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Mon Apr-26-04 07:20 PM
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Home of the Packers and...Dorl W. Gates
Man feared drowned after Wisconsin belly flop contest
Associated Press
April 26, 2004FLOP27
BELOIT, Wis. -- A belly flop contest in the Rock River turned tragic, with one contestant missing and feared drowned.
Three men jumped about 20 feet from a bridge into the cold water Saturday, when the 52-year-old man jumped.
``He came up more than three times,'' said William Gifford, who was waiting for his turn in the contest. ``Then he went under and they couldn't find him.''
Gifford, of Janesville, said the contest was supposed to take place at the dock behind Diamond Jim's, the bar that sponsored the contest, but the other men decided to jump from the bridge.
Tom Gehl, patrol commander for the Rock County Sheriff's Department, identified the missing man as Dorl W. Gates of Beloit.
Efforts to find him Saturday and Sunday were unsuccessful, and Gehl said the full-fledged search had been suspended.
Edward Quaerna, of Janesville, said he did not understand why his friend jumped from the bridge.
``He doesn't know how to swim,'' Quaerna said.
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Mon Apr-26-04 07:23 PM
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| 1. And MN doesn't have it's share of drunk Darwin Awards? |
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Although usually I read about knuckleheads like this in some southern state, especially Alabama, Texas or Florida.
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| Shananigans
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Mon Apr-26-04 09:33 PM
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| 6. Haha...this one wasn't even a Darwin Award... |
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it was in the Star Tribune. But yeah...we DO have our share of idiots in Mn as well! http://www.startribune.com/stories/1557/4742856.html |
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Mon Apr-26-04 09:40 PM
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| 7. Every state (and country) does. |
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Darwin Award candidates' last words, many times:
"Hey. watch this!" :-)
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Mon Apr-26-04 08:05 PM
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| 2. Hey! I know Diamond Jim's! |
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Mon Apr-26-04 08:11 PM
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| 3. "The Alabama of the North" |
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Mon Apr-26-04 08:13 PM
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| 4. Grroooaaaannnnnnn....... |
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It's embarrassing.....but not terribly surprising....I know a few like this..........
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Mon Apr-26-04 08:17 PM
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| 5. Oh come on. We're just an intensely curious people up here |
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Since he hadn't ever tried to swim before, how could he know whether or not he could bellyflop off a bridge until he tried it once?
Guess it turns out he couldn't, huh?
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