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Man Killed When Hair Is Caught In Fairgrounds Ride
AP via The Sun ^ | August 17,2003 | Associated Press

Posted on 08/17/2003 6:23:42 AM PDT by John W

LANGLEY -- A man was killed Saturday when his long hair got caught in the amusement park ride he owned, pulling him up as high as 40 feet before he fell, back-first, onto a fence. Doug McKay, 40, was the co-owner of Paradise Amusements, based in Post Falls, Idaho. He was spraying lubricant on the tracks of the Super Loop 2, a roller coaster-type ride at the Island County Fair on Whidbey Island.

The ride was in progress at the time, and McKay's hair got caught on a car full of fairgoers, said sheriff's spokeswoman Jan Smith. He was pulled between 25 and 40 feet into the air.

"It basically scalped him, and he fell and landed on the fence," Smith said.

Hundreds of people witnessed the accident, Smith said, and grief counselors were on hand. It was unclear whether anyone on the ride might have tried to reach McKay.

Paradise Amusements had set up rides at the Island County Fair for the past three years, Smith said.

She said the fair continued after the incident.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Idaho; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: fair; faultyfair; idaho; mullet; scalped; unamused
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1 posted on 08/17/2003 6:23:43 AM PDT by John W
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To: John W
grief counselors were on hand

Man, these folks are ubiquitous!

2 posted on 08/17/2003 6:28:24 AM PDT by StatesEnemy
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To: StatesEnemy
I am a part-time grief counselor and I am on duty this morning. If anybody needs any grief counseling after reading this article, I am available.

3 posted on 08/17/2003 6:33:55 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (Back in boot camp! 230.6 (-69.4))
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To: SamAdams76
Folks, USE YOUR BRAIN and USE IT ALL THE TIME. Little, stupid things get people killed. Pay attention and think!
4 posted on 08/17/2003 6:42:33 AM PDT by CalvaryJohn (What is keeping that damned asteroid?)
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To: SamAdams76
Are you also available for those of us recovering from reading the elevator decapitation article?
5 posted on 08/17/2003 6:43:31 AM PDT by John W
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To: John W
They must really have some hair-raising rides at that amusement park.

Leni

7 posted on 08/17/2003 6:47:42 AM PDT by MinuteGal
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To: CalvaryJohn
Well your anger and frustration is very understandable. It is just a tragic, tragic thing to have happened. I'm sure this Doug was a very nice man. Oh, sure, some might have made fun of him and called him a long-haired Jesus freak, but he meant no harm to anybody, I am sure. I know it is difficult in this time of sadness to express your emotions any other way but I urge you to get the anger out of your system and to instead, reflect and celebrate the life of Doug McKay.

SamAdams76 - Part-time grief counselor

8 posted on 08/17/2003 6:48:04 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (Back in boot camp! 230.6 (-69.4))
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To: John W
What? No pictures?!?
9 posted on 08/17/2003 6:48:28 AM PDT by Bush2000
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To: John W
Are you also available for those of us recovering from reading the elevator decapitation article?

No, I wasn't on duty when that was posted. Try pinging Arthur McGowan. I think he was the Free Republic grief counselor on duty at the time.

10 posted on 08/17/2003 6:49:14 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (Back in boot camp! 230.6 (-69.4))
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11 posted on 08/17/2003 6:49:43 AM PDT by csvset
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12 posted on 08/17/2003 6:53:15 AM PDT by Wolfie
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To: John W
"It basically scalped him, and he fell and landed on the fence," Smith said."

In his honor, the Super Loop 2 ride will be renamed the Super Sioux 2.

13 posted on 08/17/2003 6:56:36 AM PDT by robertpaulsen
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To: John W
Maybe one of these would have saved his life.

BTW we have this proble where I work. Women refuse to wear them but we admonish them all the time. It's only a matter of time till one of them gets it caught in a machine.

14 posted on 08/17/2003 6:58:58 AM PDT by raybbr
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To: mhking
hold muh OOOOUUUCCCHHH!!!
15 posted on 08/17/2003 7:01:08 AM PDT by fnord ( Hyprocisy is the tribute vice pays to virtue)
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To: John W
Ouch. I think that is a painful way to die.

Short hair on guys is not just sexier, it's also survival-oriented.
16 posted on 08/17/2003 7:08:10 AM PDT by ChemistCat (It's National I'm Being Discriminated Against By Someone Day.)
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To: SamAdams76
Talk about a "bad hair day"!!!
17 posted on 08/17/2003 7:19:41 AM PDT by joanil
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To: John W
What elevator decapitation story?
18 posted on 08/17/2003 7:26:34 AM PDT by ItisaReligionofPeace ((the original))
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To: StatesEnemy
She said the fair continued after the incident.

It doesn't sound like grief was that much of a problem.

19 posted on 08/17/2003 7:29:25 AM PDT by FITZ
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To: robertpaulsen
ROFL. Bet he was stoned.
20 posted on 08/17/2003 7:31:06 AM PDT by johniegrad
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