Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for August 01, 2012
July 31, 2012
August 02, 2012
Transcript:
Self driving cars are street legal in Nevada, USA! Since brown tree snakes mysteriously made their way to the island of Guam in the 1940s- their numbers have grown to 2 million, and they have driven nearly all the island's native birds to the brink of extinction! In 1985, mountain climber Joe Simpson was climbing Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes and injured his leg, slipped and fell from the mountainside, crashed through a glacier- but was still able to crawl back to his camp!
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SharkNose over 12 years ago
Man, it’s been ages since I crashed through a glacier…
flagfly over 12 years ago
What are the “odds” of people being hit? Maybe the snakes will start in on each other. As for the climber…“OW”!
Stephen Gilberg over 12 years ago
Clearly, Guam needs an influx of golden orb weavers. Remember when RBIoN covered that?
Fan o’ Lio. over 12 years ago
A self driving car is one you drive yourself. I’ve never had any other kind.
Puddleglum2 over 12 years ago
“Ah, you don’t believe we’re on the brink of extinction!“Eve of Destruction” – Barry McGuire
tbritt99 over 12 years ago
The snakes will overpopulate, diminish their food source & die out. Then the birds will come back & the cycle will start all over again.
corpcasselbury over 12 years ago
Joe Simpson is one tough man. Not to mention totally blessed, since that episode should have killed him, or at least injured him severely.
Scott S over 12 years ago
They had those in Total Recall, the first one.
If you tried skipping out on the fare, it would try to run you down.
iced tea over 12 years ago
Those snakes just hiss in their own pit.
comicnut4636 over 12 years ago
Well, he was lucky when he stopped falling, he was five feet from camp!!!
Casey Southards over 12 years ago
That is the instinct of survival.
rclake1963 over 12 years ago
Snakes are the DEVIL!
Puddleglum2 over 12 years ago
@corpcasselbury,Just don’t hate the play-on-words, please!
barefoottech over 12 years ago
Not very mysterious. Several documentaries have covered their arrival via the immense amount of Air transported cargo during WW2.