It was just another cold winter day in Crystal, Minnesota when Mike Parker noticed an unusual sight close to his house. The neighboring train tracks were entirely covered in golden kernels of corn as far as the eye could see. This extraordinary sight resembled the Yellow Brick Road from The Wizard of Oz.
After he snapped a picture of the tracks, Parker naturally shared it on Twitter. Users there thought his picture was fake; after all, the spill was too clean, and no wild animals were enjoying this embarrassment of edible riches. Despite all the skeptics, though, it turns out Parker’s photo was totally real. The spill occurred on the Canadian Pacific train line and stretched approximately 2,000 feet long. The amount of corn lost to the tracks was estimated to be around 900 bushels or about $3,500 worth of the grain.
IT'S REAL!
— Adam Belz (@adambelz) January 7, 2020
ht @Mike1Parker pic.twitter.com/uw6k4Mqgq4
It turns out, very few animals got to enjoy the bounty of corn kernels that awaited them. Railroad workers used a high-rail vacuum truck to suck up the spill and took the golden path with them.
Corn spilled on the tracks by my house the ducks and deer haven’t found it yet pic.twitter.com/UIdcT0aWKO
— Mike Parker (@Mike1Parker) January 5, 2020
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