dpb wrote:

Edwin Pawlowski wrote:

"Malcolm Hoar" wrote in message

Those videos depict exactly what I would expect. It looks
a much smaller piece of wood and it travelled just a few
feet.

The OP's scenario involved what I think was a much larger
piece of wood. And the distance involved was hugely greater.


Yes, it was larger in length, but narrow, like a spear. I could not
find the photo, but I've seen pieces even thicker through garage
doors. 108 mph is pretty fast for a spear.


The "unusualness" here is the apparent distance and the length of the
piece. While narrow, as I've mentioned earlier, it isn't symmetric
nor balanced like a spear or a rocket making _keeping_ it going once
it got started quite a trick. The entrance velocity being sufficient
after the traveled distance is a neat trick. Would need to see the
whole area in context to have any chance at all of figuring out what
actually happened. It's never been amplified that I'm aware, but I'd
kinda' lean towards the scenario being the work was going on at second
floor or eave height so it was actually falling most of the way after
launch even though above grade where it fell. But that's purely
conjecture. Try even through a piece of moulding like that as a
javelin -- it isn't real easy to keep it from going sideways and then
air resistance knocks it down very quickly. I still wonder if the
whole thing isn't faked/hoax, frankly, even though the OP claims not...

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But they would not be using the molding until the house (assumed) was
closed in. My vote is still for a prankster - kids with special talent
and curiosity, or worker on constr. site up to tricks with some power
tool.