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[Rajack]

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/miami-dade/fl-marathon-locked-in-trunk-20160204-story.html

A man who said he fell into his car's trunk and got locked in after a walk on the beach was rescued Wednesday by Monroe County Sheriff's deputy who heard him knocking for help.

The oddball incident began about 9:30 p.m. when Monroe County Sheriff's Deputy Seth Hopp answered a call about a report of a suspicious vehicle parked near Sombrereo Beach. There, Hopp said he found a 1997 Lincoln Continental with all four doors open but no one in sight.

Drawing closer, Hopp said, "I then began to hear a knocking coming from the closed trunk."

Come out, Hopp ordered after announcing himself as "Sheriff's Office."

I can't, answered a voice that turned out to belong to be 32-year-old Rob Moore of Marathon.

"I opened the trunk and a...male emerged," said Hopp. And the male had an unusual explanation for his predicament.

After going for a walk on the beach, Moore told the deputy, "he was looking for the keys to the vehicle and had accidently fallen in the trunk while searching for the keys. The trunk then closed on top of him."

What happened to Moore's keys remains unknown. The deputy may have opened the trunk using an in-car release, said Monroe County Sheriff's spokeswoman Becky Herrin.

During his interview with Hopp, Moore told the deputy he had in the car a pill bottle containing marijuana.

Moore was charged marijuana possession, a first degree misdemeanor.

Moore's mother arrived and drove him home in the Lincoln, Hopp said.

"Certainly these are unusual circumstances," said Herrin. "But we have no reason to believe it happened in any way other than what he described."

I can't even imagine how this would happen.

 

[ChubbyHuggs]

Don't most cars have a latch or pully thatbopens the trunk from inside?

 

[Aiii]

Hey, at least they managed to bust him for having a small bit of weed. I feel safer already.

 

[30yearsofhurt]

Florida? Florida.

 

[23qwerty]

During his interview with Hopp, Moore told the deputy he had in the car a pill bottle containing marijuana. Moore was charged marijuana possession, a first degree misdemeanor.

What kinda moron

 

[DiscoJer]

I actually had that happen once when I was a kid.. However it was a hatchback (80s Toyota Supra), so I managed to get the back seat down and wiggle out.

I can't even imagine how this would happen.

Maybe a pelican landed on it? When I lived in Florida, I never had that problem with the trunk, but they would decide to land on my hood a lot (in my Mustang Convertible). And one time the passenger seat and we went for a ride a while which was pretty surreal. Though not as surreal as if he had been driving.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Should have kept his keys in his front right pocket.

 

[BocoDragon]

What kinda moron

Sounds smart enough to me. You're locked in the trunk of a car that has an illegal drug in it and at the mercy of a police officer... I'd come clean.

Though BTW the fact that's illegal is insane and immoral in 2016.

'Merica (Colorado and Oregon excluded).

 

[Monocle]

I've had many similar experiences in my long and storied career as a gynecologist.

 

[Jarrod38]

Come on Florida Man.

 

[GeoGonzo]

I... I don't think that's what happened at all. Probably some shady deal went wrong and that was the only story he could think of.
-edit-
But then again, I don't really know and I probably should pass judgement! Nevermind.

 

[bobnowhere]

It's like one of those guys that turns up to the emergency room with a vacuum up their arse and swears blind they were cleaning in the nude and just slipped.

 

[Darth Karja]

Don't most cars have a latch or pully thatbopens the trunk from inside?

The one in my car is hard to find, and if it is dark in there good luck finding it.

 

[Pookmunki]

SG was here

 

[Monocle]

SG was here

 

[spindashing]

Please keep Kimmy's step dad out of season 2.

 

[Currygan]

 

[Johndoey]

I guess he's got it on lock.

Spoiler

Had a lot of junk in the trunk.

Spoiler

Sometimes police are key

Spoiler

I guess he got booted.

Spoiler

Did he take up shadowboxing?

 

[GoldenEye 007]

Don't most cars have a latch or pully thatbopens the trunk from inside?

Car was a 1997 Lincoln Continental. Doubt those latches were common or mandatory back then.

 

[MechDX]

Don't most cars have a latch or pully thatbopens the trunk from inside?

Mine has a glow in the dark pull so you can still see it if it does close

 

[Tesseract]

i would have just stayed in the trunk

fuck it, yolo

 

[MikeDip]

i would have just stayed in the trunk

fuck it, yolo

Do you keep your Feynman lectures in your trunk? If not, rethink this position mate.

 

[NeonBlack]

Why would his keys be in the trunk?

 

[Tesseract]

Do you keep your Feynman lectures in your trunk? If not, rethink this superposition mate.

do i?!

 

[Skellig Gra]

Don't most cars have a latch or pully thatbopens the trunk from inside?

Only one way to find out.

 

[soundahfekz]

I feel so much safer knowing that he was arrested for weed possession! Thanks for keeping us safe! I can't bear to live in a world with those drug addicts! Good job Florida PD! Our kids are indebted to your good work! May God bless you! America! Ahhhhhhh!

It's funny how police how such an elementary view of the world

Good guys bad guys... Lol

 

[ChubbyHuggs]

Car was a 1997 Lincoln Continental. Doubt those latches were common or mandatory back then.

Only one way to find out.

I need to find a 1997 Lincoln Continental and lock myself in the trunk!

 

[John Kowalski]

Why i'll never have a sedan.

 

[Gordon Shumway]

Florida man doing Florida man things..

 

[Puppet Shadow]

A quick google tells me the 1997 Lincoln Continental has a trunk release button, but can sometimes not work if the fuse is blown, or the relay needs replacing. So I assume you need the keys in the ignition for it to work?

 

[Bluekaveli]

Roflmfao

 

[andthebeatgoeson]

That would flip me out and scare the fuck out of me.

 

[Makai]

This is a metaphor for Apple encryption

 

[Mr Waluigi]

isn't this dangerous?
the one time I found myself locked in a trunk (i was a kid and being stupid with other kids), i nearly passed out
i learned it's not like in the movies

 

[statham]

isn't this dangerous?
the one time I found myself locked in a trunk (i was a kid and being stupid with other kids), i nearly passed out
i learned it's not like in the movies

Yes and its also highly unlikely he fell into the trunk.

 

[Jarmel]

Wait why were all the doors open if he had lost his keys and how was he able to open the trunk?

 

[ChubbyHuggs]

Wait why were all the doors open if he had lost his keys and how was he able to open the trunk?

Car was probably unlocked and he was looking for the keys to start it. Pressed the trunk button, went around back and then fell into his trunk.

 

[Jarmel]

Car was probably unlocked and he was looking for the keys to start it. Pressed the trunk button, went around back and then fell into his trunk.

How do you even fall into a trunk unless it's a SUV?

 

[Pai Pai Master]

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/miami-dade/fl-marathon-locked-in-trunk-20160204-story.html



I can't even imagine how this would happen.

He was probably high lol I've done some dumb things when high, not that dumb tho

 

[ChubbyHuggs]

How do you even fall into a trunk unless it's a SUV?

I honestly have no clue. I'm hoping we get an update in the future about him being robbed and tossed in the trunk.

 

[1.21Gigawatts]

Yes and its also highly unlikely he fell into the trunk.

I've heard of people falling dick first into others peoples vaginas. Nothing is impossible.
http://nymag.com/thecut/2015/12/saudi-millionaire-rape-charge.html

 

[SugarDaddy]

dude prolly got robbed, gunman forced him in the trunk gg wp mr crime man

 

[lenovox1]

I honestly have no clue. I'm hoping we get an update in the future about him being robbed and tossed in the trunk.

dude prolly got robbed, gunman forced him in the trunk gg wp mr crime man

Why would they leave all the doors open and take nothing? Why wouldn't they assume the car had a trunk release like most modern vehicles?

I'm thinking he was high and is dumb.

And the modern phosphorus trunk release pulls weren't a safety standard until 2000 and were first implemented by the Ford Motor Company across their entire fleet (is what I think I'm reading).

https://www.federalregister.gov/art...hicle-safety-standards-interior-trunk-release

 

[CountAntonius]

Roflmfao

 

[ChubbyHuggs]

Why would they leave all the doors open and take nothing? Why wouldn't they assume the car had a trunk release like most modern vehicles?

I'm thinking he was high and is dumb.

Who said they took nothing? If he had drugs and got robbed, it's not like he's going to blubber to the police, "They took my drugs!"

 

[Dalek]

"Do you hear that?"

 

[adj_noun]

'Merica (Colorado and Oregon excluded).

Washington too. I have a recreational weed store just down the street from me.

 

[Al-ibn Kermit]

Sounds smart enough to me. You're locked in the trunk of a car that has an illegal drug in it and at the mercy of a police officer... I'd come clean.

Though BTW the fact that's illegal is insane and immoral in 2016.

'Merica (Colorado and Oregon excluded).

He was probably getting stoned while walking along the beach. I've done that several times too but not right before driving home.

 

[subrock]

Hey, at least they managed to bust him for having a small bit of weed. I feel safer already.

This guy sounds like a hardcore addict. Lock him up and throw away the key

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Don't most cars have a latch or pully thatbopens the trunk from inside?

Yes they do. However, maybe not in a 1997 Lincoln. The earliest I remember is 2000.