This aged Jeep Wagoneer was plucked from its unintended burial plot along Ballston Beach, in Truro. AdvertisementThe aged vehicle was plucked this week from its unintended burial plot along Ballston Beach in Truro using a front-end loader and a chain. As the Cape Cod sand dune continued to shift with the rolling ocean tides and high winds, it overwhelmed the wooden shed where the white Jeep Wagoneer had been parked, all but burying it. Morris, the contractor hired to move the Jeep, said the homeowner's family made off with a few trinkets. But because a coastal dune is a natural resource area under the Wetlands Protection Act, difficulty kept mounting.
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Jeep buried in sand dune for 40 years in Cape Cod is finally unearthed
A Jeep buried in sand in Massachusetts 40 years ago has finally been dug out.Work crews early Friday pulled out the rusted remnants of what John Munsnuff says was once his family's "beach buggy" at the home they've long owned near Ballston Beach in Cape Cod.The Jeep had once been painted white with a green interior. It had been stored in a garage that was long ago buried by shifting sand dunes.Munsnuff says the family was unable to remove the Jeep or dismantle the now-collapsed garage all these years because of environmental regulations around the dunes, which also have swallowed up parts of a nearby town beach parking lot.Munsnuff says he snagged a few souvenirs from the barely recognizable wreckage, including the Jeep's hub caps and door handles.
(AP) — A Jeep buried in sand in Massachusetts 40 years ago has finally been dug out. It had been stored in a garage that was long ago buried by shifting sand dunes. Munsnuff says he snagged a few souvenirs from the barely recognizable wreckage, including the Jeep's hub caps and door handles. The Jeep had once been painted white with a green interior. Work crews early Friday pulled out the rusted remnants of what John Munsnuff says was once his family's "beach buggy" at the home they've long owned near Ballston Beach in Cape Cod.
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