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Strange Claims, But True
The Sunday Age
Sunday June 18, 2006
A MOTORIST who claimed he crashed his car after a spider was sucked through an air vent and onto his face is among a list of insurance claims in Victoria over the past year.
AAMI insurance spokesman Geoff Hughes said it was on old adage but truth was often stranger than fiction. He said the spider claim had been checked by the company's investigators, accepted as legitimate and paid out. Other claims lodged with AAMI over the past year included:? A woman who complained her car had been attacked by a cockatoo. The bird destroyed the rubber lining around the windows, windscreen and wipers, particularly when she used chilli sauce on the affected areas to try to deter it. ? A man who was in his car with his girlfriend on Valentine's Day. She asked him to close his eyes while he was driving as she wanted to surprise him with a gift. He closed his eyes, careered across the road and crashed into a milk bar. No one was injured.? A man on a farm who left his dogs in his car. The dogs got a little bored and began chewing the inside of the car. A cow, drawn by the noise, came along and began head-butting the car.? A man who left his car to go fishing but when he returned found it underwater because of the rising tide.
© 2006 The Sunday Age
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