Posted on 05/26/2015 1:25:33 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
A swimmer trying cross a wildlife-area pond while holding a large rock drowned Monday in Oroville.
California Highway Patrol officers said Austin Harr of Gridley was celebrating his 21st birthday with a swim at the dredger ponds when he sank below the surface about 5 p.m.
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The water spirits will take your life. I don’t care how good of a swimmer you think you are. My brother has shown me several pictures with water droplets in the picture of water scenes he has taken, most of them have a face. There have been several people drowned near me recently. A two year old kid made his way to a remote pond and an older man 57 years old at a local lake. Be careful all.
Great facepalm!
LOL! I knew there was a logical explanation...
And he didn’t think to let go of the rock? Was it his gf?
“Do they mean a real rock (from the earth) or a rock of crack cocaine?”
Duane Johnson. That did it.
Ditto
Prayers to his family... A large Rock? If I wad swimming with a rock, I’d drop the rock if I was drowning.
Yeah, that's what happened.
LET GO OF THE ROCK!
Maybe they mean the *rock* was between his ears.
classic kitty gif. That is cool.
Mebbe it was his pet rock and he was ... attached to it?
I doubt he forgot to drop the rock, most likely he was trying to bring the rock back to prove he had done whatever feat he was attempting. I am sure once he got into trouble he dropped the rock but it may have been too late.
Not knowing enough about the facts, since this is just a sensational headline with no real details in the story, that’s my guess.
Also glad to see the general respect for the dead and humanity posted here. Sigh.
There is very little pity for rank stupidity leading to death. The "here, hold ma beer and watch this" crowd often needs thinning.
Amen. I played this “game” all the time and its just by luck that my lungs did not give out after I had dropped the rock and broke for surface. Sometimes it took longer then I thought to get there
The types of drowning:
https://www.yahoo.com/health/there-are-6-types-of-drowning-4-that-youve-119392134222.html
Even a tiny bit of water in your lungs can lead to drowning hours later. I had “drown proofing” training as a young Marine, but still respect the water.
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