Lawn Chair Anchor 
2003 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance
June 28, 2001 Daniel Gilman decided to go for a little outing on Silverwood Lake, CA. To make things nicer while day camping on the lake he took some lawn chairs. Unfortunatley he only had a SeaDoo for transportation on the lake. To transport the lawn chairs he strapped them to his life vest and started his trip.
This is the point where I have no proof but the way I heard it was he ran out of gas in the middle of the lake. While waiting for a friend to rescue him, he turned down a tow back to the boat ramp. Some time later people relized that he had dissapeard.
About a month later the local Sherri's department divers (via sonar) located an object about 134 feet below the surface of the water. When weather conditions permitted, they retrieved the object. It turns out the object they had found was believed to be Daniel's body. When he fell off his SeaDoo the weight of the lawn chairs was too much for the life vest and he sank to the bottom of the lake thus drowning.
For the actual artical by Victorville, CA Daily Press visit:
http://www.vvdailypress.com/cgi-bin/newspro/viewnews.cgi?newsid999099365,80739,
NOTE: the ending comma must be there for the correct page to be displayed. Submitted on 04/15/2002
Submitted by:
Anonymous
Reference:
VV Daily Press 08-29-01
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