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'Watch This!" Man Injured In Waterfall Jump (Hold my beer alert)
WSBTV ^
| April 19, 2006
Posted on 04/19/2006 4:38:26 PM PDT by Colorado Doug
FORT PAYNE, Ala. -- A Georgia man was hospitalized after jumping from the side of Alabama's DeSoto Falls and plunging 150 feet before hitting the water.
The leap wasn't a suicide attempt since several witnesses reported that prior to the plunge, the man yelled, "Watch this."
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TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: holdbeer; watchthis
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To: Colorado Doug
Here in Florida the terrain is a bit flat and we lack in "jumpable" waterfalls, so we had to come up with our own "Darwin" sport:
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posted on
04/19/2006 5:03:52 PM PDT
by
capt. norm
(W.C. Fields: "Hollywood is the gold cap on a tooth that should have been pulled out years ago.")
To: Doe Eyes
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posted on
04/19/2006 5:05:30 PM PDT
by
bill1952
("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
To: Colorado Doug
Though I live close to it, I've never been there. I've heard that its very beautiful.
One of the local TV news shows reported that witnesses said that the man stood at the falls for several minutes then ran and jumped. Several people have severely injured or killed from accidentally falling from the top.
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04/19/2006 5:12:11 PM PDT
by
proudofthesouth
(Mao said that power comes at the point of a rifle; I say FREEDOM does.)
To: Doe Eyes
Many divers do this every day in Acapulco.... Yeah, but they are only doing the divings Americans won't do.
To: CindyDawg
Le's hold hands as we jump t'gither!
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04/19/2006 5:25:26 PM PDT
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theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
To: Colorado Doug
Is that on Lookout Mountain? I think I've been there.
To: theDentist
Who's gonna hold the beer?
To: Colorado Doug
I hope he knew how to swim,.....because the fall didn't kill him.
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04/19/2006 5:42:33 PM PDT
by
builder
(I don't want a piece of someone else's pie)
To: Colorado Doug
The article says he hurt his back. That is something he may have to live with now.
To: CindyDawg
You think I'm gonna tri this sober ag'in? C'mon, girl, let's finish these off now, then jump.
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04/20/2006 5:03:01 AM PDT
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theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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