Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko te tangata e 35 tau te pakeke kua ngaro i te 500 pauna me mau ia i nga kakahu whakamarumaru ki te whakakotahi i te kiri o tona kiri, a ka mea ia kei te mau tonu ia i roto i tana 'huinga momona.' E whakaae ana a Thomas Towle III, no Gardiner, Maine, he haurangi ia ki te kai, a, i te mea i korerotia e tana taote ki a ia ka mate wawe ia ki te kore ia e ngaro i te taumaha. I muri i te mea he tamaiti nui ia, ka nui ake te taumaha i a ia e taiohi ana, a ka akina a Towle ki te whakarere i te kura tuarua i te mea i whakama ia ki tona rahi, e ai ki te Press Herald. Ko Thomas Towle III, no Portland, (e kitea ana i te taha matau me tana hoa) i ngaro i te 500 pauna, engari me mau ia i nga kakahu whakahiato kia pumau ai te kiri o tona kiri. E whakaae ana a Towle he haurangi ia ki te kai, ā, i te wā anake i kī mai ai tana tākuta ka mate wawe ia mēnā kāore ia i te whakaheke taumaha. 'He mahi whakamiharo taku i mahi ai, ki taku whakaaro, i te whakatakoto i tetahi kanohi nui, me te kore e mohio ki te nui o te taumaha o te taumaha i whakararuraru i ahau,' i kii ia. I tētahi wā, tata tonu ki te 800 pauna tōna taumaha. 'I whakatangihia e ahau a au ake kia ora ai. Mēnā e tawai ana tētahi i ahau, ka nui ake taku tawai i ahau. I taua ara kaore au i whara i au tawai, i te iti rawa i whakaaro koe kaore au i whara. I roto, he tino rerekē te kōrero. I tino tukinotia ahau.' He maha nga kai i whakamatauria e Towle, he pai katoa, otira, i te mea ka whakahekehia e ia, ka whakahokia ano e ia te taumaha. I te mutunga ka tīmata ia ki te whakaheke taumaha i tana whiwhi mahi i McDonald's, a ka wehe ia i te whare, ka neke haere. I kii ia ahakoa i mamae ia i roto i ona hononga na te taumaha o te taumaha i tautokohia e raatau, ka taea e ia te noho ki runga i te tuuru me te mahi ki nga kaihoko. Ko te tauera me te hoa e uru ana inaianei ki roto i te koti i whakamahia e ia i mua i tana ngaro i te taumaha. I tēnei wā e 270 pauna tōna taumaha, ā, e tata ana ki tana whāinga kia iti iho i te 250 pauna. 'I ako ahau ki te mahi i McDonald's, a ka ngaro taku taumaha,' ka mea ia. 'I te mea e haere ana ahau i te whare. Ahakoa kāore pea au i tū, i mahi hākinakina, ki taku whakaaro ko te nekehanga, ko te putanga mai, he taahiraa tuatahi nui ki te ngaro i ētahi o aua...
E whakaae ana a Thomas Towle III, no Portland, he haurangi ia ki te kai. I ki atu tana tākuta ka mate wawe ia ki te kore ia e whakaiti i te taumaha. I te mutunga ka whakatau a Towle ki te whai i te pokanga whakaheke taumaha - kei te taumaha ia inaianei mo te 270 pauna. Engari kei te kohikohi moni ia ki te tango i te kiri nui ake.