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Pack Dog
https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7194289.stm
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In January 2007, scavengers swarmed to Branscombe in Devon in search of plunder. But what happened to the booty they took away?
When the container ship ran aground off the coast of Branscombe, the villagers could not have predicted what the wreck would bring them.
Jack Pyne, 23, a bar manager from nearby Sidmouth, is one of the handful to come away with a bike, shared with two friends. After hearing about the Napoli on the local news, they went down to Branscombe out of nothing more than curiosity.
If he is given the all-clear to keep the bike, Jack hopes to sell it for about £5,000 ("it is second hand, after all"), after replacing several parts to make it road-legal in the UK - the vehicle having been built for the South African market.
BMW says it wants the bikes back, but the scavengers have turned down the £260 it has offered them for each vehicle. The company says the motorbikes are not roadworthy because of damage from seawater.
