Pelican Stuns Driver, Bugatti Goes For a Swim

The owner of a Bugatti Veyron drove his $2 million car into a salt lagoon Wednesday after becoming distracted by a low-flying Pelican. According to The Galveston County Daily News, the man, who refused to give his name, was scouting real estate near Galveston when he spotted the pelican. Before he turned the 16-cylinder into a motorboat (probably at around the time he heard gravel chipping the Veyron’s paint) the driver dropped his cell phone and spun the wheel for a save. Too late. “The Veyron’s powerful engine gurgled like an outboard motor for about 15 minutes before it died,” the reporter wrote.
-- Photo by Chris Paschenko, Galveston County Daily News