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Netlore Archive:  Emailed images reveal the real, bird-brained culprits behind a series of coin thefts from a car wash change machine

Description:  Emailed images
Circulating since:  2002
Status:  True w/errors
Analysis:  See comments
 


Email example contributed by Rose W., 14 April 2004:

FW: Car Wash

Bill owns a company that manufactures and installs car wash systems. (Magic Wand Car Wash Systems, just in case you want to buy one.) Bill's company installed a car wash system in Frederick, Md. Now understand that these are complete systems, including the money changer and money taking machines.

The problem started when the new owner complained to Bill that he was losing significant amounts of money from his coin machines each week. He went as far as to accuse Bill's employees of having a key to the boxes and ripping him off. Bill just couldn't believe that his people would do that, so they setup a camera to catch the thief in action. Well, they did catch him on film!

That's a bird sitting on the change slot of the machine
That's a bird sitting on the change slot of the machine.


The bird had to go down into the machine and back up inside to get to the money!
The bird had to go down into the machine, and back up inside to get to the money!

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