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Man Nearly Dies After Rappelling Down Huntington Parking Garage with Garden Hose and Falling
WOWK 13 NEWS ^ | Mar 12, 2018 | Joseph Fitzwater, Assignment Editor

Posted on 03/12/2018 12:09:08 PM PDT by Morgana

HUNTINGTON, WV (WOWK) - A man has received 'significant' injuries after falling from a parking garage in Huntington.

According to Huntington Police, at around 8:15 p.m. Sunday, a man was found laying on the ground on the 700 block of 3 1/2 alley with items laying around him.

Police say that the man, identified as Christopher Sowards, of Huntington, is believed to have a fractured skull and a broken back after a fall.

Police say they believe Sowards broke into two vehicles in the parking garage across from the civic center on 3rd Avenue, and took a garden hose to rappel down the third story of the parking garage.

(Excerpt) Read more at wowktv.com ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: darwinawards; huntington; jackass; westvirginia
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To: Morgana

I’ve watched garden hoses break by people pulling on them too hard while doing watering. Not a great idea.


21 posted on 03/12/2018 12:27:17 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: Bulwyf

;)

That darn explosion by those terrorists didn’t help....


22 posted on 03/12/2018 12:27:30 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Larry Lucido

Loved that show. As a kid, I had the Mannix Roll down pat.


23 posted on 03/12/2018 12:28:29 PM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: Morgana

A decent garden hose should have held his weight if he wasn’t a fat bastard...

Betcha, the stuff he stole caused him to slip and fall...


24 posted on 03/12/2018 12:29:11 PM PDT by Popman
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To: SaveFerris

Note to self: Don’t lay carpeting in strips that can be conveniently sucked out the window.


25 posted on 03/12/2018 12:36:18 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Larry Lucido

And never, NEVER go to Nakatomi(sp?) Tower for a Christmas party.

Especially if there’s a Huey Lewis-lookin’ guy at the front security desk.


26 posted on 03/12/2018 12:38:30 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Morgana

Should use this incident to advertise for Flex Hose. So strong, you can rapell out of a parking garage, yet roll it up into a ball by simply turning off the water!

27 posted on 03/12/2018 12:39:32 PM PDT by Dogbert41 (Jerusalem is the city of The Great King!)
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To: SJSAMPLE; Gamecock; SaveFerris

That roll can come in handy if you’re even in a limo on the Grand Central Parkway.


28 posted on 03/12/2018 12:40:05 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: snuffy smiff
That ain’t all they do, apparently. From the same page:

Not the same people...and not even from the same state.
29 posted on 03/12/2018 12:40:49 PM PDT by Carpe Cerevisi
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To: Larry Lucido

Colt Seavers or the dumb sidekick that spent a semester at every college in America.


30 posted on 03/12/2018 12:40:58 PM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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According to Huntington Police, at around 8:15 p.m. Sunday, a man was found laying on the ground on the 700 block of 3 1/2 alley with items laying around him.

D- for grammar.

31 posted on 03/12/2018 12:58:59 PM PDT by Rio (I was deplorable when deplorable wasn't cool.)
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To: Carpe Cerevisi

Apologies to all offended. I missed that in my haste and disgust and will ask mods to remove it.


32 posted on 03/12/2018 12:59:07 PM PDT by snuffy smiff (Blessed be the Lord my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle...)
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To: Morgana

Sowards has been arrested for petit larceny, destruction of property, breaking and entering into a vehicle, and possession of a controlled substance.


How about booking him for leaving a crime scene, too?


33 posted on 03/12/2018 1:00:09 PM PDT by sparklite2 (See more at Sparklite Times)
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To: snuffy smiff
Apologies to all offended. I missed that in my haste and disgust and will ask mods to remove it.

No worries...maybe I'm a little sensitive because I grew up in that town.
34 posted on 03/12/2018 1:05:27 PM PDT by Carpe Cerevisi
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To: Morgana

http://www.wsaz.com/content/news/Man-arrested-on-drug-charges-in-Putnam-County-416033423.html

PUTNAM COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- A man has been arrested on drug charges in Putnam County.

According to West Virginia State Police, Christopher Sowards, 29, is charged with possession with intent to deliver along with other possession charges.

Troopers say Sowards had meth and imitation meth along with heroin and marijuana.

35 posted on 03/12/2018 1:10:38 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!!)
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To: Morgana
took a garden hose to rappel down the third story of the parking garage


36 posted on 03/12/2018 1:52:03 PM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: Morgana

Too bad he lived.


37 posted on 03/12/2018 2:04:52 PM PDT by caver
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To: NormsRevenge

I googled his name. Homeboy seems to have a big record. Thought it sounded familiar when posted.


38 posted on 03/12/2018 2:34:51 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana

No sympathy from me, and he has to pay the expenses of “rescuing” him.


39 posted on 03/12/2018 3:21:50 PM PDT by I want the USA back (There are two sexes: male (pronoun HE), and female (pronoun SHE). Denial of this is insanity.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Oops!


40 posted on 03/12/2018 3:56:04 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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