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Man Lived in Ghost Town For 20 Years - Then Cops Discover The Shocking Reason.
So when the cops finally got their hand on the guy, they demanded an explanation from him.
But his reason for being here shocked the officers to their core…
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For a long time, nobody knew that this
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unknown had been living in the infamous
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ghost town for almost 20 years [music]
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now. And quite frankly, nobody could
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understand why he did either. There was
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nothing to find here, and on top of
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that,
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being here was completely illegal. So,
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when the cops finally got their hand on
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the guy, they demanded an explanation
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from him. But his reason for being here
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shocked the officers to their core. It
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had not been easy to apprehend this man
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as he had been doing everything to stay
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out of the hands of the police officers.
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And he had been able to pull this off
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quite successful as he knew this ghost
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town like the back of his hand. But now
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that he was finally in handcuffs, police
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sat him down and demanded an explanation
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for what he was doing here and how he
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had managed to stay undetected for 20
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years. Realizing that there was no way
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out of this,
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the man started to tell his story. The
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police officers were shocked by the
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man's reason for being there.
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How could it have ever gotten to this
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point?
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But why had the man spent 20 years in
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this ghost town?
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Who was he? And what were the police
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going to do with him? But before we
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Many people's belief about the ghost
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city in Alaska was that the last person
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had left the city many years ago. People
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came to believe the notion because basic
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amenities like water and power had been
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cut off from the city while the place
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was left to reclaim nature. From the
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recent happening, it appeared that the
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situation of things in the city wasn't a
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deterrent to everybody. It was
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surprising [music] for the local
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authorities, who were the only ones
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allowed into the ghost town, to realize
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that a man had been living in the place
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by himself for the past 20 [music]
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years. The local authorities were
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shocked and left to wonder how he had
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been done to be left un-caught for
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years.
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The truth was that the authorities might
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never have discovered the man was living
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there
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if not for a complete coincidence. How
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the man had managed to avoid detection
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despite their routine survey of the town
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almost every 3 months was baffling.
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Even though their surveys were always
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quick, it wasn't as if they never
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checked thoroughly. It was evident that
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the strange man's tactics for hiding
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from the police became a bit sloppy
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after 20 long years. This assumption was
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confirmed because on the police arrival
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into the city for surveillance that
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fateful day, they immediately noticed
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something was off in the environment.
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They didn't even have to do a thorough
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check before making some detection that
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led to finding the man. As the police
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drove into the city that day,
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they spotted some smoke plumes rising
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above one of the dilapidated buildings.
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Their first instinct was that something
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had caught fire as they sighted it.
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Based on their thinking, they quickly
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rushed towards it to put it out. Little
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did they know that there was something
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more to the plumes of smoke than just
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something catching fire.
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They were bewildered at their finding.
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What they found in their rush towards
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the source of the smoke caught the
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officers totally off guard. They found a
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campfire on the roof of the small
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building that had smoke initially.
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They also saw some basic supplies for
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cooking.
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These findings confirmed that somebody
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had been living in the house. Without
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hesitation, they searched around the
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small house but found nobody around it.
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They said to themselves that the person
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had probably heard them coming and made
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a run knowing that nobody was allowed in
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the ghost city. As they stood in the
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building, they kept wondering who the
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person could be
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and what the person's for being there
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might have been. The many questions they
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had running through their minds made
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them unusually eager to uncover the
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whole mystery. Immediately, they decided
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to call in some reinforcements along
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with a police dog. They felt the current
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happening was the most exciting and
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surprising that had happened at the
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place in years, so they purposed to do
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everything to find the person. While
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they were waiting for more officers and
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the police dog to arrive, they began to
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do as little detective work on their
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own. Due to their dedication to
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discovering the mysterious person in in
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environment,
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it didn't take long before they started
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to get a better grasp of the situation
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they had at hand.
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Some of the things they found as they
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searched were cans and other items,
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which, from appearance,
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signified to have been there for over a
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decade. For everything they saw, it only
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meant that whoever was living in the
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place had been there for a very long
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time. The more they made the detection,
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the more worried they got, and they
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couldn't but wonder why the person had
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been living there.
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The situation of things in the ghost
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city. They all felt there was nothing in
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the ghost city that could interest
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anybody in the entire universe. The
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situation in the abandoned city was so
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bad that it would take a great effort to
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get essential items like food and water
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there, as the closest city to the ghost
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city was about 3 hours drive away. Had
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there been some form of transportation,
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the movement would have been easier,
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but they all confirmed never to have
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seen a car around the place. As they
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searched further, the officers confirmed
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that the place where they had found the
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fireplace was where the unknown person
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had been staying. They made this
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conclusion because the bed in the house
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appeared to have been slept on recently.
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As their discoveries kept increasing,
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they could no longer speculate about
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what else they would find in the
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so-called ghost town.
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Since they didn't know if the unknown
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man had seen them and was planning
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something against them, the officers
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decided to be proactive.
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They decided to wait in their squad car
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for the other officers and the dog to
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arrive so they could return to the
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house. Not long after they went back
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into their car, more officers arrived
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with the dog. As the police dog arrived
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at the scene, it immediately managed to
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detect a scent that led out of the house
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into the alleyway behind it. Without
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much thought, the officers concluded
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that the person had escaped through the
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path. Unfortunately, as they got further
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away from the house through the dog's
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trace of the source of the scent, which
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it had picked up earlier, it became
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difficult for the dog to determine the
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precise direction of the scent. From the
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happening, the officers assumed that the
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person had gone in circles from the
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point they were.
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The officers were left wondering again.
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When it seemed there was no way forward
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in their search, the officers were left
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wondering why the person was wasting
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time hiding in the middle of the street,
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realizing they were officers trying to
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find who it was.
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They didn't have to wonder for long
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before they figured out the situation of
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things. While still standing at the
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point where the dog lost track of the
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direction of the scent, something
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suddenly flew in their direction from
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one of the roofs. The item landed just
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before one of the officer's feet. They
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immediately realized that the item was a
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can, and the can started smoking the
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impact. What happened to the can that
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came in their direction caught them
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unaware, so they were shocked by the
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strange smoke it produced. After
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recovering from the shock, the cops
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immediately realized they were dealing
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with a stink bomb. The horrible smell
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oozing from the item made the police dog
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extremely upset. The smell was not only
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terrible for the dog, but also made the
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cops uncomfortable. As a result, they
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quickly tried to get away from it in no
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time. After leaving where the stink bomb
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was thrown, they realized it had utterly
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erased the dog's sense of smell.
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Thankfully, the unpalatable situation
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was just for some moments.
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The person escaped again.
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The officers tried not to let the
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unpleasant situation discourage them.
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Out of the blues, two officers
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volunteered to get up to the roof where
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the stink bomb was tossed. To their
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greatest surprise again, they saw
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nobody.
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It dawned on them that the person had
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gotten away again. Instead of the
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situation discouraging them, it only
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made an unusual drive to get the person
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too well up in them. With the new
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strength they had gained from the recent
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escape of the person, they were so sure
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of one thing.
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They were so sure they would find the
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person. Even though the person was
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trying to escape from them, the cops'
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determination to find him was at its
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peak. Without hesitation, they put more
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effort into the search.
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When they ended up getting to him, the
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man explained
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that he had been living here for the
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past 20 years. He was wanted for unpaid
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debts and figured nobody would find him
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there. But luckily for him, the debts
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had all been cleared after so long. So,
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the man could return to normal life.
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