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Japan tsunami-struck Harley surfaces in Canada
Posted on 03 May 201212,572 Views2 Comments
Rusted bike found in a large white container has been returned to the owner
It must have been a wild ride. Japanese media say a Harley-Davidson motorcycle lost in last year's tsunami has washed up on a Canadian island about 6,400km away.
The rusted bike was found in a large white container where its owner, Ikuo Yokoyama , had kept it. He was located through the license plate number, Fuji TV reported Wednesday. "This is unmistakably mine. It's miraculous ," Yokoyama told Nippon TV when shown photos of the motorcycle.
Yokoyama lost three members of his family in the March 11, 2011, tsunami, and is now living in temporary housing in Miyagi prefecture.
The motorcycle is among the first items lost in the tsunami to reach the west coast of North America. In March, an Alaska man found a football and later a volleyball from Japan; their owners were located last week using names inscribed on the balls.
Canadian Peter Mark, who found the bike and its container , told Fuji that he "couldn't believe that something like that would make it across the Pacific" . The report said he found it April 18 on Graham Island, off the coast of British Columbia. The motorcycle was caked with "a lot of corrosion, a lot of rust," said Mark.
When he saw the Japanese license plate, Mark wondered if it might have drifted from Japan after the tsunami, and contacted a TV station.
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Vatsal
It is astonishing, shocking and pleasant surprise for the owner.
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Fuck-Alla-n-Islam
What's the fuxxing use of finding rusted piece of shxx ? It's garbage.
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