Pendergast, owner of the community's three McDonald's restaurants. At slightly after 9:00 P.M., Mr. Pendergast notified the department that he had received an anonymous inquiry that had left him uneasy. "A man just called saying he had heard great things about my son's favorite horse and said he was interested in buying it," Mr. Pendergast told the dispatcher. "What's odd about that?" the dispatcher wanted to know. "I don't have a son," Mr. Pendergast said. "Then the man who called me said, 'Well, maybe it was your daughter's horse I heard about.'" The dispatcher said, "And you don't have a daughter?" "Right," Mr. Pendergast said. "The caller, he sounded like an old man, or I would have hung up on him right then and there. All the cranks out around these days. But he sounded nice. Very polite in a southern sort of way, and I happened to mention that my wife would be very happy if I sold all my horses—horses are a hobby of mine, you see." "And?" the dispatcher said. "And then the man said something very strange.
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