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In The Bay

What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever seen in a vehicle?

by Lemmy | Dec 13, 2022

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We’ve all found something strange in our mechanical travels. I’ve seen plenty of drugs. Having worked in the Midwest, guns were not unfamiliar. Most were usually accompanied by a pair of muddy duck boots in the passenger footwell. But I found a real good one lately that I’ve never come across in my travels.

Go ahead, look it over. That’s a new one for my catalog of stories. I figured it was a 9mm or similar. I thought that was pretty unique so I had to ~~take a shot~~ snap a picture.

That’s my weird find for the day. I know a few of you have some similar stories. You know what to do in the comments.

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