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It's the closest thing we have to a real life dragon, it was essentially just a skull with a long neck, bolted on a pair of long wings. This thing would have been quite savage. It would have cast a great shadow over some quivering little dinosaur that wouldn't have heard it until it was too late. – Tim Richards	Found on CNN 2 years ago
At checkout time, we sent a deputy and a maid in, and as soon as we hit the door and said maid service, no one would answer, as we unlocked the door, three people – two adults and a child – were kind of pushed out the door, and the door was slammed and bolted. – Montgomery County Sheriff Rob Streck	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I bolted to my truck or my patrol vehicle and drove down to the gym to find him unresponsive lying on the gym floor. – Joey Knight	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I immediately put it on and I held it up high in the air, as soon as he heard the first note, he bolted. He was just gone. – Dee Gallant	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
I kept recording, and to my amazement the 'dead' animal got to its feet and they both ran away, the animals bolted past my car, I drove after them for a few seconds but they ran into thick bush and was unable to follow them. – Bradley Ballantyne	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
The animals bolted past my car, I drove after them for a few seconds but they ran into thick bush and was unable to follow them. – Bradley Ballantyne	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
Free from gross passion or of mirth or anger constant in spirit, not swerving with the blood, garnish'd and deck'd in modest compliment, not working with the eye without the ear, and but in purged judgement trusting neither Such and so finely bolted didst thou seem. – William Shakespeare	added by anonymous 14 years ago

It's the closest thing we have to a real life dragon, it was essentially just a skull with a long neck, bolted on a pair of long wings. This thing would have been quite savage. It would have cast a great shadow over some quivering little dinosaur that wouldn't have heard it until it was too late.

– Tim Richards

Found on CNN
2 years ago

At checkout time, we sent a deputy and a maid in, and as soon as we hit the door and said maid service, no one would answer, as we unlocked the door, three people – two adults and a child – were kind of pushed out the door, and the door was slammed and bolted.

– Montgomery County Sheriff Rob Streck

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I bolted to my truck or my patrol vehicle and drove down to the gym to find him unresponsive lying on the gym floor.

– Joey Knight

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I immediately put it on and I held it up high in the air, as soon as he heard the first note, he bolted. He was just gone.

– Dee Gallant

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

I kept recording, and to my amazement the 'dead' animal got to its feet and they both ran away, the animals bolted past my car, I drove after them for a few seconds but they ran into thick bush and was unable to follow them.

– Bradley Ballantyne

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

The animals bolted past my car, I drove after them for a few seconds but they ran into thick bush and was unable to follow them.

– Bradley Ballantyne

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Free from gross passion or of mirth or anger constant in spirit, not swerving with the blood, garnish'd and deck'd in modest compliment, not working with the eye without the ear, and but in purged judgement trusting neither Such and so finely bolted didst thou seem.

– William Shakespeare

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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