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Woman Drowns In Rain Barrel [rescuing a kitten]
KOAT.com ^
| January 7, 2008
| staff reporter
Posted on 01/07/2008 3:08:59 PM PST by Daffynition
SANTA FE, N.M. -- A woman drowned when she apparently tried to retrieve a kitten from a 55-gallon rain barrel at her home southeast of Santa Fe.
Santa Fe County Sheriff Greg Solano said 48-year-old Deborah Hill was found by her husband Sunday afternoon after he returned home from running errands. Solano said the couple had dragged the plastic barrel inside their home because they wanted to thaw ice that had formed in the barrel.
The barrel, which Solano said was tied to a door so it wouldn't tip, was about one-third full of water when the kitten fell in. Solano said Hill apparently was standing on something to reach down for the kitten when she slid in.
Detectives said it's likely she drowned and the kitten climbed out over her.
TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: barrel; darwin; drowning; kitten; kitty; newmexico
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To: Daffynition
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posted on
01/07/2008 3:16:39 PM PST
by
DeLaine
(Who cares if you’re offended? Why is it against the law now to be offended?)
To: Daffynition
Damn! He found Drew Peterson’s reusable plastic barrel.
That is one fishy story!
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posted on
01/07/2008 3:18:57 PM PST
by
sodpoodle
(Despair - man's surrender. Laughter - God's reward.)
To: Daffynition
Well, she saved the kitten...
4
posted on
01/07/2008 3:19:28 PM PST
by
RockinRight
(Huck(abee, not the Freeper Huck) Sucks.)
To: Daffynition
WTFIIWNM?
Fishiest story I've heard, since the midget fell into her freezer & froze to death in Northern Exposure.
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posted on
01/07/2008 3:21:55 PM PST
by
ApplegateRanch
(If God wanted murderers & rapists hanging from trees, He wouldn't have created so many stones!)
To: ApplegateRanch
It could happen in NM.
I mean folks still die from the plague here.
To: Daffynition
More proof that cats are evil creatures.
To: Daffynition; Slings and Arrows
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posted on
01/07/2008 3:29:06 PM PST
by
Jet Jaguar
(Who would the terrorists vote for?)
To: ApplegateRanch
Looks like the husband dragged the barrel in the house and tried to drown her and the cat.
He succeeded in drowning the missus - but not the cat - so he had to rewrite his story!
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posted on
01/07/2008 3:29:54 PM PST
by
sodpoodle
(Despair - man's surrender. Laughter - God's reward.)
To: sodpoodle
I don’t buy any of his story. He did not need to tie any barrel to any door. They don’t tip over. He picked her up, and stuck her head down in the barrel. He was thinking of the picture of a child falling in a 5 gallon bucket and drowning. Her top half was not heavy enough to pull the bottom half in.
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posted on
01/07/2008 4:02:57 PM PST
by
healy61
To: Daffynition
To: Tijeras_Slim
I mean folks still die from the plague here.And from hanta virus, and from that most dangerous of all plagues, the Drunken Democrat Patrones.
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posted on
01/07/2008 4:15:40 PM PST
by
ApplegateRanch
(If God wanted murderers & rapists hanging from trees, He wouldn't have created so many stones!)
To: Overtaxed
Ping!! Looks suspicious to me!
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posted on
01/07/2008 4:17:24 PM PST
by
LSAggie
To: Daffynition
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posted on
01/07/2008 4:19:39 PM PST
by
Miss Behave
(Beloved daughter of Miss Creant, super sister of danged Miss Ology, and proud mother of Miss Hap.)
To: Daffynition
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posted on
01/07/2008 4:19:43 PM PST
by
Miss Behave
(Beloved daughter of Miss Creant, super sister of danged Miss Ology, and proud mother of Miss Hap.)
To: Daffynition
Solano said the couple had dragged the plastic barrel inside their home because they wanted to thaw ice that had formed in the barrel.Any idiot knows you toss in a plugged in toaster to resolve that problem.
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posted on
01/07/2008 4:48:17 PM PST
by
OCC
To: DeLaine
LOL ... something is definitely very weird here ...bizarro.
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posted on
01/07/2008 5:01:33 PM PST
by
Daffynition
(The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
To: Jet Jaguar; Califelephant; ApplegateRanch
Someone had a plan and executed it ...
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posted on
01/07/2008 5:08:59 PM PST
by
Daffynition
(The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
To: Daffynition
How does the husband know that she was trying to rescue a kitten if when he returned she was dead and the kitten was not in the barrel?
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posted on
01/07/2008 5:19:31 PM PST
by
pax_et_bonum
(That midget hates it when I do that.)
To: Daffynition
Misdirected tree hugger done in by her own equipment.
At least she reduced her carbon footprint to near zero.
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