Top 10 Most Amazing Tornado "Passengers"
10. 1899: A tornado carries off a horse and three people who spend their impromptu flight dodging the animal's flying hooves.
9. 1991: A personal check breaks the record for the longest measured flight of tornado debris -- 223 miles!
8. 1946: Tornado winds drive a cow's head into the ground, leaving the animal body's sticking straight up.
7. 1966: A woman and her daughter driving in a VW are lifted by a tornado and planted atop a building 70 feet up.
6. On numerous occasions, chickens have been found among tornado debris, completely stripped of their feathers.
5. 1950s: A Lockheed Constellation flying over a tornado near Houston is bounced between 16,500 feet and 4,000 feet for 30 seconds.
4. 1951: Amidst tornado wreckage, an egg is recovered that had been perfectly punctured by a bean without cracking the shell.
3. 1955: A girl and her pony are lifted out of a field and gently dropped to the ground about 1,000 feet away.
2. 2006: A teenager breaks the record for the longest distance a tornado has carried a person who survives -- 1,307 feet!
1. 1931: A tornado lifts a train off the tracks, hurling 119 passengers and several 70-ton coaches as far as 80 feet.
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