen?

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The answer is the Daily Double.

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Producers are workshopping a new line for Jennings to say.

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That about wraps it up for today's odd

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news plus a big thanks to the comedy4cast

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patrons for helping make this show possible story voices and original music

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by clinton alvord copyright 2024 all rights reserved talk to you next time but

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for now that's it we're done done done done done bye-bye.

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Music.