Alaska Heard

This is a small collection of memorable quotes overheard and sights seen in Alaska. Feel free to submit (akheard.tumblr.com/submit). To clarify, this is a celebration, not a reproach, of the idiosyncrasies of the Last Frontier and its awesome people. However, that does not mean I in any way endorse views expressed or even connoted in these posts.

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Only in Alaska does the very air make your hands spontaneously bleed.

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#TSATip at the Anchorage International Airport

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On the Alaska side of the Yukon border

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Fuck yeah

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Pepsi and pistols

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Some random General store on the Yukon border (Alaska side)

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So much classy!  @ADN 

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Update on May 12, 2016: 42-year-old Tagaloa Tanuvasa turned himself in to the Anchorage Jail last night. Meanwhile, 37-year-old Filipo Rhode is still outstanding. Anyone with information on ...

I’d just like us to all take a moment to appreciate the font used on the Alaska jail’s mugshots.

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APD arrested a man in east Anchorage yesterday after he was seen driving a stolen vehicle and then tried to elude authorities. On Friday, May 6, 2016, at about 3:30 PM, ...

Well, he gave it the ol’ college effort.  But with over 100 cops and a multitude of civilian volunteers, the winds of fate were not on his side.

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“The UHaul, and its occupants, have been located.” from Anchorage Police Department : Nixle

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Military personnel are advising that EOD training exercises will take place at Elmendorf Air Force base today until 4 PM. Expect loud explosions, mainly in Northeast ...

Naturally, if you hear massive combat explosions, keep calm and carry on.

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These clippings are all from one day of news, a year or two ago.

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It’s free!

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Update on 2/19/16: Alexander Sprayberry turned himself in to Anchorage Police on February 18, 2016 just after 1:00 p.m. at the Anchorage Police Department. Additionally, police have ...

The notorious Sprayberry has been caught :( 

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Anchorage police are asking the public for help locating a male who has been charged with tagging multiple businesses around the Anchorage area using spray paint, causing thousands of dollars in ...

HIS NAME IS SPRAYBERRY.  HOW COULD HE NOT.  CAN YOU BLAME HIM?  PRESIDENT OBAMA, PARDON THIS MAN!

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I want to stress that this is a comment in a broader conversation.

I love the fact that people comment in conversations to offer the sale of bags of sand.