Sept. 11, 2023
You'll never believe why the pool is green
Get ready to feel a warm glow as we take you on a journey through five incredible tales of human spirit, unexpected discovery, and a dash of mischief thrown in for good measure.
Your heart will undoubtedly swell as we recount the story of Kevin Ford,...
Get ready to feel a warm glow as we take you on a journey through five incredible tales of human spirit, unexpected discovery, and a dash of mischief thrown in for good measure.
Your heart will undoubtedly swell as we recount the story of Kevin Ford, our Burger King hero who, despite personal challenges, maintained an awe-inspiring 27-year streak of perfect attendance, resulting in a tremendous outpouring of kindness from strangers around the globe.
We'll transport you back in time as we delve into the discovery of four perfectly preserved Roman-era swords near the Dead Sea and a potential largest dinosaur skeleton found in a Portuguese man's backyard.
Get your tissues ready for the heartwarming rescue story of Biscuit, a century-old tortoise saved from a Louisiana canal.
And finally, you'll chuckle at the whimsical mystery of the green pools in New Jersey, brought about by a mischievous drone operator.
So, grab your headphones and tune in to this emotion-packed, laughter-filled episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts!
This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5747537/advertisement
Your heart will undoubtedly swell as we recount the story of Kevin Ford, our Burger King hero who, despite personal challenges, maintained an awe-inspiring 27-year streak of perfect attendance, resulting in a tremendous outpouring of kindness from strangers around the globe.
We'll transport you back in time as we delve into the discovery of four perfectly preserved Roman-era swords near the Dead Sea and a potential largest dinosaur skeleton found in a Portuguese man's backyard.
Get your tissues ready for the heartwarming rescue story of Biscuit, a century-old tortoise saved from a Louisiana canal.
And finally, you'll chuckle at the whimsical mystery of the green pools in New Jersey, brought about by a mischievous drone operator.
So, grab your headphones and tune in to this emotion-packed, laughter-filled episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts!
This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5747537/advertisement
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The Shark Deck. I'm Johnny Mack
with five good news stories. Kevin Ford
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00:00:10.800 --> 00:00:15.000
is a Burger King employee who went
viral in twenty twenty two for never missing
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00:00:15.039 --> 00:00:20.600
a day for twenty seven years.
Well he's still doing it. Hasn't missed
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00:00:20.600 --> 00:00:23.600
a day, he told today.
People don't realize what I was going through
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00:00:23.640 --> 00:00:25.679
when all this happened to me.
He said. He was in the middle
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00:00:25.719 --> 00:00:29.199
of separating from his wife and we're
divorced now, but I was devastated from
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00:00:29.199 --> 00:00:31.280
my whole life. I was either
with my wife or kids, so this
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00:00:31.320 --> 00:00:34.200
is the first time I was ever
alone. Then the story about him never
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00:00:34.200 --> 00:00:38.320
missing a day went viral. The
viral video let his daughter Serena, to
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00:00:38.359 --> 00:00:41.240
start a go fund Me so that
Ford could travel to see his grandkids.
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00:00:41.240 --> 00:00:44.479
She said a simple golf two hundred
dollars, but the story inspired thousands of
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00:00:44.520 --> 00:00:48.359
people around the world to donate.
The go fund me got over two hundred
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00:00:48.359 --> 00:00:52.079
and fifty thousand dollars. Actor David
Spade became one of the top donors,
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00:00:52.079 --> 00:00:56.520
giving Ford five thousand dollars. Many
others donated twenty seven dollars. He still
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00:00:56.520 --> 00:01:00.359
hasn't missed a day. Good news
if you're into Roman erasaur words. They
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00:01:00.399 --> 00:01:03.400
found four of them, their wooden
and leather hilts and scabbards and steel blades
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00:01:03.439 --> 00:01:08.840
exquisitely preserved after nineteen hundred years in
a desert cave. Some archaeologists were doing
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00:01:08.879 --> 00:01:12.319
their thing near the Dead Sea in
a cave. They believe the four swords
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00:01:12.319 --> 00:01:15.719
in the head of a javelin were
stashed in the remote cavern by Jewish rebels
20
00:01:15.799 --> 00:01:19.840
during an uprising against the Roman Empire
in the one thirties. You never know
21
00:01:19.920 --> 00:01:26.319
what you'll find. While digging,
a Portuguese man stumbled upon a fossilized sauropod
22
00:01:26.560 --> 00:01:30.760
that might be the largest dinosaur skeleton
ever found in Europe. The man was
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00:01:30.840 --> 00:01:34.840
digging and he noticed these presence of
several fragments of fossilized bones in his yards.
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00:01:34.840 --> 00:01:40.120
So he called in scientists and they
have unearthed several quote important skeletal elements
25
00:01:40.159 --> 00:01:42.920
of a beast that may have been
eighty two feet long. A paleontologist said,
26
00:01:42.920 --> 00:01:47.000
it's one of the biggest specimens discovered
in Europe, perhaps in the world.
27
00:01:47.439 --> 00:01:49.200
It is not usual to find all
the ribs of an animal like this,
28
00:01:49.319 --> 00:01:53.920
let alone in this position maintaining their
original anatomical position. This mode of
29
00:01:53.959 --> 00:01:59.519
preservation is relatively uncommon in the fossil
record of dinosaurs, in particular sauropods from
30
00:01:59.560 --> 00:02:02.879
the Porch's upper Jurassic. Hey,
good news. Biscuit, the one hundred
31
00:02:02.959 --> 00:02:07.960
year pet tortoise back home with his
family. He was found in distress in
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00:02:08.000 --> 00:02:13.479
a Louisiana canal, oh No.
According to a Facebook post from the locals,
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00:02:13.680 --> 00:02:16.879
Animal control officers worked with the Sheriff's
office to retrieve Biscuit from the canal.
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00:02:16.960 --> 00:02:20.919
He was loaded on a truck and
taking a Carro's House, an animal
35
00:02:21.000 --> 00:02:24.199
shelter. Carra's House posted pictures of
Biscuit being reunited with his family on the
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00:02:24.240 --> 00:02:29.280
same day that it was found.
That's great, Okay, good news.
37
00:02:29.439 --> 00:02:32.240
We figured out why your pool is
green. This story's a little mischievous,
38
00:02:32.439 --> 00:02:37.439
and I got admit it makes me
laugh. This is terrible. I shouldn't
39
00:02:37.520 --> 00:02:39.319
laugh at it, but I keep
laughing at it. It was Friday,
40
00:02:39.719 --> 00:02:44.319
the kick off the Labor Day weekend. The general manager of the pool at
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00:02:44.319 --> 00:02:47.240
the Quality Inn in New Jersey noticed
the pool was covered in quote, blue
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00:02:47.240 --> 00:02:51.639
stuff that was turning the water green. At this point, they knew the
43
00:02:51.759 --> 00:02:54.360
drill they had a drain the pool, washingtown fill it back up. Three
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00:02:54.400 --> 00:03:00.520
hours later people were swimming, but
then the manager returned a few hours later
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00:03:00.560 --> 00:03:04.319
to drop off supplies for the next
morning's breakfast service, and the pool was
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00:03:04.520 --> 00:03:07.639
yellow. She checked the security cameras, nobody had driven by. There were
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00:03:07.639 --> 00:03:09.280
no cars in sight, and no
one had walked past the pool or throwing
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00:03:09.360 --> 00:03:15.000
something in. She called a detective
because this kept happening. She told him
49
00:03:15.039 --> 00:03:17.240
it has to be a drone.
The detective said, you might be onto
50
00:03:17.319 --> 00:03:21.840
something. The next day, the
Galloway Police, in partnership with the Federal
51
00:03:21.879 --> 00:03:27.080
Aviation Administration the New Jersey State Police
in the Abscon Police Department, boy really
52
00:03:27.719 --> 00:03:31.400
tracked a drone as it flew from
the Quality in to Comfort Solutions Heating and
53
00:03:31.479 --> 00:03:36.039
Cooling, a nearby business. There
they arrested the owner, who has been
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00:03:36.159 --> 00:03:39.800
charged with multiple accounts of criminal mischief
and harassment. They say that that owner
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00:03:40.159 --> 00:03:45.319
operating the unmanned aircrafty or remote control
and used it to drop packets of sea
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00:03:45.400 --> 00:03:49.319
die into neighborhood pools. Sea die
as a chemical used in water rescues,
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00:03:49.400 --> 00:03:53.879
and it turns with water colors reaching
from bright yellow to fluorescent green. Asked
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00:03:53.919 --> 00:03:59.120
about a motive they think pranking people. It's not funny, stop laughing,
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00:04:00.080 --> 00:04:02.000
or five good news stories for today. Follow the show for free on Apple
60
00:04:02.039 --> 00:04:05.120
Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, wherever
you get your shows. Now you can
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00:04:05.159 --> 00:04:06.680
explain to my WiFi my pol's greed
1
00:00:02.520 --> 00:00:10.679
The Shark Deck. I'm Johnny Mack
with five good news stories. Kevin Ford
2
00:00:10.800 --> 00:00:15.000
is a Burger King employee who went
viral in twenty twenty two for never missing
3
00:00:15.039 --> 00:00:20.600
a day for twenty seven years.
Well he's still doing it. Hasn't missed
4
00:00:20.600 --> 00:00:23.600
a day, he told today.
People don't realize what I was going through
5
00:00:23.640 --> 00:00:25.679
when all this happened to me.
He said. He was in the middle
6
00:00:25.719 --> 00:00:29.199
of separating from his wife and we're
divorced now, but I was devastated from
7
00:00:29.199 --> 00:00:31.280
my whole life. I was either
with my wife or kids, so this
8
00:00:31.320 --> 00:00:34.200
is the first time I was ever
alone. Then the story about him never
9
00:00:34.200 --> 00:00:38.320
missing a day went viral. The
viral video let his daughter Serena, to
10
00:00:38.359 --> 00:00:41.240
start a go fund Me so that
Ford could travel to see his grandkids.
11
00:00:41.240 --> 00:00:44.479
She said a simple golf two hundred
dollars, but the story inspired thousands of
12
00:00:44.520 --> 00:00:48.359
people around the world to donate.
The go fund me got over two hundred
13
00:00:48.359 --> 00:00:52.079
and fifty thousand dollars. Actor David
Spade became one of the top donors,
14
00:00:52.079 --> 00:00:56.520
giving Ford five thousand dollars. Many
others donated twenty seven dollars. He still
15
00:00:56.520 --> 00:01:00.359
hasn't missed a day. Good news
if you're into Roman erasaur words. They
16
00:01:00.399 --> 00:01:03.400
found four of them, their wooden
and leather hilts and scabbards and steel blades
17
00:01:03.439 --> 00:01:08.840
exquisitely preserved after nineteen hundred years in
a desert cave. Some archaeologists were doing
18
00:01:08.879 --> 00:01:12.319
their thing near the Dead Sea in
a cave. They believe the four swords
19
00:01:12.319 --> 00:01:15.719
in the head of a javelin were
stashed in the remote cavern by Jewish rebels
20
00:01:15.799 --> 00:01:19.840
during an uprising against the Roman Empire
in the one thirties. You never know
21
00:01:19.920 --> 00:01:26.319
what you'll find. While digging,
a Portuguese man stumbled upon a fossilized sauropod
22
00:01:26.560 --> 00:01:30.760
that might be the largest dinosaur skeleton
ever found in Europe. The man was
23
00:01:30.840 --> 00:01:34.840
digging and he noticed these presence of
several fragments of fossilized bones in his yards.
24
00:01:34.840 --> 00:01:40.120
So he called in scientists and they
have unearthed several quote important skeletal elements
25
00:01:40.159 --> 00:01:42.920
of a beast that may have been
eighty two feet long. A paleontologist said,
26
00:01:42.920 --> 00:01:47.000
it's one of the biggest specimens discovered
in Europe, perhaps in the world.
27
00:01:47.439 --> 00:01:49.200
It is not usual to find all
the ribs of an animal like this,
28
00:01:49.319 --> 00:01:53.920
let alone in this position maintaining their
original anatomical position. This mode of
29
00:01:53.959 --> 00:01:59.519
preservation is relatively uncommon in the fossil
record of dinosaurs, in particular sauropods from
30
00:01:59.560 --> 00:02:02.879
the Porch's upper Jurassic. Hey,
good news. Biscuit, the one hundred
31
00:02:02.959 --> 00:02:07.960
year pet tortoise back home with his
family. He was found in distress in
32
00:02:08.000 --> 00:02:13.479
a Louisiana canal, oh No.
According to a Facebook post from the locals,
33
00:02:13.680 --> 00:02:16.879
Animal control officers worked with the Sheriff's
office to retrieve Biscuit from the canal.
34
00:02:16.960 --> 00:02:20.919
He was loaded on a truck and
taking a Carro's House, an animal
35
00:02:21.000 --> 00:02:24.199
shelter. Carra's House posted pictures of
Biscuit being reunited with his family on the
36
00:02:24.240 --> 00:02:29.280
same day that it was found.
That's great, Okay, good news.
37
00:02:29.439 --> 00:02:32.240
We figured out why your pool is
green. This story's a little mischievous,
38
00:02:32.439 --> 00:02:37.439
and I got admit it makes me
laugh. This is terrible. I shouldn't
39
00:02:37.520 --> 00:02:39.319
laugh at it, but I keep
laughing at it. It was Friday,
40
00:02:39.719 --> 00:02:44.319
the kick off the Labor Day weekend. The general manager of the pool at
41
00:02:44.319 --> 00:02:47.240
the Quality Inn in New Jersey noticed
the pool was covered in quote, blue
42
00:02:47.240 --> 00:02:51.639
stuff that was turning the water green. At this point, they knew the
43
00:02:51.759 --> 00:02:54.360
drill they had a drain the pool, washingtown fill it back up. Three
44
00:02:54.400 --> 00:03:00.520
hours later people were swimming, but
then the manager returned a few hours later
45
00:03:00.560 --> 00:03:04.319
to drop off supplies for the next
morning's breakfast service, and the pool was
46
00:03:04.520 --> 00:03:07.639
yellow. She checked the security cameras, nobody had driven by. There were
47
00:03:07.639 --> 00:03:09.280
no cars in sight, and no
one had walked past the pool or throwing
48
00:03:09.360 --> 00:03:15.000
something in. She called a detective
because this kept happening. She told him
49
00:03:15.039 --> 00:03:17.240
it has to be a drone.
The detective said, you might be onto
50
00:03:17.319 --> 00:03:21.840
something. The next day, the
Galloway Police, in partnership with the Federal
51
00:03:21.879 --> 00:03:27.080
Aviation Administration the New Jersey State Police
in the Abscon Police Department, boy really
52
00:03:27.719 --> 00:03:31.400
tracked a drone as it flew from
the Quality in to Comfort Solutions Heating and
53
00:03:31.479 --> 00:03:36.039
Cooling, a nearby business. There
they arrested the owner, who has been
54
00:03:36.159 --> 00:03:39.800
charged with multiple accounts of criminal mischief
and harassment. They say that that owner
55
00:03:40.159 --> 00:03:45.319
operating the unmanned aircrafty or remote control
and used it to drop packets of sea
56
00:03:45.400 --> 00:03:49.319
die into neighborhood pools. Sea die
as a chemical used in water rescues,
57
00:03:49.400 --> 00:03:53.879
and it turns with water colors reaching
from bright yellow to fluorescent green. Asked
58
00:03:53.919 --> 00:03:59.120
about a motive they think pranking people. It's not funny, stop laughing,
59
00:04:00.080 --> 00:04:02.000
or five good news stories for today. Follow the show for free on Apple
60
00:04:02.039 --> 00:04:05.120
Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, wherever
you get your shows. Now you can
61
00:04:05.159 --> 00:04:06.680
explain to my WiFi my pol's greed