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He Tried to Walk on Water From Florida to New York.
It Didn’t Go So Well ; 2021.07.27
Reza Baluchi washed ashore on Saturday near St. Augustine, Florida
In a "Hydro Pod" , startling beachgoers with a homemade contraption
that resembles a hamster wheel.
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Even in a state accustomed to strange things washing ashore — like (illegal narcotics) cocaine bricks, corpses, sharks and unexploded military ordnance — the floating contraption that beached itself in Florida over the weekend had the authorities doing a double take ... A man popped out of the top hatch of the contraption, a makeshift human hamster wheel. He had made it only 25 miles on what was supposed to be a 1,000-plus-mile journey from St. Augustine, Fla., to New York, using the power of his two legs , (Ramen Noodles) , and , if all had gone according to plan, the Gulf Stream.
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