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Report ID# 955

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On July 3, 1999 a teenager on shore near Lunch Counter Rapid in Wyoming ’s Snake River Canyon reportedly threw a dead fish at a group of passing rafters. The fish hit a woman in the face. Her boyfriend came ashore, grabbed the teenager, and pitched him into the water. The boy, who was not wearing a life vest, floated downriver for some distance before he drowned. The boyfriend is now facing manslaughter charges.

 

SOURCE: Paddler Magazine; Doug Van Houten

 

 

 

 

 

 

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