Extinction

A little over a week ago my daughter was involved in an auto accident while out running errands with her 2 month old son. Daughter and grandson are fine, minivan was totalled. She was willing to take all the blame - but I have another theory. I think she was just embarrassed to admit what really happened.

WENATCHEE — A 29-year-old Wenatchee man told police a pterodactyl caused him to drive his car into a light pole 11:30 p.m. Thursday.
Wenatchee police cited the man with first degree negligent driving. A breathalyzer test showed “a minimal amount of alcohol,” said Wenatchee police Sgt. Cherie Smith.Witnesses told police the man was northbound on Wenatchee Avenue and drifted into a southbound lane for less than a block. Oncoming traffic stopped and waited for the man to pass, Smith said.He then totaled his car on a light pole in the 200 block of North Wenatchee Avenue, Smith said.When police asked the man what caused the accident, his one-word answer was “pterodactyl,” Smith said.A pterodactyl was a winged reptile that lived more than 65 million years ago. The man was driving a 1994 Cadillac DeVille.He was treated and released at Central Washington Hospital, hospital officials said this morning.— Rachel Schleif, World staff