Before the July 5 game, this reporter took some visiting dignitaries over to the Cyclone rollercoaster to get a good look at the 80-year-old legend.
Surprisingly, though, it wasn’t running.
Then we saw a young man walking down the tracks its highest peak with a pelt in his hand.
It turned out that a woman’s brown wig had blown off on the ride, and it was being retrieved.
Cyclone operator Gerry Menditto has spent the last 33 seasons retrieving wallets, cellphones and even false teeth.
“People don’t remove them before the ride,” he said, “even tough we have signs in four languages.”
The most unusual article that was found on the ride?
“A guy called up and said he lost his pinkie,” recalled Menditto. “I thought he was pulling my leg. But we looked and found it. He didn’t tell us that it was artificial. He put it back on and then he had 10 fingers again.”
