Radium Pellet in his pillow

[sr71blackbird]

As rare snow fell on the city that early morning, FBI agents secured the industrial neighborhood around the site, and a small army of agents and scientists converged on the business. Soon the renter of the storage closet in question, a homeless man, happened on the odd scene and asked the officers not to cut his padlock. He supplied the key.

The scientists sent in a robot to snag a duffel bag in which the man had been storing a cigar-size radium pellet -- which is used to treat uterine cancer -- since he found the shiny stainless-steel object three years before. Not knowing what the object was, he had wrapped it in his nighttime pillow.

Officials said he has not exhibited any signs of ill health, yet. The man, whose name could not be obtained, was released.

Five tense hours after their radiation detectors had spiked, officials concluded there was no security crisis in the storage locker.


Story (http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A60519-2004Jan6?language=printer)


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[high fly]

Didn't we all learn from the movie, Repo Man that radiation was good for you?

" and they ask me why I drink"

[pennington]

At least everyone was doing their job. But how many homeless people have their own storage lockers?

[MizzleTizzle]

Wasn;t Gary Coleman in a movie where lived in a bus station locker? Why do i think of these things?

[ChrisTheCop]

That movie was On The Right Track Mike, very early 80's. I think he also helped people betting on horses too. I guess that paid for the digs.

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