The Missing Diver Mystery

September 8, 2006 5:40 AM

In case of The Missing Diver Mystery, all is not as it seems...
posted by Acey (9 comments total)

Ahem, that should be "In *the* case of...."

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posted by Acey at 5:47 AM on September 8, 2006

I like the arch understatement in this comment from the harbormaster: "Criticisms in the media of our ability to conduct a search properly have proved to be unfounded."
posted by maryh at 5:52 AM on September 8, 2006

Haha, what a dick.
posted by thirteenkiller at 6:11 AM on September 8, 2006

It is understood that the search operation to rescue Mr Harvey cost at least £10,000.

I hope they're at least going to wring that out of him (to be paid in public service, not cash). And that his wife kicks his ass.
posted by pracowity at 6:56 AM on September 8, 2006

So it appears that he did all this because he wanted to sneak to the mainland to engage in shenanigans.
Flashmanesque
posted by Flashman at 8:28 AM on September 8, 2006

Here in Colorado we currently have a missing marine ...
posted by carter at 9:44 AM on September 8, 2006

I'm very confused. If he went ashore in Dorset for shenanigans, how did he end up floating unconscious in the Channel?
posted by owhydididoit at 9:51 AM on September 8, 2006

Is it common in England to get off the island by faking your own death? It's like "Escape from New York".
posted by stbalbach at 12:40 PM on September 8, 2006

It wasn't England he fled, it was Guernsey. Rather more understandable. A small town in a bottle (okay, 65000 people in a bottle). Apparently the main reason he went over to Dorset was to get rid of the diving equipment he'd left home with.
posted by dhartung at 1:51 PM on September 9, 2006