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British Columbia ferry jumper

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Victoria/ A man who injured his buttocks jumping off a ferry in a bid to make a baseball game has been fined $1400 and told he cannot ride the BC Ferries for 6 months.

Jay Leggatt, 45, who pleaded guilty to mischief and was handed a conditional discharge, also must repay the $1392 BC Ferries spent trying to rescue him.

Leggatt jumped off the Spirit of British Columbia on July 27, 2005, injuring his buttocks and causing internal injuries when he hit the water.

Court heard he had missed an earlier ferry that would have taken him directly to Mayne Island, where he was joining his baseball team for a big game, so he got on the ferry for Twawwassen-Swartz Bay insterad.

When the ship neard Mayne Island, he jumped off and was later located ashore and taken to hospital.

Submitted on 07/06/2006

Submitted by: chuckziegler@hoptmail.com
Reference: Edmonton Journal Canada June 6

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James said:
Neutral: Honorable Mention
This is rather interesting! He misses the ferry he should have taken, so he takes one that comes "close" but otherwise requires an amphibious landing of sorts! I'm surprised he wasn't sucked into the ship's screws! Anyway, this one is different enough to consider, as jumping from ANY ship traversing a channel (especially in BC, where I hear the waters are a bit treacherous) is plain stupid, and this doesn't happen every day and certainly not for this reason!

Jorge said:
Neutral: Honorable Mention

Fitzroy said:
Neutral: Honorable Mention
It sounds like the injury was unspectacular, but I imagine the stupidity was since it sounds like he went overboard unannounced. That must have triggered at least a little search and rescue activity and might have made the many other people on the ferry late for their own engagements. Of course no one else was injured, but that angle does somehow seem to emphasize the stupidity of this action.

Jack said:
Maybe Toss: Lacks Excellence
I'm going to be contrarian here and say that the story simply lacked that certain something that says "Darwin quality" to me.

Sheryl said:
Maybe Toss: Lacks Excellence
That's the trouble with cut and paste write ups, they fail to put the real humour into the story. This could have been much better as an individual write-up. As it is, it's just too bland and boring, lacking that magic that any Darwin needs.

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