Missing Wife Found by Alaska Troopers
> The day after his wife disappeared In a kayaking accident,
> an Anchorage man answered his door to find two grim
> faced Alaska State Troopers.
>
> "We're sorry Mr. Wilkens, but we have
> some information about your wife", said
> one of the troopers.
>
> "Tell me! Did you find her?", Wilkens exclaimed.
>
> The troopers looked at each other.
>
> One said, "We have some bad news, some
> good news, and some really great
> news. Which would you like to hear
> first?"
>
> Fearing the worst, the ashen Mr. Wilkens said,
> "Give me the bad news first."
>
> The trooper said, "I'm sorry to tell you, sir,
> but this morning we found your
> wife's body in Kachemak Bay ."
>
> "Oh my God!", exclaimed Wilkens.
> Swallowing hard, he asked, "What's
> the good news?"
>
> The trooper continued, "When we
> pulled her up, she had 12 twenty-five-pound
> king crabs and 6 good-sized Dungeness
> crabs clinging to her, and we
> feel you are entitled to a share in the
> catch."
>
> Stunned, Mr. Wilkens demanded, "If
> that's the good news, then what's
> the great news?"
>
> The trooper replied, "We're going
> to pull her up again tomorrow. "
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