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Saturday, March 14, 2009 3:13 AM EDT

Stolen 'dozer buried at golf course

WEATHERFORD, Texas — A golf course in Texas had a heavy duty hazard: A bulldozer reported stolen a decade ago has been found buried under a fairway. The Dallas Morning News reports Thursday that investigators located the bulldozer at Canyon West Golf Course in Weatherford.

Detective Tyler Farrell with the Tarrant Regional Auto Crimes Task Force says a former golf course worker contacted authorities after noticing part of the bulldozer while fertilizing the course. Farrell says a tractor also used to build the golf course was reported stolen after work began in 1996 and has not been recovered.

Insurance fraud, anyone?

Really though, I don't know if/how they insure construction equipment like that. Funny story though!

Clem

This was a pretty common practice in the 1980's. Lots of stolen equipment was shipped to the middle east back then too.

And how was this just found now???

You have no idea how common this is. The early 80s were reallll bad.

neon4891 wrote: And how was this just found now???

I can't understand how they didn't find it when it happened (how can you bury a bulldozer without someone noticing?) After it was buried and hidden, if it was underground, theres no way that they would have discovered it unless they botched the burying. As long as there would be ~1 foot of soil on top of it, no one would ever know, assuming they don't do extensive work on the fairway.

not necessarily. Depending on what kind temps and soil conditiions they have in that part of texas.. the fairway could have sunk or the ground could have slowly heaved it up.

My late grandfather's place in PA used to have less grass every year due to a LARGE boulder that was slowly rising up out of the ground and taking over.