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I'm am probably one of the few who will admit I didn't much regret the passing of Rupert, a black swan that lived here in Newport. He chased me down in my kayak a couple times stopping just short of a whack from my paddle! Had I hit him, I'd probably have been lynched, but it's better to judged by 12 than carried by six! The Harbor Patrol finally came to my assistance and ran him over one day responding to an emergency call. And what was the call?? A woman had been found dead floating in the harbor. Her death kind of got shuffled to the back of the newspaper filled with eulogies for Rupert! Sounds like this guy was in a kayak with no floatation. What I read sounded like the kayak perhaps ended up in a Cleopatra's Needle: His kayak wasnt upside down, but it was, like, upwards, eyewitness Daniel Gamanov said You could see the tip of it. I imagine the water was cold there as well, which might be the main cause of his death. Mark *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
As some of you may recall, I do bird rescues in the Chicago area with my kayak, when the bird involved is aquatic. I have twice rescued mute swans, one that had been shot and one that had a broken leg. Both were on a pond that was freezing and would have frozen over, allowing coyotes to get them. Mute swans are pinioned and don't fly. If you care to read it, this is an article about the rescues: http://www.sj-r.com/breaking/x1919580101/Shot-swan-recovering-at-wildlife-center?zc_p=1 The one with the broken leg was taken and rehabbed by Bob Knox, the employer of the guy in the story who died. I can attest to the power of an angry male swan, but the main thing is that Bob requires his employees to wear their lifejackets at all times when near the water, even if not in a kayak. This poor guy wasn't wearing his. Jim Tibensky *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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