This is what is called "thinning the herd"

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High winds cause bizarre parasailing death
By Cindy V. Culp Tribune-Herald staff writer

Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Gusty winds were blamed for a bizarre accident that killed the son of a local TV weatherman who was parasailing behind a tractor, a family friend said Monday.

The tragedy happened about 12:15 p.m. Sunday at the Robinson residence of Don Greene, a meteorologist for local television station KXXV. He and his son, 24-year-old James Greene, of Austin, were enjoying the day together when they decided the weather was right to go parasailing.

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But on Sunday, as Don Greene was driving the tractor with his son in back, the wind proved so strong it picked the tractor up off the ground, Sellers said. That caused the rope holding James Greene to break and he went free-flying into the air, he said.

Initially, Greene hit the ground, Sellers said. But then the wind picked up his parasail again, and he was thrown over a fence and into a tree about 500 feet away. The impact injured him severely, Sellers said, noting that Greene landed in the branches of the tree and had to be removed.

More at: http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/news/stories/2006/02/07/20060207wacparasailing.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=11

[Whoa_Nelly]

1. What a sad story

and very bizarre!

[supernova]

2. How sad..

:-(

I've done it once, one of those parasailing boats down at the beach, and the guy almost threatened to stop because it was getting too windy.

[Initech]

3. Wait... they used a tractor to parasail? Definate Darwin Award candidate.

:wtf:

[supernova]

4. Tractors can go pretty fast

If you have a good headwind, it'll work.

It must have been awfully windy for this to happen.