the event attracted all sorts of people to denver avenues that day in 1957.some thought that the idea of burying a new car was dumb;others thought it was brilliant.raffle tickets(for the car) were sold.the person to guess the approximate population of tulsa in 2007 would win."i'll never be alive,"said teddy baxter,aged 6 ."sure you will",answer his brother henry.who was 19"i might not be,but you'll be around for surr".gene mcdaniel,who was 20 at the time,thought:"in 2007 ,i'll be 70 -i'll never make it.