Stolen bulldozer buried at Texas golf course

[March 13, 2009]  WEATHERFORD, Texas (AP) -- A golf course in Texas had a heavy-duty hazard: A bulldozer reported stolen a decade ago has been found buried under a fairway.

The Dallas Morning News reports Thursday that investigators located the bulldozer at Canyon West Golf Course in Weatherford.

Detective Tyler Farrell with the Tarrant Regional Auto Crimes Task Force says a former golf course worker contacted authorities after noticing part of the bulldozer while fertilizing the course.

Farrell says a tractor also used to build the golf course was reported stolen after work began in 1996 and has not been recovered.

Weatherford is 30 miles west of Fort Worth.

[Associated Press]

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