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Paging Tin Foil Ted: Mystery of the Day

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2024 1:10 am
by Rootbeer
Background:
A customer abandoned a Land Rover Discovery II at my repair shop. No license plates, he just bought it. There is a copy of the bill of sale in the window. He declined repairs (transmission) and then disappeared. We tried calling for a year.

Finally got an abandoned vehicle title and started unpacking personal items from the back.

There are three of these insulated cooler backpacks.
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Inside the pack are these compartmented containers.
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Inside the compartmented containers is somebody's mystery... lunch? Everything is the color of aluminum foil.
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The 12oz cans have been drained through small holes in the top and bottom. All labels are totally missing.
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A small tube of Pringles was wrapped in foil and the seal under the cap was turned over so you can't see the label unless yountear the foil. Why??? And the Pringles smell like apples, for some reason.
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Two small bags of Sweet Chili Doritos were opened and turned inside out. The Doritos were then put back in the bags and heat sealed. Whyyy?
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Alright, smart friends, I turn the mystery to you. What is happening here?

Re: Paging Tin Foil Ted: Mystery of the Day

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2024 2:14 am
by Mikey
Someone’s fucking with you.

Re: Paging Tin Foil Ted: Mystery of the Day

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2024 2:19 am
by mvscal
Alien abduction with a side dose of anal probes.

Screwy would be there in a second, but he doesn't have a car or money.

Re: Paging Tin Foil Ted: Mystery of the Day

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2024 2:48 am
by The Seer
Maybe it WAS TIN FOIL Ted...... :shock:

Re: Paging Tin Foil Ted: Mystery of the Day

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2024 3:38 am
by Dr_Phibes
Putting aside the Repo Man vibe, it's Land Rover's son's science experiment from school. I'll wager that in one of the other knapsacks is a potato and a lightbulb. Reason being, the potato will power the light.

Re: Paging Tin Foil Ted: Mystery of the Day

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2024 4:35 am
by Softball Bat
Type Why would someone put aluminum foil over their food and drink items? into Google and you might start having ideas about what could be going on.

The cans (labels missing) that were drained through the small holes were evidently going to be used for something, but I do not know what that something could be.

Re: Paging Tin Foil Ted: Mystery of the Day

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2024 4:53 am
by Dr_Phibes
Softball Bat wrote: Sat Oct 12, 2024 4:35 am The cans (labels missing) that were drained through the small holes were evidently going to be used for something, but I do not know what that something could be.

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Re: Paging Tin Foil Ted: Mystery of the Day

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2024 10:43 am
by Sudden Sam
Those sharp-edged Doritos are shrapnel.

Re: Paging Tin Foil Ted: Mystery of the Day

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2024 11:22 am
by Mikey
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Re: Paging Tin Foil Ted: Mystery of the Day

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2024 12:33 pm
by Screw_Michigan
mvscal wrote: Sat Oct 12, 2024 2:19 am Alien abduction with a side dose of anal probes.

Screwy would be there in a second, but he doesn't have a car or money.
You would have been there if 12 year old girls were hanging out.

Re: Paging Tin Foil Ted: Mystery of the Day

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2024 2:34 pm
by Rootbeer
Softball Bat wrote: Sat Oct 12, 2024 4:35 am Type Why would someone put aluminum foil over their food and drink items? into Google and you might start having ideas about what could be going on.

The cans (labels missing) that were drained through the small holes were evidently going to be used for something, but I do not know what that something could be.
Are you trolling me into putting this phrase into my search history? Sounds like the kind of thing that goes into your DHS file.

I got duped into searching Donald Trump Rule 34 once. Now I'm wary.