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Haggis Hurlers Find Piano

We always knew those Scottish were a bit odd, what with their haggis hurling, rubber boot tossing contests, and passion for deep-fried Mars Bars. But they're good, solid folk, and they take care of the gifts of nature they have by cleaning up their mountains every so often.

Last week on Ben Nevis--at just over 4400 feet, it wins the badge for Britain's highest mountain--a volunteer group of rubbish collectors found a piano. Mystified, the Sherlock Holmes of the gang found a cookie wrapper under the piano dating from 1986, quickly surmising that the instrument had enjoyed its mountain top resting spot for over twenty years.

A little controversially, Kenny Campbell has come forward and claimed he carried it up in 1971 as a charity fundraising escapade. While another group claim to have done the deed as a drunken prank, Kenny seems more plausibly insane to us. Whichever crazy Scots are responsible, the Scottish Tourism Board recommends this walk up "the Ben", but doesn't give any hints on the best instrument to carry. We prefer something easier to dismantle: a 105-piece drum kit should do the trick.

[Image via Haylstrom Head/Flickr]

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