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Solo swimming, boat left in gear...

As he recorded himself, a 29 year old man jumped into Lake Tahoe from a boat. He was alone. Unfortunately the motor was running and the boat was in gear. It slowly moved away, but faster than he could swim. Lake Tahoe is huge, and chilly. His body was eventually recovered at a depth of over 1500 feet.

Submitted on 09/29/2020

Submitted by: Marc Weber
Reference: https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Lake-Tahoe-drowning-victim-pulled-from-1-565-foot-15604543.php

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Tracy said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
Wow! Step #1 turn boat off! Thanks very much for this story


Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
My only concern with a story like this is that the unmanned boat could have potentially hit another boat, a person in the water, etc. but it sounds like that didn't happen. So I'm more than willing to vote for this. Thanks, Marc!