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Bad Escape
Alcatraz, 1938.
Prisoners Nick and Daryl were aboard a boat to Alcatraz. The boat collided with a rock and turned over. Nick and Daryl swam to shore followed by a guard. He knocked them out. Outside of the prison Daryl grabbed the guard's gun and shot him.
With Nick, Daryl ran from the loosened dogs and guards. They found a boat. The warden followed as the men stole the boat.
'This is the life' cried Nick.
'Hungry for bullets?' called the warden as he shot Daryl. Nick, an identity thief, shot back.
Nick lived another fifty years as a warden.
From Guest Contributor Bayley Kelly
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