This time, the local news is gruesome.
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zaichikarkyFirst we have the latest news- Engaged Couple Murdered on a Campground Nearby
Adrienne, Johan, and I just went to Jenner, the small coastal area where the couple was murdered, a couple of weeks ago too >_<. I used to find Jenner unique because of it's trailer post office, but now it's known for some bizarre murder scene.
And next we have
Abalone Fisherman's Head Eaten by a Shark
The first article's settings are about half an hour north on the coast. With the shark attack, the man was fishing about 250 miles up north in Ft Bragg. There really is nothing up there, though 0_o, so I'd say that the second article is local enough. What's amusing is that my parents have been kayaking around the area the shark attack happened. My mom likes to point out how my dad always wants to kayak up into the ocean, and she is always scared to. Now her fears actually have merit. I have the full, original article from local papers, though.
SHARK VICTIM'S BODY FOUND OFF MENDOCINO COUNTY COAST
Published on August 17, 2004
© 2004- The Press Democrat
Correction: For the Record published August 18, 2004
Eleven people have been killed in shark attacks on the West Coast since 1952, including an Auburn man who died Sunday off the Mendocino County coast, according to statistics compiled by the state Department of Fish and Game. An incorrect figure was cited in a story on Page A1 Tuesday. (The error has been corrected below.)
BYLINE: MIKE GENIELLA and GLENDA ANDERSON
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
PAGE: A1
FORT BRAGG -- The Coast Guard on Monday recovered the headless body of a nationally known sport fishing advocate who was killed Sunday by a great white shark while diving for abalone off the Mendocino Coast.
Randall ``Randy'' Fry's death is only the 11th fatality ever recorded along the West Coast from an encounter with the white shark, the ocean's deadliest predator.
It is the first fatal shark attack on California's North Coast in at least a half-century. Since 1959, 16 other people have been attacked by sharks off Mendocino, Sonoma and Marin counties, but all survived.
The shark, estimated to be 16 to 18 feet long, struck the 50-year-old Auburn man at about 4 p.m. Sunday in shallow water north of Ten Mile River Beach near Westport.
``It was over in five seconds,'' said Red Bartley of Modesto, a friend of the victim's, who witnessed the fatal encounter from a boat.
Cliff Zimmerman of Fort Bragg was in the water with Fry but escaped injury.
Bartley, president of the California Striped Bass Association, said he helped Zimmerman out of the water and into the boat before making a mayday call for help.
``When I saw the pool of blood spread across the surface of the water, I knew Randy was gone,'' Bartley said.
The three men had put their boat in the water in a sheltered cove at Kibesillah Rock, about 10 miles north of Fort Bragg.
Fry and Zimmerman, longtime friends, had dived together at the site in search of abalone for 30 years. The men knew it was shark territory, but like many divers, they believed the chances of an encounter were minimal.
``Despite a public fear of sharks, the fact is attacks are rare and experienced divers and surfers know that,'' said Sean Van Sommeran, director of the Pelagic Shark Research Foundation in Santa Cruz.
The shark may have mistaken Fry for a seal or sea lion, Van Sommeran said. Fry was diving head first in about 15 feet of water when he was attacked. The shark apparently ripped Fry's head and neck from his body, a move sharks usually reserve for their preferred targets -- seals or sea lions.
Studies show more than 40 percent of initial strikes by sharks on sea lions or seals are to their heads, said A. Peter Klimley, a shark expert at UC Davis.
Klimley, who lives in Petaluma and has done research at the Bodega Marine Laboratory, said he doubts the shark knew it was attacking a human. Most often, he said, it's a case where the shark mistakes the human for a marine mammal.
Robert Lea, a shark expert for the state Department of Fish and Game, agreed.
``Sharks have no interest in feeding on humans. But as an ambush predator, they may mistake a human in a dark wet suit for a marine mammal,'' Lea said.
Until Fry's death, the state's most recent shark fatality occurred in August 2003 when a 50-year-old college instructor was attacked while swimming off a San Luis Obispo County beach. The victim was in the habit of swimming alongside seals.
The cove where Sunday's fatal attack occurred is sheltered by sheer, steep cliffs that make it accessible only by boat. A buoy marked the spot where Fry's body was pulled from the water Monday morning.
Search and rescue divers will wait up to five days before entering the water to search for Fry's remains in hopes the shark leaves the area, Mendocino County Sheriff's Lt. Don Miller said.
As gruesome as the attack was, Miller said he doesn't believe Fry suffered.
``It was so quick I don't think he had a chance to feel anything,'' Miller said.
Fry was described by friends and colleagues as a warm, witty man, experienced in diving and all areas of sport fishing.
``He was not some average diver. He knew where he was, and what he was doing,'' said Jim Martin, a Fort Bragg fishery advocate.
Martin and others described Fry as a tireless advocate on behalf of recreational fishing, a man who spent much of his time on the road attending meetings, conferences and legislative sessions.
Jim Donofrio, executive director of the Redwood Fishing Alliance's Washington-area headquarters, hailed Fry as an important leader in recreational fishing circles, and as a personal friend.
``I can barely talk about it. It's absolutely incredible that this of all things happened to him,'' Donofrio said.
Martin, Donofrio and other friends said Fry was the divorced father of a grown son. He is survived by his mother and other family members who live in the Sacramento area.
On the Saturday before his death, Fry arrived in Fort Bragg for a fund-raising dinner along with about 130 other fishing enthusiasts in Noyo Harbor. Donofrio had planned to join him, but an illness kept him in the East.
``That was his life. He was always there for the fishermen,'' Donofrio said.
News researcher Teresa Meikle contributed to this story. You can reach Staff Writers Mike Geniella at 462-6470 or mgeniella@pressdemocrat.com and Glenda Anderson or ganderson@pressdemocrat.com.
And in the news of my life...
Today really, really sucked! Tomorrow will hopfully not suck! And as for all the days before today...
Thursday, I slept.
Wednesday, I saw Wei-Chen! We were supposed to go to the Wednesday Night Market, but I opened my car door wrong and triggered some weird security protocol that prevented the car from starting 0_o. Funny how the last time I locked my keys in my car and the passenger-side door was open the same exact way and nothing happened... So instead we sat around and talked. By the time my car went off MAD SECURITY MODE, it was time to take Wei-Chen to her class ^_^*.
And I've been practicing kanji a lot : ). I'm about to practice it now before I go to sleeep, and I need sleep today ;_;. Some kanji combinations are so interesting. One of my favorite ones we learned last quarter was "kyoudai" or "siblings. It's the kanji of older brother and younger brother together.
Oh, and nothing probably happened on Tuesday. Because, as an old friend always liked to say "Nothing ever happens on Tuesdays!" That was before 9/11 happened on a Tuesday, but that's a different story >_<.*full of stupiiiid contradictions*.
Oh, one more thing. TG apparently got the roof blown off his house from the huge hurricane/tropical storm 0_o. I'm worried. I wish I could contact him , since I haven't seen him online in a while.
Adrienne, Johan, and I just went to Jenner, the small coastal area where the couple was murdered, a couple of weeks ago too >_<. I used to find Jenner unique because of it's trailer post office, but now it's known for some bizarre murder scene.
And next we have
Abalone Fisherman's Head Eaten by a Shark
The first article's settings are about half an hour north on the coast. With the shark attack, the man was fishing about 250 miles up north in Ft Bragg. There really is nothing up there, though 0_o, so I'd say that the second article is local enough. What's amusing is that my parents have been kayaking around the area the shark attack happened. My mom likes to point out how my dad always wants to kayak up into the ocean, and she is always scared to. Now her fears actually have merit. I have the full, original article from local papers, though.
SHARK VICTIM'S BODY FOUND OFF MENDOCINO COUNTY COAST
Published on August 17, 2004
© 2004- The Press Democrat
Correction: For the Record published August 18, 2004
Eleven people have been killed in shark attacks on the West Coast since 1952, including an Auburn man who died Sunday off the Mendocino County coast, according to statistics compiled by the state Department of Fish and Game. An incorrect figure was cited in a story on Page A1 Tuesday. (The error has been corrected below.)
BYLINE: MIKE GENIELLA and GLENDA ANDERSON
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
PAGE: A1
FORT BRAGG -- The Coast Guard on Monday recovered the headless body of a nationally known sport fishing advocate who was killed Sunday by a great white shark while diving for abalone off the Mendocino Coast.
Randall ``Randy'' Fry's death is only the 11th fatality ever recorded along the West Coast from an encounter with the white shark, the ocean's deadliest predator.
It is the first fatal shark attack on California's North Coast in at least a half-century. Since 1959, 16 other people have been attacked by sharks off Mendocino, Sonoma and Marin counties, but all survived.
The shark, estimated to be 16 to 18 feet long, struck the 50-year-old Auburn man at about 4 p.m. Sunday in shallow water north of Ten Mile River Beach near Westport.
``It was over in five seconds,'' said Red Bartley of Modesto, a friend of the victim's, who witnessed the fatal encounter from a boat.
Cliff Zimmerman of Fort Bragg was in the water with Fry but escaped injury.
Bartley, president of the California Striped Bass Association, said he helped Zimmerman out of the water and into the boat before making a mayday call for help.
``When I saw the pool of blood spread across the surface of the water, I knew Randy was gone,'' Bartley said.
The three men had put their boat in the water in a sheltered cove at Kibesillah Rock, about 10 miles north of Fort Bragg.
Fry and Zimmerman, longtime friends, had dived together at the site in search of abalone for 30 years. The men knew it was shark territory, but like many divers, they believed the chances of an encounter were minimal.
``Despite a public fear of sharks, the fact is attacks are rare and experienced divers and surfers know that,'' said Sean Van Sommeran, director of the Pelagic Shark Research Foundation in Santa Cruz.
The shark may have mistaken Fry for a seal or sea lion, Van Sommeran said. Fry was diving head first in about 15 feet of water when he was attacked. The shark apparently ripped Fry's head and neck from his body, a move sharks usually reserve for their preferred targets -- seals or sea lions.
Studies show more than 40 percent of initial strikes by sharks on sea lions or seals are to their heads, said A. Peter Klimley, a shark expert at UC Davis.
Klimley, who lives in Petaluma and has done research at the Bodega Marine Laboratory, said he doubts the shark knew it was attacking a human. Most often, he said, it's a case where the shark mistakes the human for a marine mammal.
Robert Lea, a shark expert for the state Department of Fish and Game, agreed.
``Sharks have no interest in feeding on humans. But as an ambush predator, they may mistake a human in a dark wet suit for a marine mammal,'' Lea said.
Until Fry's death, the state's most recent shark fatality occurred in August 2003 when a 50-year-old college instructor was attacked while swimming off a San Luis Obispo County beach. The victim was in the habit of swimming alongside seals.
The cove where Sunday's fatal attack occurred is sheltered by sheer, steep cliffs that make it accessible only by boat. A buoy marked the spot where Fry's body was pulled from the water Monday morning.
Search and rescue divers will wait up to five days before entering the water to search for Fry's remains in hopes the shark leaves the area, Mendocino County Sheriff's Lt. Don Miller said.
As gruesome as the attack was, Miller said he doesn't believe Fry suffered.
``It was so quick I don't think he had a chance to feel anything,'' Miller said.
Fry was described by friends and colleagues as a warm, witty man, experienced in diving and all areas of sport fishing.
``He was not some average diver. He knew where he was, and what he was doing,'' said Jim Martin, a Fort Bragg fishery advocate.
Martin and others described Fry as a tireless advocate on behalf of recreational fishing, a man who spent much of his time on the road attending meetings, conferences and legislative sessions.
Jim Donofrio, executive director of the Redwood Fishing Alliance's Washington-area headquarters, hailed Fry as an important leader in recreational fishing circles, and as a personal friend.
``I can barely talk about it. It's absolutely incredible that this of all things happened to him,'' Donofrio said.
Martin, Donofrio and other friends said Fry was the divorced father of a grown son. He is survived by his mother and other family members who live in the Sacramento area.
On the Saturday before his death, Fry arrived in Fort Bragg for a fund-raising dinner along with about 130 other fishing enthusiasts in Noyo Harbor. Donofrio had planned to join him, but an illness kept him in the East.
``That was his life. He was always there for the fishermen,'' Donofrio said.
News researcher Teresa Meikle contributed to this story. You can reach Staff Writers Mike Geniella at 462-6470 or mgeniella@pressdemocrat.com and Glenda Anderson or ganderson@pressdemocrat.com.
And in the news of my life...
Today really, really sucked! Tomorrow will hopfully not suck! And as for all the days before today...
Thursday, I slept.
Wednesday, I saw Wei-Chen! We were supposed to go to the Wednesday Night Market, but I opened my car door wrong and triggered some weird security protocol that prevented the car from starting 0_o. Funny how the last time I locked my keys in my car and the passenger-side door was open the same exact way and nothing happened... So instead we sat around and talked. By the time my car went off MAD SECURITY MODE, it was time to take Wei-Chen to her class ^_^*.
And I've been practicing kanji a lot : ). I'm about to practice it now before I go to sleeep, and I need sleep today ;_;. Some kanji combinations are so interesting. One of my favorite ones we learned last quarter was "kyoudai" or "siblings. It's the kanji of older brother and younger brother together.
Oh, and nothing probably happened on Tuesday. Because, as an old friend always liked to say "Nothing ever happens on Tuesdays!" That was before 9/11 happened on a Tuesday, but that's a different story >_<.*full of stupiiiid contradictions*.
Oh, one more thing. TG apparently got the roof blown off his house from the huge hurricane/tropical storm 0_o. I'm worried. I wish I could contact him , since I haven't seen him online in a while.
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*yawns*
Date: 2004-08-21 10:18 am (UTC)So, like half the people here showed up today in normal clothes. I think they got sent home. OUCH.
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Date: 2004-08-21 02:54 pm (UTC)Someone found this cool page of flash games stolen from Miniclip.com that works here. Been playing the hell out of Little Rocketman and Monkey Lander. Starhip Eleven is also pretty cool for a weird timewaster. I love Flash.
http://www.perpetualpreschool.com/teacher2teacher/games/
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Date: 2004-08-21 03:00 pm (UTC). I'm pretty familiar with miniclip. It has about 50 levels and I've beaten them all... twice ^_^*. I used to waste so much time with that game last summer and then this spring. It is the best waste of time. ever.
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Date: 2004-08-21 03:48 pm (UTC)I BOW TO YOUR BREAKOUT SKILLZ
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Date: 2004-08-21 04:25 pm (UTC)But first I am forced to vacuum... everything. And tomorrow I have to mow... everything. It's nice that now my dad refuses to do any chores and makes me do *everything* that he used to do when I'm not around. It'd be nice if he would do half the work, like we used to split it before I went away to college, but now he says I owe it to him to do everything. *yay*. Talk to you later.
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Date: 2004-08-25 10:30 pm (UTC)I am CRYING.
Actually, no. But it'd be nice if you could at least sometimes act on your intentions... espcially when you make them vocal.
I'm playing clarinet right now. Mainly my Chrono Trigger sheet music, because it's one of the more fun things I have for clarinet, and I have a lot more music for that. I hope you have fun with your games today.
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Date: 2004-08-25 10:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-08-25 11:09 pm (UTC)It's just that sometimes I wish you'd say "I'll possibly do ____ tomorrow" instead of "I'm doing ____ " and then not do it 0_o. I shouldn't have to be expecting you to do something because you say you are doing to do it, and then see that you don't do it. It's very frustrating. It's making me treat everything you say into "This may or may not happen". And I don't want that. This time, I was expecting it to happen, because I had no reason not to... but I think that you did.
But still it's ok *hug hug*. I forgive you! Your chips blowing up does sound pretty silly. And don't let this bum you out. *hugs tight*.
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Date: 2004-08-26 02:15 am (UTC)Nothing to report so far. We've just been screwing around and chatting all night. Woo... heh... *hugs*
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Date: 2004-08-26 09:45 pm (UTC)\ / ( ) -----( )( : > / \ ( )No! I wasn't trying to depict that mouse that you found in Jr High ^_^**. He didn't show up squished on my computer. Here, how is that?
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Date: 2004-08-26 10:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-08-26 10:21 pm (UTC)I'm emptying my closet right now. I have too much crap in it, and I'm trying to sort through everything. I told myself last night I'd do that, and it's a lengthy project ~_~. I can't fit into anything anymore. It's pretty depressing. *cri*. But I'm also making a "someday" pile on top, meaning that I could "someday" fit into those clothes perhaps ^_^*.
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Date: 2004-08-26 10:34 pm (UTC)Pablo ran out to Taco Bell. I asked him to grab me a new Mountain Dew drink they have called Baja Blast. It's turquiose. SERIOS. It also tastes kinda like a Daquiri Soda, wich is pretty freaky.
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Date: 2004-08-26 11:44 pm (UTC)AAAA. We both got hit with calls suddenly as I started to reply to this. I think someone found our cue and is dumping people here. EXCELLENT
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