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What is that thing? Why is that thing? It looks like the vehicles from Aliens. On the windshield, there's a decal that reads "Apocalypse 6x6."

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[โ€“] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

NGL that pic you shared looks bad ass!

[โ€“] drath@lemmy.world 7 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Funny thing is, it's definitely real as it's on a public display, but nobody knows who built it and, most importantly, why they built it. There are numerous equally plausible yet contradicting legends, some people tried to investigate but results were inconclusive, possibly because there were multiple built completely independently, or because it was a top secret project and intelligence planted red herrings. Maybe some vodka drinking took place. But, one thing that is common amongst most legends is that it couldn't steer for shit, hence why it was scrapped.