Back from watery grave: car stolen in 1979 in France

A blue Peugeot 104 stolen in the heart of France’s Champagne country in 1979 is being reunited with its owner - 38 years later - after French police pulled it, in surprisingly good shape but teeming with crayfish, from a murky swamp. (AP Photo/Chris den Hond)

A blue Peugeot 104 stolen in the heart of France’s Champagne country in 1979 is being reunited with its owner - 38 years later - after French police pulled it, in surprisingly good shape but teeming with crayfish, from a murky swamp. (AP Photo/Chris den Hond)

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