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11 Feb 2007 12:14:36 PM |
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Snorkeler shot after being mistaken for rodent |
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17091607/
Snorkeler shot after being mistaken for rodent
Man held for shooting says he thought snorkeler in Ore. river was a
nutria
Updated: 12:07 a.m. ET Feb. 11, 2007
EUGENE, Ore. - A snorkeler who was shot in the head after he was
apparently mistaken for a swimming rodent was in good condition after
surgery, a hospital said Saturday.
John William Cheesman, 44, of Springfield, underwent eight hours of
surgery Thursday to remove shrapnel and bone fragments from his face,
said his wife, Shelley Cheesman.
“He’s doing really well,” Shelley Cheesman said. “The bullet hit in
front of his right ear, where the bone is the most dense. It just
fragmented and didn’t go into his brain.”
He was listed in good condition at Oregon Health & Science University
Hospital in Portland.
William Roderick, 60, of Reedsport, has been charged with assault, being
a felon in possession of a firearm, and possession of methamphetamine
and marijuana. He was being held in the county jail.
Roderick told deputies he thought Cheesman was a nutria swimming in the
Smith River near Reedsport, about 90 miles southwest of Eugene, and shot
him with a .22-caliber rifle, police said.
Cheesman, an avid diver, was in the river looking at different species
of fish, his wife said. He swam to the shore and yelled for help.
Roderick and another man came to his aid in a boat, called 911 and drove
Cheesman to an ambulance.
“I do give him credit for helping him,” Shelley Cheesman said of
Roderick.
© 2007 The Associated Press
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Snorkeler shot after being mistaken for rodent |
11 Feb 2007 11:44:45 PM |
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In article <06nus2phk9m69h1ljhun763nm4do1d14nh@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17091607/
Snorkeler shot after being mistaken for rodent
Man held for shooting says he thought snorkeler in Ore. river was a
nutria
Updated: 12:07 a.m. ET Feb. 11, 2007
EUGENE, Ore. - A snorkeler who was shot in the head after he was
apparently mistaken for a swimming rodent was in good condition after
surgery, a hospital said Saturday.
John William Cheesman, 44, of Springfield, underwent eight hours of
surgery Thursday to remove shrapnel and bone fragments from his face,
said his wife, Shelley Cheesman.
“He’s doing really well,” Shelley Cheesman said. “The bullet hit in
front of his right ear, where the bone is the most dense. It just
fragmented and didn’t go into his brain.”
He was listed in good condition at Oregon Health & Science University
Hospital in Portland.
William Roderick, 60, of Reedsport, has been charged with assault, being
a felon in possession of a firearm, and possession of methamphetamine
and marijuana. He was being held in the county jail.
Roderick told deputies he thought Cheesman was a nutria swimming in the
Smith River near Reedsport, about 90 miles southwest of Eugene, and shot
him with a .22-caliber rifle, police said.
Cheesman, an avid diver, was in the river looking at different species
of fish, his wife said. He swam to the shore and yelled for help.
Roderick and another man came to his aid in a boat, called 911 and drove
Cheesman to an ambulance.
“I do give him credit for helping him,” Shelley Cheesman said of
Roderick.
© 2007 The Associated Press
When I first saw the headline, I was sure it was Cheney again.
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John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
Contact - Throw a .net over the .com
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: Snorkeler shot after being mistaken for rodent |
11 Feb 2007 12:44:49 PM |
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On Feb 11, 1:14 pm, stoney <sto...@the.net> wrote:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17091607/
Snorkeler shot after being mistaken for rodent
Man held for shooting says he thought snorkeler in Ore. river was a
nutria
Updated: 12:07 a.m. ET Feb. 11, 2007
EUGENE, Ore. - A snorkeler who was shot in the head after he was
apparently mistaken for a swimming rodent was in good condition after
surgery, a hospital said Saturday.
Note to self: Buy that dayglo orange snokel I've seen down at the dive
shop...
-PF, Atl.
aa#2015/KoBAAWA!
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| User: "Mike Painter" |
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| Title: Re: Snorkeler shot after being mistaken for rodent |
11 Feb 2007 07:05:32 PM |
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wrote:
On Feb 11, 1:14 pm, stoney <sto...@the.net> wrote:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17091607/
Snorkeler shot after being mistaken for rodent
Man held for shooting says he thought snorkeler in Ore. river was a
nutria
Updated: 12:07 a.m. ET Feb. 11, 2007
EUGENE, Ore. - A snorkeler who was shot in the head after he was
apparently mistaken for a swimming rodent was in good condition after
surgery, a hospital said Saturday.
Note to self: Buy that dayglo orange snokel I've seen down at the dive
shop...
Note to Floyd. If you use a snorkel it absolutely should have a brightly
colored tip.
Looking for and finding a diver with a black hood and black snorkel much
beyond 40 feet or so, in the sun, in blue water can be a problem. The
colored tip makes a huge difference.
I've never seen a nutria swim but from the back a seals head and divers head
can look a lot alike under ideal conditions.
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| User: "Fl4p" |
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| Title: Re: Snorkeler shot after being mistaken for rodent |
12 Feb 2007 03:06:42 AM |
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Mike Painter wrote:
panamfloyd@hotmail.com wrote:
On Feb 11, 1:14 pm, stoney <sto...@the.net> wrote:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17091607/
Snorkeler shot after being mistaken for rodent
Man held for shooting says he thought snorkeler in Ore. river was a
nutria
Updated: 12:07 a.m. ET Feb. 11, 2007
EUGENE, Ore. - A snorkeler who was shot in the head after he was
apparently mistaken for a swimming rodent was in good condition after
surgery, a hospital said Saturday.
Note to self: Buy that dayglo orange snokel I've seen down at the dive
shop...
Note to Floyd. If you use a snorkel it absolutely should have a brightly
colored tip.
Looking for and finding a diver with a black hood and black snorkel much
beyond 40 feet or so, in the sun, in blue water can be a problem. The
colored tip makes a huge difference.
I've never seen a nutria swim but from the back a seals head and divers head
can look a lot alike under ideal conditions.
I wouldn't rule out a commercial fisherman thinking he was shooting a
seal, not a rodent. They use seals for target practice all the time out
her on the Left Coast. They think seals are Al-Qaeda agents or something!
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: Snorkeler shot after being mistaken for rodent |
11 Feb 2007 07:20:59 PM |
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On Feb 11, 8:05 pm, "Mike Painter" <mddotpain...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
panamfl...@hotmail.com wrote:
On Feb 11, 1:14 pm, stoney <sto...@the.net> wrote:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17091607/
Snorkeler shot after being mistaken for rodent
Man held for shooting says he thought snorkeler in Ore. river was a
nutria
Updated: 12:07 a.m. ET Feb. 11, 2007
EUGENE, Ore. - A snorkeler who was shot in the head after he was
apparently mistaken for a swimming rodent was in good condition after
surgery, a hospital said Saturday.
Note to self: Buy that dayglo orange snokel I've seen down at the dive
shop...
Note to Floyd. If you use a snorkel it absolutely should have a brightly
colored tip.
The one I'm using now is that US Divers' yellow one. It matches my
fins! <g>
Looking for and finding a diver with a black hood and black snorkel much
beyond 40 feet or so, in the sun, in blue water can be a problem. The
colored tip makes a huge difference.
Last summer, I saw a guy in Florida who had a small diver down flag on
a float connected to his ankle (much like the lanyard on a
surfboard).
I've never seen a nutria swim but from the back a seals head and divers head
can look a lot alike under ideal conditions.
I remember them from trips to the parents' homeland (SW Louisiana).
IIRC, they look a lot like beavers.
-Panama Floyd, Atl.
aa#2015, Member Knights of BAAWA!
EAC Martian Commander
Plonked by Kadaitcha Man, Sep 06
"..the prayer cloth of one aeon is the doormat of the next."
-Mark Twain
Religious societies are *less* moral than secular ones:
http://moses.creighton.edu/JRS/2005/2005-11.html
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| User: "Robibnikoff" |
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| Title: Re: Snorkeler shot after being mistaken for rodent |
12 Feb 2007 03:13:37 PM |
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<panamfloyd@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1171243259.717717.34540@a75g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
On Feb 11, 8:05 pm, "Mike Painter" <mddotpain...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
panamfl...@hotmail.com wrote:
On Feb 11, 1:14 pm, stoney <sto...@the.net> wrote:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17091607/
Snorkeler shot after being mistaken for rodent
Man held for shooting says he thought snorkeler in Ore. river was a
nutria
Updated: 12:07 a.m. ET Feb. 11, 2007
EUGENE, Ore. - A snorkeler who was shot in the head after he was
apparently mistaken for a swimming rodent was in good condition after
surgery, a hospital said Saturday.
Note to self: Buy that dayglo orange snokel I've seen down at the dive
shop...
Note to Floyd. If you use a snorkel it absolutely should have a brightly
colored tip.
The one I'm using now is that US Divers' yellow one. It matches my
fins! <g>
Looking for and finding a diver with a black hood and black snorkel much
beyond 40 feet or so, in the sun, in blue water can be a problem. The
colored tip makes a huge difference.
Last summer, I saw a guy in Florida who had a small diver down flag on
a float connected to his ankle (much like the lanyard on a
surfboard).
I've never seen a nutria swim but from the back a seals head and divers
head
can look a lot alike under ideal conditions.
I remember them from trips to the parents' homeland (SW Louisiana).
IIRC, they look a lot like beavers.
They're basically muskrats, right?
My dad used to shoot those in the pond in our backyard. He didn't like them
eating the ferns.
--
Robyn
Resident Witchypoo
BAAWA Knight!
#1557
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| User: "Harry F. Leopold" |
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| Title: Re: Snorkeler shot after being mistaken for rodent |
13 Feb 2007 08:46:37 AM |
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On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 15:13:37 -0600, Robibnikoff wrote
(in article <53c3a0F1s0r3uU1@mid.individual.net>):
<panamfloyd@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1171243259.717717.34540@a75g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
On Feb 11, 8:05 pm, "Mike Painter" <mddotpain...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
panamfl...@hotmail.com wrote:
On Feb 11, 1:14 pm, stoney <sto...@the.net> wrote:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17091607/
Snorkeler shot after being mistaken for rodent
Man held for shooting says he thought snorkeler in Ore. river was a
nutria
Updated: 12:07 a.m. ET Feb. 11, 2007
EUGENE, Ore. - A snorkeler who was shot in the head after he was
apparently mistaken for a swimming rodent was in good condition after
surgery, a hospital said Saturday.
Note to self: Buy that dayglo orange snokel I've seen down at the dive
shop...
Note to Floyd. If you use a snorkel it absolutely should have a brightly
colored tip.
The one I'm using now is that US Divers' yellow one. It matches my
fins! <g>
Looking for and finding a diver with a black hood and black snorkel much
beyond 40 feet or so, in the sun, in blue water can be a problem. The
colored tip makes a huge difference.
Last summer, I saw a guy in Florida who had a small diver down flag on
a float connected to his ankle (much like the lanyard on a
surfboard).
I've never seen a nutria swim but from the back a seals head and divers
head
can look a lot alike under ideal conditions.
I remember them from trips to the parents' homeland (SW Louisiana).
IIRC, they look a lot like beavers.
They're basically muskrats, right?
My dad used to shoot those in the pond in our backyard. He didn't like them
eating the ferns.
I kind of doubt that you had too many snorkelers diving in your back yard
pond. It does tend to make a difference.
--
Harry F. Leopold
aa #2076
AA/Vet #4
The Prints of Darkness
(remove gene to email)
"We've upped our standards, up yours."-EAC Department of Literary
Standards-Desdinova
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| User: "Robibnikoff" |
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| Title: Re: Snorkeler shot after being mistaken for rodent |
13 Feb 2007 02:44:51 PM |
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"Harry F. Leopold" <hleopold@coxyx.net> wrote in message
news:0001HW.C1F72B6D000AB24AF0284530@news.central.cox.net...
On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 15:13:37 -0600, Robibnikoff wrote
(in article <53c3a0F1s0r3uU1@mid.individual.net>):
<panamfloyd@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1171243259.717717.34540@a75g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
On Feb 11, 8:05 pm, "Mike Painter" <mddotpain...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
panamfl...@hotmail.com wrote:
On Feb 11, 1:14 pm, stoney <sto...@the.net> wrote:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17091607/
Snorkeler shot after being mistaken for rodent
Man held for shooting says he thought snorkeler in Ore. river was a
nutria
Updated: 12:07 a.m. ET Feb. 11, 2007
EUGENE, Ore. - A snorkeler who was shot in the head after he was
apparently mistaken for a swimming rodent was in good condition after
surgery, a hospital said Saturday.
Note to self: Buy that dayglo orange snokel I've seen down at the dive
shop...
Note to Floyd. If you use a snorkel it absolutely should have a
brightly
colored tip.
The one I'm using now is that US Divers' yellow one. It matches my
fins! <g>
Looking for and finding a diver with a black hood and black snorkel
much
beyond 40 feet or so, in the sun, in blue water can be a problem. The
colored tip makes a huge difference.
Last summer, I saw a guy in Florida who had a small diver down flag on
a float connected to his ankle (much like the lanyard on a
surfboard).
I've never seen a nutria swim but from the back a seals head and divers
head
can look a lot alike under ideal conditions.
I remember them from trips to the parents' homeland (SW Louisiana).
IIRC, they look a lot like beavers.
They're basically muskrats, right?
My dad used to shoot those in the pond in our backyard. He didn't like
them
eating the ferns.
I kind of doubt that you had too many snorkelers diving in your back yard
pond. It does tend to make a difference.
Sorry, but I'm not getting what that has to do with nutrias looking like
muskrats.
--
Robyn
Resident Witchypoo
BAAWA Knight!
#1557
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| User: "Al Klein" |
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11 Feb 2007 10:34:41 PM |
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On 11 Feb 2007 10:44:49 -0800, wrote:
On Feb 11, 1:14 pm, stoney <sto...@the.net> wrote:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17091607/
Snorkeler shot after being mistaken for rodent
Man held for shooting says he thought snorkeler in Ore. river was a
nutria
Updated: 12:07 a.m. ET Feb. 11, 2007
EUGENE, Ore. - A snorkeler who was shot in the head after he was
apparently mistaken for a swimming rodent was in good condition after
surgery, a hospital said Saturday.
Note to self: Buy that dayglo orange snokel I've seen down at the dive
shop...
Better to buy a dayglo orange brain for anyone shooting into a river.
O once laid out a pattern of over 200 flares to divert traffic to an
exit ramp at the scene of an overturned vehicle. At night. (I still
had afterimages the next morning.)
A moron came through the flare field (a few hundred feet) with a few
lit flares hanging from the underside of his car, stopped near me and
asked, "Officer, what happened here?" He was not on drugs,his BAC was
very low and he was what passes for sane and rational these days.
Never trust anyone over the age of 6 weeks with your life.
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