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Body recovered from Lake Arcadia after two-day search for man
KOCO ^ | 6/29/25 | Addison Kliewer

Posted on 06/29/2025 4:05:28 PM PDT by DallasBiff

The body of a man who went missing in Lake Arcadia was recovered on Sunday.

The Edmond Police Department said a man and a woman were on a boat in the lake near Central State Park on Saturday. The man, unable to swim, jumped into the water to cool off, but the boat began to drift away.

The woman did not know how to operate the boat, according to police.

Edmond fire and police officials deployed search boats on Saturday to locate the man. After several hours, the search transitioned to a recovery operation, which was called off overnight.

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


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: darwinaward; drowning; oklahoma

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Darwin award or foul play? I guess there is a reason for life vests.
1 posted on 06/29/2025 4:05:28 PM PDT by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff
...The man, unable to swim, jumped into the water to cool off...

I think I see the problem.

2 posted on 06/29/2025 4:07:54 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of anger, hate and violence.)
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To: DallasBiff

I’ll not weigh in on this one.


3 posted on 06/29/2025 4:10:13 PM PDT by ComputerGuy
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To: DallasBiff
He jumps in the water without knowing how to swim. She can not figure out how the boat works.

I would venture to say future reports will include the fact that one or both had been drinking.

4 posted on 06/29/2025 4:10:26 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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To: DallasBiff
"I can't swim!"
5 posted on 06/29/2025 4:15:59 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: DallasBiff

You know, since my mother died and I’ve shed so many tears the world sometimes seems such a sad sad place.

Foolish or not, there’s tears to be shed.

I’m sorry for him and his loved ones.


6 posted on 06/29/2025 4:20:44 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I think I see the problem as well...

“The man, unable to swim, jumped into the water to cool off”

It’s like saying a man, incapable of withstanding the explosion of a ton of TNT, sat atop it and lit the fuse just to warm himself up...


7 posted on 06/29/2025 4:23:34 PM PDT by USA-FRANCE (Silence against evil isn't neutrality, it's complicity. Oppose the Iran-Russia-North Korea Alliance!)
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To: DallasBiff

Wear your life jackets folks.


8 posted on 06/29/2025 4:36:26 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: DallasBiff

Any neutral witnesses to back up that story?


9 posted on 06/29/2025 4:51:46 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: DallasBiff

Now imagine if the roles were reversed. People would be crucifying the guy for not being able to “work the boat”. And also crucifying him because, “how could he let her jump in not knowing how to swim?”

But no, this way we just get snark comments about the guy, nothing about the inept woman.


10 posted on 06/29/2025 5:06:35 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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>>>I see the problem

From what I read into it, the “to cool off” may mean he was having a big argument with the chick that was getting too heated.

11 posted on 06/29/2025 5:12:16 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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Fom what I read into it, the “to cool off” may mean he was having a big argument with the chick that was getting too heated.

I guess he showed her.

12 posted on 06/29/2025 5:15:37 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of anger, hate and violence.)
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To: chajin

That clip made me laugh so hard at the end.

And everyone should know how to swim. All my kids were in competitive swimming by 1st grade. None of them were stand outs, but they are all strong swimmers and have basic lifeguard skills.


13 posted on 06/29/2025 6:13:21 PM PDT by Valpal1 (Not even the police are safe from the police!!!)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

My mom’s husband had a 35-foot sailboat. A boat that size takes lots of skill. She was up at the bow changing the sail and her shoe fell overboard. He reached for it and fell in. She really didn’t have the skills to quickly slow the boat and turn around. Fortunately, they were not far from shore and someone saw it and rescued her husband and returned him to the boat.

He rescued the shoe but lost a very expensive pair of sunglasses in 300 feet of water.


14 posted on 06/29/2025 6:23:29 PM PDT by cyclotic (Don’t be part of the problem. Be the entire problem)
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To: Beowulf9

Yes

✝️✝️🙏🙏🛐🛐


15 posted on 06/29/2025 7:02:24 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in thays of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: DallasBiff
The man, unable to swim, jumped into the water.

The man, unable to fly, jumped off the cliff.

16 posted on 06/29/2025 7:24:23 PM PDT by Az Joe (Live free or die)
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To: DallasBiff

Ain’t buying that.......


17 posted on 06/29/2025 7:39:43 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: DallasBiff

I wonder if the police have noticed that this looks a lot like a Murder?


18 posted on 06/30/2025 2:34:38 AM PDT by 55Ford
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To: DallasBiff

If the decedent’s life insurance policy could be determined then a better formulation could be made regarding this story. $$$$ Perhaps also a copy of any receipts from the liquor store prior to the outing would help.


19 posted on 06/30/2025 3:27:33 AM PDT by missnry (The truth will set you free ... and drive liberals crazy!)
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To: Secret Agent Man
But no, this way we just get snark comments about the guy, nothing about the inept woman.

It's the natural order. You don't see John Wayne flailing around screaming to be rescued by Vera Miles - although Maureen O' Hara maybe could. She was full of piss 'n' vinegar.

20 posted on 06/30/2025 3:34:32 AM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”)
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