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A crew working on the new football field at Shel-
ton High School recently unearthed the rem-
nants of a car, shining a light on a local legend
thathas persisted for more than 50 years.
Photos courtesy of the She/ton School District‘
Robert Herron,
She/ton School District
facilities director, on mystery
of the unearthed car
MyStery: Swamp car, racer ohperhaps, a timescapsule
continued from page A-1
Herron said he felt “obli-
gated” to tell every contractor
working on the site about the legends.
“Up until the football field project, I
think each of the contractors was a little
disappointed that they did not discover
the mystery swamp car,” he wrote.
“The contractor that ended up’find-
ing the car was teasing me just the
week before, calling it Robert’s myth
car.”
The Journal asked members of the
social media page “Well, You Might Be
From Shelton If ...” to share knowledge
or theories about the mystery car.
“It was an old orchard and lots junk
before the new high school was built,”
wrote Shelton resident Terry Roberts
Mills.
Mike Fox noted that Vic Wright
owned a junkyard nearby that cov-
ered much of Island Lake Manor.
“There was a racetrack built around
the wrecking yard where all the guys
worked on the race cars and stuff,” he
wrote. “Schnitzer, Diggles and many of
Shelton’s race ‘car drivers were always
around Entertainment for kids was
force stripping off the hood of a car and
then having Vic or Dad tow us around
the racetrack like we were, inner tubing
on the lake.”
Did one of those race cars end up un-
der the football field?
Other Shelton natives believe they
can pinpoint the culprits.
“I believe it was the Class of ’73,”
wrote Shelton High School alumnus
Kathy McDowell, now a member of the
Shelton City Council. “Had to put in the
ground while the football field was be—_
ing constructed. I believe it was like a
time capsule.”
“I heard it was from the Class of ’75,
the last class to graduate from Irene
Reed High School,” wrote Joey Dowty
Wilkerson. “They wanted to leave their
mark. I was told that’s the story I re-
member and I’m stickin’ to it.”
Kelli Vander Wal Dahman offers a‘
provocative theory.
“Remember when Bonnie and
Clyde’s car came to town? Maybe they
buried it up there? I read somewhere
that it’s whereabouts is unknown.”
No one has identified the make or
the model of the unearthed car.
“The contractor could not really tell
if it was a car in whole that had dete-
riorated substantially over time or was
just buried pieces of a car or cars,” Her-
ron wrote.
“Because all that was found really
was a pile of parts.” ‘ i
No other items have been found un-
derground on the campus. Maybe the
car was abandoned in the swamp and
was just filled over, Herron said.
“No matter what the actual truth is,
the myth will live on,” he said.