[Rhodes22-list] Boat Folleis

[Steve]

Good one, Rummy.  
Steve


--- R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:
> Bob,
> One of the dumbest boat tricks I can remember
> happened when we were still  
> living on Lake Wissota in Wisconsin. It happened
> after dark, but I don't think  
> it would have mattered. Lake Wissota is formed on
> the Chippewa River by a  
> hyro-electric dam, as are many lakes in Wisconsin.
> In front of the dam on the  
> lake side are three different barriers starting with
> a rope and buoy barrier.  
> The second barrier is also rope, but has twice as
> many buoy's. The third and  
> final barrier is a steel cable approximately three
> feet above the water to give 
>  someone a final grasping place before going over
> the dam.....in theory.
> As I said, it was dark and the boat driver was alone
> (thank God) and very,  
> very drunk. He had left the local watering hole on
> one end of the lake and was  
> headed home. Apparently he became disoriented and
> went over the dam going 
> full  speed which was estimated at between fifty and
> sixty miles an hour. The 
> drop to  the bottom is several hundred feet. The
> boat and his body went over the 
> dam, but  his head was found in a different
> location. You guessed it, the 
> cable  took his head off before he got to the dam.
> Hard to believe this could 
> happen  because the dam is lit up like a parking lot
> at night. Must have thought 
> he was  going to Walmart.
> Rummy
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