From: G5press@aol.com
Sent: Friday, June 12, 1998 7:48 AM
To: Charles Hymes
Subject: Urban legend from Charlotte, NC

About a week ago, I was in a night class at Queens College here in Charlotte
when the following story was related during the discussion portion of a Law
and Business class (go figure).  It sounds like a legend to me, but not one
that I've heard before.  According to the speaker, a friend of his working at
Norfolk NWS heard about a freak accident.  Supposedly, a mechanic was working
in the bomb bay of an airplane and was wearing soundproof ear guards.  Another
mechanic, unaware of the first guy's position, closed the doors of the bomb
bay, cutting the first mechanic in half.  The first mechanic (or what was left
of him) was still alive, but was told by "them" that there was nothing they
could do for him and that if the doors were opened, his entrails would spill
out and he would die.  Face with impending doom, the mechanic sent for his
family so that they could say "goodbye" to one another before the end.
Apparently, they drove to the flightline, said goodbye, and then left before
the doors were opened.

When telling this story to a friend, I was told that a similar story was
contained in a book she thought was titled "Aztec."  In the story, a man is
cut in two by a large rock, nothing can be done, his family is called, etc.
What do you think?

Todd Perkins