Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for February 15, 2025

Thank you Governor West.

Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were cruising down the Oregon coast.

Coming around a bend they saw a magnificent BALD EAGLE in the middle of the road.

When Mick swerved to miss it he lost control of the car and they plummeted off a cliff to their death.

I suppose one could say it was a Tragic Case of Killing Two Stones with one Bird.

In Pennsylvania, all bodies of water are considered public up to the high-water mark. Walking in a creek cannot be prosecuted as trespassing.

In Barbados all land between the highest and lowest tide marks are owned by the people of Barbados. There are NO private beaches and hotels etc have to provide access for natives.

There was a movie about a guy who traveled cross country on a riding lawnmower.

I recall trump being scared by a bald eagle a few years ago and yet he was fearless during an apparent assassination attempt and stood up before bodyguards declared it was safe.

He also deemed it safe a few days later when he held someone’s child to his head at another rally.

Either it was a hoax or the guy’s stupid.

l’ll draw a caricature of the first commentor to reply ‘both’!

Kudos to Oregon’s governor Oswald West!

Benjamin Franklin, after the Constitution was ratified, responded to the query as to whether we had a republic or a monarchy replied, “A republic. If you can keep it.” Franklin also suggested that the turkey should be the national bird. It took about 230 years, but I’d submit that TPG# has well and truly vindicated the perspicacity of Franklin’s reply and the insight of his suggestion.

(#) The Present Guy

If Oregon’s coasts are classified as highways, can you drive on the beaches? Do you have to pay a toll to walk down the beach?

“I’ll just dangle my forearms and hands in this strange position and they’ll think I’m skating.. yuck-yuck.”

My grandfather worked building bridges on the OR coastal Hwy, gorgeous and still in operation today.

If someone gets hurt on those public places, guess who is sued.

I don’t believe any of these

And that’s why it’s called the West Coast, folks!!!

It may not be a highway in the way we think of highways, but it is public and therefore everyone has the right to use it and it cannot be privatized.