Why did the car blow up ?
Next morning, at Eamon's, the dog is missing. The dog never misses breakfast. This says to Jason, that there is a killer out there. He sends them into the basement, and finds shotgun shells, and a shotgun. He walks to the corner of the house and shoots at their car, down the street. It explodes, Hollywood style, a hundred gallons of gas and five sticks of dynamite. This allows Jason to get into the field. But cars don't act like that, when shot. They just get riddled with bullets. What would explode with such violence ?
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